Toldi light tank
Produced as a licenced development of the Swedish Landsverk L-60, the Toldi was the main tank used by Hungary in WWII.
Fitting a custom turret and mounting a 20mm anti-tank rifle, the initial batch of 80 vehicles were assembled in Hungary using many components imported from Germany, and are refered to now as the 38M Toldi I or A20 (for 20mm gun). The initial batch entered service in 1939, and a second order was placed in 1940 for a further 110 vehicles. This second batch were basically the same as the earlier vehicles, and the only obvious difference is the change of radios necessitating the removal of the original circular antenna and replcement with a smaller whip antenna. The big change was internal in the suspension, where the original German torsion bars were replaced with stronger Hungarian components, allowing a heavier operating weight. These tanks became the 38M Toldi II or B20.
Operational experience in the Soviet Union showed that the gun was too underpowered, so the B20's were modified to fit a 37/42M 40 mm gun, and became the 42M Toldi IIa or B40 (for 40mm gun). Some vehicles were also fitted with German-inspired spaced-armour plates over the tracks and turret.
The final model was the 43M Toldi III or C40 with improved armour and turret, but only 12 were constructed.
With the success of the German Marder tank destroyers, Hungary received 2 vehicles to study. A light-weight Toldi I was modified to fit one of the Marder's guns to create a new tank destroyer. Unfortunately due to the weakness of the exposed ammunition storage arrangement, and the low performance with the weak suspension, the Toldi tank destroyer did not progress beyond the prototype.