Why Btonze Age?

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So Pzkfw I was the way it was largely due to German industrial inexperience with mass production of real tanks, and the desire to equip the German army with some substantial number of any tanks German industry can build quickly, rather than because the Germans were really after tankettes.

Quite possible. Even more so, since it was outdated as early as 1940. But the German strategists, as opposed to every other nation at the time, thought in terms of all arms of service working in close connection to each other. I can't remember what the original thought behind Pzkfw 1 was at the time, but I'm pretty sure it was to provide infantery support.

Edit, I looked up it's history. The original concept was a training panzer, designed to withstand infantery fire. Designed to circumvent the treaty of Versailles. Only 1500 have been built between 1934 and 1937.