Marder I

Marder I
Marder I on display at the Musée des Blindés at Saumur.
TypeTank destroyer
Place of originNazi Germany
Service history
In service1942–1944
Used byNazi Germany
WarsWorld War II
Production history
Designed1942
No. built170
Specifications
Mass8,200 kg (18,100 lb)
Length5.38 m (17 ft 8 in)
Width1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Height2 m (6 ft 7 in)
Crew4 to 5

Armour5–12 mm
Main
armament
7.5 cm Pak 40
EngineDelahaye 103TT
70 PS (69 hp; 51 kW)
Power/weight8.4 hp (6.3 kW) / tonne
Operational
range
135–150 km (84–93 mi) road
Maximum speed
  • 34–38 km/h (21–24 mph) road
  • 15–20 km/h (9.3–12.4 mph) off-road

The Marder I "Marten" (Sd.Kfz. 135) was a German World War II tank destroyer, armed with a 75 mm Pak-40 anti-tank gun. Most Marder Is were built on the base of the Tracteur Blindé 37L (Lorraine), a French artillery tractor/armoured personnel carrier of which the Germans had acquired more than 300 units after the Fall of France in 1940.