CZK - Škoda MU-6

Light tank MU 6 - a phantom among combat vehicles


MU - 6 / III (probably the third version of the project)
- characteristics: assault gun with swivel turret
- short history: the prototype vehicle was created at the instigation of the company's management
- type of vehicle: prototype (first appearance variant)
- manufacturer: Akciová společnost formerly Škoda závody
- manufacturer's marking: MU-6 or MU-6/III
- year of production: 1931 to 1932
- produced: 1 prototype
- weight: 3 Mg (tons)
- length: 3.84 m
- width: 1,87 m
- height: 1,93 m
- specific pressure: 0.4903 MPa (0.5 kg/cm2)
- armouring: 4-5,5 mm soft sheet metal
- armament: 1x 4.7 cm cannon prototype Skoda A-2, 3x 7.9 mm machine gun vz. 26
- Crew: 4 persons
- engine: 6 cylinders, water-cooled
- capacity: 6174 cm3
- power: 40,5 kW (55 hp) at 2700 rpm.
- Maximum speed: 41 km/h
- range: 150 km
- obstacle, grade: 0.5 m
- Ditch: 1.5 m
- ford: 0.5 m


MU - 6 (Mladá Boleslav data **)
- characteristics: assault universal gun - anti-tank and anti-aircraft
- short history: the rebuilt prototype was created at the instigation of the company management
- type of vehicle: prototype (last known appearance variant)
- manufacturer: Akciová společnost formerly Škoda závody
- manufacturer's marking: MU-6
- year of production: 1933 to 1934
- produced: 1 prototype
- weight: 4.5 Mg (tonnes)
- length: 3,820 m**
- width: 1.865 m**
- height: 0.85 m**
- specific pressure: ? MPa (? kg/cm2)
- armouring: 5.5 mm soft sheet
- armament: 1x 4 cm cannon d/71, prototype Škoda Z-1 and 2x 7.9 mm machine gun vz. 26
- ammunition: 60 rounds for the gun
- crew: 6 persons
- engine: 6 cylinders**
- capacity: 6174 cm3**
- power: 40.5 kW (55 hp) at 2700 rpm**
- maximum speed: 41 km/h**
- range: ?
- obstacle, grade: ? m
- ditch: ? m
- ford: ? m


Note
Other data unknown to me. The technical data are taken from members of the Diffrology Club, from the book by Messrs. Vladimir Francev and Charles Kliment, articles by Mr. Vladimir Karlický, statements by Josef Herink, and from VHA files.


During the tests on 7 November 1934, the military commission found a large number of off-target hits. The alleged cause was a wobble of the barrel during firing. This was perhaps one of the reasons why the Z-1 gun was not accepted into the armament of the Czechoslovak Army. army.


Documents
VHA, MNO HŠ fund, carton 111, folder 89 4/2-3: Protocol II dated 07.11.1934
PA Škoda, Plzen, ochotted drawing Zb 5559 P "Small assault wagon MU6/III with 47 mm gun" dated 18.10.1932
ČSN 011300 SI tables, Prague 1977
Ivan Bajtoš - collection of Škoda factory drawings, 1982 to 1984
Ivan Bajtoš - collection of drawings of model reconstructions of tanks by Škoda, 1982 to 1984
J. Herink - personal extracts and copies of engine tables of Mladá Boleslav ASAP, this is the only document describing MU-6 + Z1 as PÚV-6 **
V. Karlický.
V. Karlický: Czechoslovak self-propelled gun from 1934, Atom 1976/04/101-103
V. Frantsev: Tanks and tanks of the ŠZ, manuscript dated February 1983
V. Frantsev: Production of armoured vehicles ..., manuscript dated 1986
V. Frantsev, C. Kliment: Czechoslovak armored fighting vehicles 1918-1948, Schiffer Publ. 1997
V. Czechoslovak armored vehicles 1918-1948, Prague 1999
Pavel Pilař: Armoured gun transporters Škoda LKMVP and Praga LKMVP, Historie a plastikové modelářství 1999/03/23-25
Jiří Tintěra: Personal diffrological notes from 1970-1990

MU - 6
- characteristics: assault universal gun - anti-tank and anti-aircraft
- short history: the rebuilt prototype was created at the instigation of the company management
- type of vehicle: prototype (last known design variant)


Source
Remains from the estate of my colleague Josef Herink.