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Leichter Kampfwagen II (LK II)

In service Never entered service - Trials 1918

Improved successor to the LK I, ordered in quantity in 1918; its parts later became the Swedish Strv m/21.

Built byJoseph Vollmer design

Leichter Kampfwagen II (LK II)
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Development history

The LK II replaced the LK I's turret with a fixed casemate and was ordered in large numbers in June 1918, in gun and machine-gun versions. Only prototypes were complete when the war ended. Under the Versailles restrictions, components were sold to Sweden, where they were assembled as the Stridsvagn m/21 — a direct link between Germany's last wartime tank design and Swedish armour of the interwar years.

Notable actions

  • None - trials vehicle