VK 5

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Název:
Name: 		VK 5 VK 5
Originální název:
Original Name: 		VK 5
Kategorie:
Category:		 lehký tank light tank
Výrobce:
Producer:		 Krauss-Maffei GmbH, Mnichov /
Období výroby:
Production Period:		 DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR
Vyrobeno kusů:
Number of Produced:		 0 (Dizajnérsky návrh/Conceptual design)
Prototyp vyroben:
Prototype Built:		 DD.MM.RRRR
Osádka:
Crew:		 ?
Technické údaje:
Technical Data:		 
Bojová hmotnost:
Combat Weight: 		5500 kg 12125 lb
Délka s kanónem dopředu:
Length with Gun Forward: 		? mm ?
Délka korby:
Hull Length: 		? mm ?
Celková šířka:
Overall Width: 		? mm ?
Celková výška:
Overall Height: 		? mm ?
Světlá výška:
Ground Clearance: 		? mm ?
Šířka pásu:
Track Width: 		240 mm 9 ½ in
Měrný tlak:
Ground Pressure: 		? MPa ? psi
Pancéřování:
Armour: 		? ?
Pohon:
Propulsion:		 
Typ:
Type:		 Maybach NL 38 (zážihový 6-valec) Maybach NL 38 (V6, gasoline)
Výkon:
Power: 		73,5 kW při 3000 ot/min 98.6 bhp at 3000 rpm
Převodové ústrojí:
Transmission:		 8+R 8+R
Výkony:
Performance:		 
Rychlost na silnici:
Road Speed: 		77 km/h 48 mph
Rychlost v terénu:
Cross-country Speed: 		? km/h ? mph
Jízdní dosah po silnici:
Cruising Range on Road: 		? km ? mi
Jízdní dosah v terénu:
Cross-country Cruising Range: 		? km ? mi
Překonávání překážek:
Obstacles Crossing:		 
Svah:
Gradient: 		? ° ? %
Boční náklon:
Side Slope: 		? ° ? %
Překročivost:
Trench Crossing: 		? m ?
Výstupnost:
Vertical Obstacle: 		? m ?
Brodivost:
Fording Depth: 		? m ?
Výzbroj:
Armament:		 
Hlavní:
Main:		 ? ?
Vedlejší:
Secondary:		 ? ?
Uživatelské státy:
User States:		 - -
Poznámka:
Note:		 - -
Zdroje:
Sources:		 Thomas L. Jentz & Hilary Lois Doyle - PANZER TRACTS No.1-2 - Panzerkampfwagen I - Kl.Pz.Bef.Wg. to VK 18.01., Panzer Tracts, 2002, ISBN: 0-9708407-8-0
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In mid-1935, the firm Krauss-Maffei was commissioned by Baurat Dipl. Ing. Ernest Kniepkamp (WaPrüf 6) to draw up a number of design proposals for light tanks. The specifications called for fast tanks. To meet this requirement, the use of large running wheels without supporting pulleys, the use of torsion bars, the use of new small engines with increased power outputs, the use of modern semi-automatic transmissions and new control units were required. The chassis designs were to make use of structural elements from the semitrailer tractors with which the company Krauss-Maffei had extensive experience.
The first design was a concept for a 3-ton tank VK 3. The VK 3 program was subsequently developed into the VK 5 design, work on which began in 4/1938. The VK 5 was similar in design to its predecessor VK 3. The platform was slightly lengthened, but the number of running wheels (four) was retained, the same tracks (??? Zpw 51/240/160 - lubricated with rubber washers) and engine were to be used. The gearbox was to have one extra gear (8+R). The projected total weight was to be about 5500 kg. The shape of the machine was sketched on the drawing ZM 125154-3 (dated 6.4.1938).


The VK 5 programme subsequently developed into further evolutionary branches, namely VK 6, VK 6.01 and VK 6.02.


Thomas L. Jentz & Hilary Lois Doyle - PANZER TRACTS No.1-2 - Panzerkampfwagen I - Kl.Pz.Bef.Wg. to VK 18.01., Panzer Tracts, 2002, ISBN: 0-9708407-8-0
Walter J. Spielberger - Militärfahrzeuge von Krauss-Maffei bis 1945, Verlag Wehr & Wissen, Koblenz/Bonn, year of publication 1980, ISBN: 3-8033-0310-9
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