Fotografije snimljene 1939. godine na železničkoj stanici u varošici Sátoraljaújhely na granici sa Slovačkom. Nakon raspada Čehoslovačke i konačne nemačke okupacije 1939. godine te ustanovljenja marionetske Slovačke države, došlo je do teritorijalnih neslaganja sa Mađarskom. Meseca marta 1939. mađarske trupe su zaposele zaposele sporne teritorije nakon čega je izbio izbio je niz sukoba.
U jednom takovom sukobu 24. marta je zaplenjen jedan LT vz 35.
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The first clash between the Hungarian and former Czechoslovakian forces occurred on the road between Francsika (Francikovo) and Nagyszöllős (Novy Sel) at 07.45 hours on 15 March.
The 24th Hungarian Frontier Guard Battalion was deployed in this area and its patrols reported advancing Czechoslovakian tanks on the road.
Two LT vz. 35 belonged to the Skoda Factory, manned by Skoda mechanics arrived to Slovakia from Soviet Union via Romania. The tanks were on test trial in Soviet Union. The tanks were confiscated and incorporated to the temporary Slovakian armoured company. The two Lt wz.35 were deployed with volunteered civilian drivers against the advancing Hungarian troops on the morning of 15 of March.
The Hungarian Frontier Guard Battalion had an anti-tank platoon with two 36. M 37mm anti-tank guns towed by horses. When received the signal, the platoon commander , Lieutenant Elemér Czékus confiscated a civilian taxi cab and transported one anti-tank gun and its crew to the front line. The crew had to man handle the anti-tank gun for 1.5 kilometres to the firing position on the road. The advancing Czechoslovakian tanks did not see the hidden Hungarian gun and were ambushed. The leading Lt wz.35 tank was hit several times and burned out totally, the civilian driver Antonin Seidler being killed and the rest of the crew captured. This was the first clash between a Hungarian anti-tank gun and an enemy armoured vehicle during the war.
Another Lt. wz.35 tank was captured intact by the Hungarian troops on 24 of March.
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