The Toldi was the Hungarian

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 light tank

Light tank

A light tank is a tank variant initially designed for rapid movement, and now primarily employed in low-intensity conflict. Early light tanks were generally armed and armored similar to an armored car, but used tracks in order to provide better cross-country mobility.The light tank was a major...

, based on the Swedish Landsverk L-60B

Strv L-60

Stridsvagn L-60 was a Swedish tank developed in 1934. It was developed by AB Landsverk as a light tank which included several design features later adopted by Germany and Russia in their tank designs....

 tank. It was named after the 14th century Hungarian knight Miklós Toldi

Miklós Toldi

Miklós Toldi was a Hungarian nobleman from Bihar County of the Kingdom of Hungary, who is remembered as a legendary hero in Hungarian folklore. Hungarian poet János Arany based his famous Toldi trilogy on his legend.-Life:...

.

Production history

The 38M Toldi was produced and developed under license from Swedish company AB Landsverk

AB Landsverk

Landsverk was founded in 1872 as Firman Petterson & Ohlsen. It was a heavy industry, manufacturingrailroad cars, harbour cranes and agricultural machinery. It was located in Landskrona, Sweden.-Early days:...

 between 1939 and 1942. Only 202 were produced.

Variants

• Toldi I (k.hk. A20) - first variant armed with 20 mm gun, 80 made.
• Toldi II (k.hk. B20) - variant with thicker front armour, 110 made.
• Toldi IIa (k.hk. B40) - modification developed in 1942, armed with 40 mm gun - 80 tanks of earlier variant were rearmed this way.
• Toldi III (k.hk. C40) - improved variant, only 12 made.

Combat History

Toldi tanks entered Hungarian service in 1940. They first saw action with the Hungarian Army against Yugoslavia

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a state stretching from the Western Balkans to Central Europe which existed during the often-tumultuous interwar era of 1918–1941...

 in 1941.

These tanks were mostly used against the USSR

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 between 1941-1944. Because of their light armour, armament and good communications equipment, they were mostly used for reconnaissance. The design was no match against Soviet T-34

T-34

The T-34 was a Soviet medium tank produced from 1940 to 1958. Although its armour and armament were surpassed by later tanks of the era, it has been often credited as the most effective, efficient and influential design of World War II...

medium tanks.

External links

• Hungary's Toldi Tank at wwiivehicles.com