C, also known by its prototype name VK 6.01[a],[2] was a German light tank from the Second World War.

C was formally designated as a modification of the Panzer I, it was actually a completely new vehicle[citation needed].

A and B variants - one of the main distinctions being the use of the Schachtellaufwerk inter-leaved track wheels which was used in many later German tanks during the war.

C was started in the autumn of 1939 by Krauss-Maffei and Daimler-Benz on the instructions of the Wehrmacht to create a light airborne tank.

[3] The chassis design was influenced by Krauss Maffei earlier work with halftracks including the 8-ton Sd.Kfz.