[citation needed] The Pz.Kpfw.I Ausf.F was created in 1942 as a light tank designed to storm fortified lines.

A, B and C. It varied from the earlier Panzer I design with an increase in armour and new suspension.

The design bureau called for the tank to mount the maximum armour protection possible.

The initial order of 30 pieces was given on December 22, 1939, at, and also produced by the manufacturer Krauss-Maffei.

J however it lacks one of the view ports on the upper frontal glacis plate.

[2] The engine was a Maybach HL 45P 6-cylinder delivering 150 hp (110 kW) into a four-speed gearbox with one reverse gear.

This allowed larger wheels and permitted use of low quality rubber which was at the time a scarce raw material in Germany on them.

The rest of the tanks were used quite effectively in anti-guerrilla actions during the Second World War.