hairymoths

Boring to some, I know but Skoda where responsible for building some truly revolutionary military vehicles. Indeed, they where the weapons foundary for the Austro-Hungarian empire and later became affiliated with the axis powers during WWII after Austria and Czechoslovakia where annexed by Germany . Their model LT vz.35 Tank was the best ground weapon available, employed by Germany for the invasion of Poland and was still the major tank used in the invasion of France. It had better terrain crossing capabilities than the later German designs such as the panzer IV but lacked the fire-power to knock out heavier french and british designs. The follow-up LT vz.38 suffered no such problem. They also designed the battleship triple turret which used by the Kriegsmarine's heavy cruisers and pocket battleships such as Sharnhorst and Graf Spee. Skoda were worldbeaters in their heyday and almost world conquerors. Thank the lord for nazi beaurocracy and a few decades under communism or we'd all be driving one. Anyway where was I ? I heard that Skoda made an amphibious car in the 50's has anyone got one or any pics or details? would love to hear about it. Hairy