The LT vz. 34, formally designated as "Lehký Tank vzor 34" ("Light Tank Model 34") Czechoslovak-designed light tank had been based on that of the [arden-Loyd tankette, of which the Czechs had purchased three, plus a manufacturing license, in 1930. Dissatisfied with the prototypes of the Tančík vz. 33 tankette, the Czechoslovak Army decided that it would be easier to design a light tank from scratch rather than modify a tankette chassis to carry a fully rotating armored turret. 50 were built, the last of which was delivered during 1936.