Hotchkiss H-39 40446 in Avesnes-sur-Helpe, 1940
H-39 41004
H38 rear view
Destoyed H-39 40965 tank with bullet holes
R40 and H-39 tanks
Destroyed H39 40777
Hotchkiss H-39 code 68 40937
Abandoned H-39 40439
H39 code A 4071?
H-39 rear view
H38 4
H39 tanks passing thru bombed town
H39 code A
H-39 turret
S-35 code 64 and H39 white 19
Hotchkiss H-39 code 60 40997
H-39 40946
H-39 21
Panzerkampfwagen 38H 735(f) code 325 Yugoslavia 1941
Panzerkampfwagen 38H 735(f) code 133
German H39 tanks
German H38 Balkans 1941
Panzerkampfwagen 38H 735(f) code 115
H38 40725
H-39 40599
French cavalry tank H-38 40540
German H 39 3
French cavalry tank H-38 40725
BMW R5 Kradmelder and H39
Destroyed H-38
Panzerkampfwagen 38H 735(f) code 232 in Yugoslavia 1943
Hotchkiss H39 40747
H-39 20
H38 40446
Char léger modèle 1935 H modifié 39
German H39 Balkans 1941/42
German H39 tanks 2
H39 40559
Burned out H 39
German H-39 from Panzer-Abteilung 211
H-39 code 222 in Yugoslavia 1941/42
Panzerkampfwagen 38H 735(f) code 334 Yugoslavia 1941
H-39 40960
H-39 code C
H-39 3
H-39 code D
Char léger modèle 1935 H modifié 39 40610
H-39 40656 code 13
Abandoned H-39 4
Destroyed H-39
German H38
H39 40579
German H39 code 323
H39 tanks in Avesnes-sur-Helpe 1940
Char léger modèle 1935 H modifié 39 avec le canon SA38 41068
Hotchkiss H-39 3
H-39 41084
H39 with the trench crossing tail
Abandoned H39 40587
H-39 40829
Char léger modèle 35H modifié 39
Knocked out H39 40845 named Le Hardi
Captured H-39 Ostheim 24 January 1945
Abandoned H38
H38 40467
H39 40455
Char Hotchkiss H 39
Whitewashed German H-39 code 92
H39 1940
Hotchkiss H39 and other french tanks
Panzerkampfwagen 38H 735 f 2
Hotchkiss H39 tank 6
Panzerkampfwagen 38H 735 f 4
Destroyed Hotchkiss H39 tanks, rear view
Panzerkampfwagen 38H 735 f 3
Hotchkiss H39 tank 40763
Panzerkampfwagen 38H 735 f 5
Hotchkiss H39 tank 5
Hotchkiss H39 tank 8
Panzerkampfwagen 38H 735 f 7
Hotchkiss H39 tank 51
Hotchkiss H39 tank number 82
Hotchkiss H39 tanks
Panzerkampfwagen 38H 735 f 8
Hotchkiss H39 tank abandoned at the side of the road somewhere in France after the german attack in May 1940
Hotchkiss H39 tank number 51
Hotchkiss H39 tank
German Panzerkampfwagen 38H 735 (f) with tail
Panzerkampfwagen 38H 735 f 1
Char léger modèle 1935 H modifié 39 – Hotchkiss H39 tank side view
Hotchkiss H39 or Char léger modèle 1935 H modifié 39 was a French light tank developed prior to World War II.
Armour: 40mm, main armament: 37 mm SA38 gun.
An extension of H-35 tank was Char léger modèle 1935 H modifié 1939 (model 1935 H modification 1939), unofficially designated H-39, equipped with a more powerful engine with an output of 120 hp, which allowed for the development of higher speed. It is distinguished visually elevated engine compartment in the rear part of the fuselage. Factory designation was Hotchkiss modèle 38 série D, so common is also the unofficial designation H-38 to distinguish them from the model with improved weapons. The tank was adopted on equipment at the end of 1938, and deliveries began in March 1939.
In 1940 we started to deliver improved model H-39, which amended the main armament with the 37 mm gun Puteaux SA38 L/33 with long barrel, in a modified turret APX-R1. This model does not have a separate official designation. The improved towers with cannon SA38 rearmed also a few older tanks H-35.
The German army after the defeat of France captured approx. 600 tanks Hotchkiss H-35 H-38 H-39 and after refurbishment and modernization have been accepted for weapons as Panzer. 35H 734 (f) and Panzer. 39H 735 (f). Part of the vehicles have been converted into self-propelled howitzers (105 mm) and 75 mm anti-tank guns, 11 vehicles armed with rocket launchers 280 or 320 mm. These tanks fought on the eastern front and in Normandy in 1944. A number was assigned to 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen, fighting with the Tito partisans in Yugoslavia.
After the Allied landing in Normandy, 30 gained back PzKpfw 38H has been incorporated into the French army and were used even in 1945.