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((Short description|German experimental tank designed during the Interwar Period))((Refimprove|date=July 2014))
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|origin= [[Weimar Republic]]
|type= [[Light tank]]
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|service=1930((ndash))1945
|used_by= [[Weimar Republic]]<br>[[Nazi Germany]]
|wars= [[World War II]] (Training only)
|design_date= 1929((ndash))1933
|manufacturer= [[Krupp]], [[Rheinmetall]]
|production_date= 1930
|number= 4
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The '''''Leichttraktor''''' ('''Vs.Kfz.31''') was a German experimental [[tank]] designed during the [[Interwar period|Interwar Period]].

== History ==

The Leichttraktor was a German experimental tank. After the end of [[World War I]], Germany was restricted in military development by the [[Treaty of Versailles]]. However, it was developed in a secret program under the cover name "Traktor". Its engine was mounted inside the front portion of the hull and the turret was mounted above the fighting compartment in the rear of the tank. Both [[Rheinmetall]] and [[Krupp]] produced prototypes, and in 1928, Rheinmetall's design was chosen and was awarded an order for 289 tanks. However, some time later, the order was cancelled.<ref name=TankNutDave>((cite web|url=http://tanknutdave.com/the-german-leichttraktor-vk-31-light-tank/ |title=The German Leichttraktor VK-31 Light Tank|publisher=TankNutDave.com|access-date=2020-03-23))</ref> Krupp models had [[coil spring]] suspensions, while Rheinmetall had [[leaf spring]] suspensions.

The Germans tested the tank in the [[Soviet Union]] under the [[Treaty of Rapallo (1922)|Treaty of Rapallo]] – agreed between the USSR and Germany in 1922 under high secrecy and security. The testing facility used from 1926 to 1933 was named [[Kama tank school|''Panzertruppenschule Kama'']], located near [[Kazan]] in the Soviet Union. The location was a joint testing ground and tank training ground for the [[Red Army]] and [[Reichswehr]]. It was codenamed "Kama" from the words Kazan and Malbrandt because the testing grounds were near [[Kazan]] and ''[[Oberstleutnant]]'' Malbrandt was assigned to select the location for testing.((Sfn|Higgins|2015|p=13))

''Leichter Traktor'' ("Light tractor") was a cover name for all three medium tank designs produced there.<ref>White p48</ref> In the early years of [[World War II]] it was used as a training tank. Although these designs were not used in actual warfare, they gave a good intuition on how to build tanks when Germany had previously only made one official tank, the [[A7V]], and this design led to the creation of the [[Panzer I]]. <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=NC4H4jZjCp8C&q=%22Leichter+Traktor%22+training Tank, Kenneth Macksey, John H. Batchelor, 1971]</ref>

==References==
=== Citations ===
((Reflist))

=== Bibliography ===
* ((cite book|author=Peter Chamberlain & Hilary Doyle|title=Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World War Two|year=1999|publisher=Arms & Armour |editor=Sterling |isbn=1854095188))
* ((Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yT-XCwAAQBAJ&q=leichttraktor&pg=PA13|title=Panzer II vs 7TP: Poland 1939|last=Higgins|first=David R.|publisher=Osprey|year=2015|isbn=9781472808820|location=Oxford))

==Further reading==
* ''Tanks of the World, 1915-1945'', Peter Chamberlain, Chris Ellis, 1972
* ''German Tanks and Armoured Vehicles 1914 - 1945'', B. T. White, 1966

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[[Category:Interwar tanks of Germany]]
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[[Category:World War II tanks of Germany]]
[[Category:World War II light tanks]]
[[Category:Military vehicles introduced in the 1930s]]
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[[Category:Rheinmetall]]
[[Category:Trial and research tanks of Germany]]

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