Hotchkiss H-39 Light Tank

	Hotchkiss H-39
Active:	1939
Crew:	2
Weight:	11.9 tons (12,100kg)
Length:	13ft 10in (4.23m)
Height:	7ft 1in (2.16m)
Width:	6ft 5in (1.96m)
Weapons:	Main - 1.46in (37mm) gun, Secondary - 0.295 inch (7.5mm) machinegun
Armor	Maximum - 1.57in (40mm)
Engine:	Hotchkiss 1938 6-cylinder gasoline, 120hp
Speed:	22.7mph (36.5kph)
Range:	93.2 miles (150 km)

The Hotchkiss H-39 Light Tank was the last tank in the Hotchkiss H series and the only tank in the series with a long-barreled main gun.

The H-38, an interim version that was built after the H-35, had a better 120 hp petrol engine than the H-35, but it kept the H-35's 1.46 inch (37 mm) main gun, which completely ineffective against German forces.

Although it had a better gun than its predecessors, the H-39 still was no match for contempory German tanks.

(Although the H-39's main gun had a longer barrel than that of the H-35 and the H-38, the gun was of the same caliber.)

In 1940, when the Germans captured Hotchkiss H-39s, they removed their turrets and used them as "schleppers" (tractors) for carrying weapons and munitions. They did the same with the H-35s and H-38s that they captured.

The Germans fitted radio sets on 6 ½ foot long antennae and attached these to the right-hand mudguards of the H-39s.  They used these tanks in Russia and the Mediterranean.