Czech Defense Ministry wants to buy veteran tank from Peru

The Czech Defense Ministry is seeking to acquire a Czechoslovak-made veteran LTP 38 tank from Peru for Prague’s Technical Museum. Negotiations are underway with the town of Mollendo which currently owns the tank, presumably the last one of several dozen that were made on commission for Peru in 1938. Thanks to their Scania motor and fine-tuning the tanks were suitable for use in mountainous terrain. The Czech Defense Ministry is prepared to pay the town 50,000 US dollars for the veteran.