The
PzKpfw 38(t) Ausf B incorporated changes to better integrate the design
into German practices, including German radios and tools. This is a
column from I./PzRgt 25 (7. Panzer-Division) in France during June 1940.
By the time of the 1940 campaign in Western Europe, over 200 PzKpfw
38(t) tanks had been delivered and Czech tanks amounted to about 13 per
cent of German tank strength. Although a small fraction of overall
German tank strength, they accounted for about half of the tanks armed
with a 37mm gun. By 1940, two mechanized-cavalry divisions had been
rebuilt as Panzer divisions with the PzKpfw 38(t) as their principal
tank. 2. leichte Division became 7. Panzer-Division and 3. leichte
Division became 8. Panzer-Division.
Source:
"Panzer 38(t) vs BT-7: Barbarossa 1941" by Steven J. Zaloga
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