Marder I





>Type Tank destroyer
>Place of origin Nazi Germany
>In service 1942–1944
>Used by Nazi Germany
>Wars World War II
>Designed 1942
>Number built 170
>Weight 8,200 kg (18,078 lbs)
>Length 5.38 m (17 ft 8 in)
>Width 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
>Height 2 m (6 ft 7 in)
>Crew 4 to 5
>Main armament 7.5 cm PaK 40
>Engine Delahaye 103TT 70 PS (69 hp, 51.5 kW)
>range 135-150 km (84-93 mi) road
>Speed 34-38 km/h (21-23 mph) road 15-20 km/h (9-12 mph) off-road











The Marder I "Marten" (SdKfz 135) was a German World War II tank destroyer, armed with the 75 mm anti-tank gun. Most Marder I's 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 three hundred after the Fall of France in 1940.