Slovak OOB1 errors

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I found some errors in armor availability dates.

Following quotes are from "Czechoslovak Armored Fighting Vehicles 1918-1948" by Charles Kliment and Vladimir Francev.

Unit 007 Skoda Lt-vz38 (tank was actually built by CKD) with a first availability date of Jan 1943:

"Slovakia started ordering the LT-38 tanks from CKD in early 1940. The first order for ten vehicles was increased by another 20 in August 1940 and an additional seven at the beginning of 1941. In August 1940, Slovakia also bought from CKD their LTL vehicles, built for Latvia but never delivered. These were upgunned by the Skoda 3.7 cm A7 gun and were named LT-40 in Slovak service.
Both these tanks were used by the Mobile Group during the invasion of the Soviet Union. Ten LT-38s and seven LT-40s participated.....Another company with six LT-38s and six LT-40s was sent to the mobile Division in the Caucasus in October 1942. It arrived safely but during the Soviet offensive in the spring of 1943 and the subsequent retreat to hte Crimea, all the tanks but one (V-3015) were lost and abandoned."

Unit 002 Skoda LT vz.35 with last availability date of October 1943:

"At the time of the attack on the Soviet union in the summer of 1941, the Slovak Army had two companies of LT vz.35 with its Mobile Group (later Mobile Brigade), a total of 30 tanks....After all the tank units were returned to Slovakia at the end of 1941, the LT vz.35s were not deemed suitable for front line service any longer and were used for training only. This did not prevent them from participating in the Slovak National Uprising in August 1944, when quite a few of them fought bravely against the German units, either as free moving tanks, or as parts of the armored trains or dug-in fortifications."

Re LT-40: according to a comparison table in the book the main differences with the LT-38 were:

1) Three man crew.
2) Smaller overall dimensions (length/width/height in cms being 420/198/216 vs 454/214/220 for the LT-38).
3) Weight of 7.5 tons vs 9.2 for the LT-38.
4) Greater maximum speed (47 km/h vs 42)

Armament and armor were the same as the LT-38, so these can be copied from the existing unit 007.

I don't know whether it is worth adding the LT-40 (up to you to decide) but the availability dates definitely need to be fixed.

Sorry for the long post but I thought you might find it useful.