The 1938/39, German take-over of the Czechoslovak state resulted that in March of 1939, 150 of LT-38s in production were confiscated and CKD/Praga was ordered to complete them all. All of them were incorporated into the German Army as Pz.Kpfw. 38(t) Ausf A - Sd.Kfz.140. After the German take-over of the Czechoslovakia, the LT-38 became one of the most important tanks used by the Panzertruppe and was retained in production as a tank until June of 1942. During the war, Pz.Kpfw. 38(t) were exported and saw service with German Allies including: Romania (50), Slovakia (90), Bulgaria (10) and Hungary (102).Pz.Kpfw. 38(t) also saw service with the Allies. Single tank was captured by British and French in May / June 1940, another example (turret number 543) was captured either during the Italian Campaign in 1943 or Normandy in 1944 and was tested in England.Numbers of Pz.Kpfw. 38(t)s were captured and pressed into service by the Red Army.Number of Pz.Kpfw. 38(t) in service with the Slovak Army participated in the Slovak national uprising in August of 1944.Finally, in May of 1945, Pz.Kpfw. 38(t) now known as LT-38/37 (37 standing for 37mm gun) was back in service with the Czechoslovak Army as a training tank until early 1950s.