Armaments produced by the Plzeň-based Škoda Works and the Prague-based ČKD in the Peruvian Andes. Exports of armaments from the Czechoslovak Republic to some South American States during the inter-was period

Abstract

This paper analyses the arms trade between the Škoda Works in Plzeň, Českomoravská-Kolben-Daněk, a.s. in Prague, and some South American States, with a special focus on the successful exports of Czechoslovak light tanks to Peru and the activities of the Škoda Works agents in Argentina.

Keywords

• Weapon export – Škoda works – ČKD – Peru – ing. František Hanuš (Argentina)