List of military vehicles of World War II
(Redirected from List of common WWII combat vehicles)
The following is a list of Second World War military vehicles organized by country, showing numbers produced in parentheses.
Afghanistan
[edit]Tanks
[edit]- L3/35 (14)
- Disston Tractor Tank (2)
- FT-17 (20)
- Lancia 1ZM
- Citroën-Kégresse M23
Albania
[edit]Tanks
[edit]Armoured cars
[edit]Tankettes
[edit]- CV-33
Argentina
[edit]Tanks
[edit]- Nahuel DL 43 (16)
- Fiat 3000 (152)
- Vickers Cardon-Loyd Model 1934 (12)
Utility vehicles
[edit]- Ñando (5)
Australia
[edit]Tanks
[edit]- Sentinel (65)
- Thunderbolt (1)
- AC4 (1)
Armoured cars
[edit]Belgium
[edit]Tanks
[edit]- ACG-1 (12)
- T-13 (199)
- T-15 (42)
- Renault FT (75 in storage)
Utility vehicles
[edit]- FN Tricar (331 ordered and partially delivered)
Bulgaria
[edit]Tankettes
[edit]- L3/33 (14)
Tanks
[edit]- Vickers Mk E (8)
- Renault R35 (39)
- SOMUA S35 (6)
- Hotchkiss H35 (19)
- Panzer 35(t) (36)
- Panzer 38(t) (10)
- Panzer I (1)
- Panzer IV (46 or 91)
- T-34 (85)
- PzKpfw IV H with 76.2mm ZiS-3 gun Bulgarian modified Panzer IV
Self-propelled guns
[edit]Tank-based
[edit]- Semovente da 47/32 (2)
- Jagdpanzer IV
- Sturmgeschütz III (55 ordered, 25 delivered)
- Sturmgeschütz IV
Armored cars
[edit]- Leichter Panzerspähwagen (20)
- Sd.Kfz.232 Schwerer Panzerspähwagen
Utility vehicles
[edit]Canada
[edit]Tanks
[edit]- M3 Stuart (432) light tank used by America and Canada
- Ram (2,993) regular tank not used in combat, specialist models used
- Grizzly I (188) A modified version of the M4A1 Sherman tank license produced in Canada
- Valentine (1,420) Valentine tanks produced in Canada. Most sent to the Soviet Union as Lend-Lease aid. Some were retained in Canada for training.
- Badger – a flame tank version of the Ram
Self-propelled artillery
[edit]- Sexton (2,150)
Armoured personnel carriers
[edit]Armoured cars
[edit]Utility vehicles
[edit]- Ford F15 (400,000)
China
[edit]Tankettes
[edit]- Carden Loyd tankette Mk VI (53)
- L3/33 (bought from Italy before the war)
- L3/35 (bought from Italy before the war)
Tanks
[edit]- Renault FT (most of delivered 36 tanks, 3 tanks captured by Japanese in 1931)
- M4 Sherman (35 tanks, only used in India-Burma Theater by Chinese Expedition Army)
- M3 Stuart (M3A3, M5A1) (50 tanks, only used in India-Burma Theater by Chinese Expedition Army)
- M24 Chaffee – 233
- M18 Hellcat
- Type 95 Ha-Go (captured only)
- Type 97 Chi-Ha (captured only)
- Panzer I (10 bought from Germany before the war)
- Vickers 6-ton (20 bought from UK before the war)
- Vickers amphibious tank M1931 (29 tanks purchased from GB)
- British 12-ton tank (type unclear – likely Vickers Medium Mark II, possibly Cruiser Mk I, or remotely Matilda I)
- T26 (88 provided by Soviets in 1938)
- BT-5 (4 provided by Soviets in 1938)
- Marmon-Herrington CTLS (few diverted from Dutch after the fall of Java)
- AMR 35
- T-34 (supplied from Russia)
Armored cars
[edit]- Dowa licence produced Model 25 Vickers Crossley armored car
- GMC M1931 (Chinese copy)
- Leichter Panzerspähwagen (Sd.Kfz. 221 and Sd.Kfz. 222) – 12 bought from Germany
- BA-10 and BA-20 – about 50
- Renault UE Chenillette about 10
- M8 light armor car
Croatia
[edit]Tankettes
[edit]- TKS/TK3 (16)
- L3/33 (6)
- L3/35 (4)
- 35M Ansaldo (10~15)
- Panzer I Ausf.A (4)
Armoured cars
[edit]- AB-41
- Oklopni samovoz
- Several Improvised armoured cars
Tanks
[edit]- Renault FT
- Renault R-35
- L6/40 (~26)
- H35/39
- Somua S35 ?
Tank destroyers
[edit]Czechoslovakia
[edit]Tanks
[edit]Tankettes
[edit]- Tančík vz. 33 (70)
- AH-IV (206)
Armoured cars
[edit]Denmark
[edit]- Armoured Harley Davidson motorcycle (trials)
- Fiat 3000 (1)
- FP-4 and FP-5
- Landsverk L-180 (2)
- Landsverk L-185 (1, used for training)
- Pansarbil m/39 (3)
- PV-10 (5)
- V3 "Holger Danske" armored car (Made on a Ford FAA)
Estonia
[edit]Tanks
[edit]- Mark V Composite (4)
- Renault FT (12)
Tankettes
[edit]- TKS (6)
Armoured cars
[edit]- Landsverk L-180 (1)
- Arsenal Crossley M27/28 (13)
Finland
[edit]Tanks
[edit]- Renault FT (used only as in place fire position)
- Vickers Mark E (26) (Modified, equipped with 37 mm Puteaux SA-18 or with 37mm Bofors)
- BT-5 and BT-7 (captured)
- T-26 (captured)
- T-28 (captured)
- T-34 (captured)
- KV-1 (captured)
- Panzer IV (bought)
Anti-aircraft
[edit]Assault guns
[edit]- BT-42 (18)
- Sturmgeschütz III (59)
France
[edit]Tanks
[edit]Armoured reconnaissance tanks
[edit]Armoured combat tanks
[edit]Light tanks
[edit]- Renault R35 (1,601)
- Hotchkiss H35 (1,100) - Hotchkiss H35 or modified version H39.
- FCM 36 (100)
- Char D1 (160)
- Renault R40 (130)
- Renault FT (1,580) - World War I era tank.
- AMX 38 - trials.
Medium tanks
[edit]- Somua S-35 (430)
- Char D2 (100)
Heavy tanks
[edit]Tank destroyers
[edit]- Laffly W15 TCC (70)
- AMR 35 Renault ZT2 (10)
- AMR 35 Renault ZT3 (10)
- Somua S40 (trials)
Self-propelled guns
[edit]- Canon de 194 mle GPF (50)
- Renault FT BS (39)
- 105 leFH18B2 (16)
Armoured personnel carriers
[edit]- Renault UE (5,168)
- Lorraine 37L (630)
Armoured cars
[edit]- Panhard 178 (941)
- AMC Schneider P 16 (100)
Germany
[edit]Tanks
[edit]Light tanks
[edit]- Panzer I (1,659, excluding conversions)
- Panzer II (1,856, excluding conversions)
- Panzer 35(t) (Czechoslovakian design, 434)
- Panzer 38(t) (Czechoslovakian design, 1,168 total)
- Kampfpanzer 7TP(p) (7TP captured during Germany's invasion of Poland)
- Pz.Kpfw. 17/18 R(f) (Renault FT captured following the Battle of France)
- Pz.Kpfw. 35R(f) (Renault R35 captured following the Battle of France) (~800)
- Pz.Kpfw. 35/38/39 H(f) (Hotchkiss H35 captured following the Battle of France)
- Pz.Kpfw. T-26(r) (captured T-26)
Medium tanks
[edit]- Panzer III (5,774, excluding StuG III)
- Panzer IV (8,553)
- Panzer V "Panther" (5,984)
- Panther II tank (prototype)
Heavy tanks
[edit]- VK 4501 (P) (91, one used as command tank, most of the others converted to Elefant tank destroyers)
- Tiger I (1,347)
- Tiger II a.k.a. "King Tiger" or "Royal Tiger" (489)
Super-heavy tanks
[edit]- Maus (2 prototypes completed)
Armoured cars
[edit]- Panzerjäger Bren 731(e) (Universal Carrier captured by the Germans and fitted with a triple Panzerschreck mount)
- Fahrgestell Bren (Universal Carrier reused by the Germans with a 3.7 cm PaK 36 gun)
- Sd.Kfz. 221 Leichter Panzerspähwagen light armoured car
- Sd.Kfz. 222 Leichter Panzerspähwagen light armoured car
- Sd.Kfz. 223 Leichter Panzerspähwagen Light armoured car
- Sd.Kfz. 231 Schwere Panzerspähwagen (6-Rad) heavy armoured car
- Sd.Kfz. 232 Schwere Panzerspähwagen (8-Rad) heavy armoured car
- Sd.Kfz. 233 Schwere Panzerspähwagen (8-Rad) heavy armoured car
- Sd.Kfz. 234/1 Schwere Panzerspähwagen (8-Rad) heavy armoured car
- Sd.Kfz. 234/2 Schwere Panzerspähwagen (8-Rad) Puma heavy armoured car
- Sd.Kfz. 234/3 Schwere Panzerspähwagen (8-Rad) Stummel heavy armoured car
- Sd.Kfz. 234/4 Schwere Panzerspähwagen (8-Rad) heavy armoured car
- Sd.Kfz. 234 8-wheeled armored car (also known as Puma or Stummel)
- Steyr ADGZ heavy armoured car (from Austrian annex)
- Panzerspähwagen P204(f) (Panhard 178 captured following the Battle of France)
- Panzerspähwagen BA-10(r) (captured BA-10)
- Panzerspähwagen AB43 203(i) (captured after Italian armistice)
Utility vehicles
[edit]- Mercedes-Benz L3000 truck (27,700) was the most bought in 1944
- Opel Blitz truck
- Raupenschlepper Ost tracked truck
- Steyr 1500A light truck
- Horch 108 heavy off-road passenger car, Einheits-PKW der Wehrmacht
- Volkswagen Kübelwagen 4-piston multipurpose all-terrain support vehicle (50,435)
- Volkswagen Schwimmwagen amphibious variant of the Kübelwagen (14,265)
- Volkswagen Type 82E 4-piston squad car/personal command car
Motorcycles
[edit]- BMW R75 (two-wheel-drive motorcycle with side car)
- Nimbus (made in Denmark)
- Zündapp KS750 (two-wheel-drive motorcycle with side car) (18,000)
Half-tracks
[edit]- Maultier (22,500)
- Schwerer Wehrmachtschlepper (825)
- Sd.Kfz. 2 "Kettenkrad" (8,345)
- Sd.Kfz. 3 (21,020)
- Sd.Kfz. 4 (1,480)
- Sd.Kfz. 6 (3,660)
- Sd.Kfz. 7 (12,187)
- Sd.Kfz. 10 (14,000)
- Sd.Kfz. 11 (app. 9000)
- Sd.Kfz. 250 (6,628)
- Sd.Kfz. 251 "Hanomag" (15,252)
- Sd.Kfz 252 (413)
- Sd.Kfz 253 (285)
- Sd.Kfz 254 (140)
Self-propelled artillery
[edit]- 8 cm Raketen-Vielfachwerfer
- Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel (100+)
- Sd.Kfz. 138/1 Grille I/II (389)
- Sd.Kfz. 124 Wespe (676)
- Sd.Kfz. 4/1 15 cm Panzerwerfer 42 auf Selbstfahrlafette "Maultier" (300)
- Karl-Gerät 60 cm 24 a/k/a "Mörser Karl" (7)
- Schwerer Gustav (2 built)
Assault guns
[edit]- Sd.Kfz. 142 Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) (10,086)
- Sturmhaubitze 42 (1,299)
- Sturm-Infanteriegeschütz 33B (24)
- Sd.Kfz. 166 Brummbär (306)
- Sd.Kfz. 167 Sturmgeschütz IV (StuG IV) (1,108+31 conversions)
- Sturmtiger (18)
- 10.5 cm K gepanzerte Selbstfahrlafette "Dicker Max" (2 prototypes)
- 12.8 cm Selbstfahrlafette auf VK 30.01(H) "Sturer Emil" (2 prototypes)
- 15 cm sIG 33 (Sf) auf Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf B (38)
- 15 cm sIG 33 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II (Sf) (12)
Tank destroyers
[edit]- Panzerjäger I (202)
- Sd.Kfz. 132 Marder I (170)
- Sd.Kfz. 131 Marder II (576)
- Sd.Kfz. 138 Marder III (1,561, all types)
- Sd.Kfz. 138/2 Jagdpanzer 38(t) "Hetzer" (2,827)
- Sd.Kfz. 162 Jagdpanzer IV (1,977)
- Sd.Kfz. 164 Nashorn (494)
- Sd.Kfz. 173 Jagdpanzer V "Jagdpanther" (415)
- Sd.Kfz. 184 Panzerjäger Tiger (P) Elefant (91)
- Sd.Kfz. 186 Jagdpanzer VI "Jagdtiger" (88)
Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns
[edit]- Sd.Kfz. 7/1 2 cm FlaKvierling 38 L/112.5 (319) – quadruple 2 cm gun on a half track chassis
- Sd.Kfz. 7/2 3.7 cm FlaK 37 L/98 (123) – 3.7 cm gun on half track chassis
- Sd.Kfz. 10/4 and Sd.Kfz. 10/5 (~2,000) – 2 cm gun on a half track chassis
- Flakpanzer 38(t) (141)
- Flakpanzer IV "Möbelwagen" (~300) – Sd.Kfz. 161/3, a 3.7 cm gun on Panzer IV chassis
- Flakpanzer IV "Wirbelwind" (87-105) – Sd.Kfz. 161/4, quadruple 2 cm Flak on Panzer IV chassis
- Flakpanzer I (24) – 2 cm Flak 38 on a Panzer I chassis
- Flakpanzer IV "Ostwind" (43–45) – turreted 3.7 cm gun on Panzer IV chassis
- Flakpanzer IV "Kugelblitz" (5 prototypes)
- 3.7 cm Flakzwilling auf Panther Fahrgestell (only a wooden mock-up was built)
Remote controlled vehicles
[edit]- Borgward B IV demolition vehicle (1,181)
- Goliath tracked mine (7,564)
- Springer demolition vehicle (50)
Hungary
[edit]Tanks
[edit]Light tanks
[edit]- Toldi I, II, IIa, and III (202)
- Straussler V-4 (4+ prototypes)
- T-38 (Panzer 38(t), Czechoslovakian design, 105-111)
- 35M and 37M Tankettes (modified L3/33 and L3/35, 60-150)
Medium tanks
[edit]- Turán I and II (424)
- 43M Turán III (2 prototypes)
- Panzer III
- Panzer IV (74+)
- Panzer V "Panther" (5-17)
Heavy tanks
[edit]Captured tanks
[edit]- BT-7 (captured)
- Hotchkiss H39 (15 captured vehicles provided by Germany)
- LT vz. 34 (captured)
- LT vz. 35 (captured)
- M3 Stuart (captured)
- SOMUA S35 (2 captured vehicles provided by Germany)
- T-26 (captured)
- T-28 (captured)
- T-34 (including T-34/76 and T-34/85) (captured)
Self-propelled guns
[edit]Tank destroyers
[edit]- 44M Zrínyi I (1 prototype)
- 43M Toldi páncélvadász (1 prototype)
- Marder II (5-7)
- Jagdpanzer 38(t) "Hetzer" (75-101)
Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns
[edit]- 40M Nimród (135)
Armoured cars
[edit]- 39M Csaba (102-145)
Utility vehicles
[edit]- 38M Botond (2,554)
- 37M (Sd.Kfz. 11, 74)
- 43M Lehel (Hu) (APC/medical vehicle based on the Nimród chassis, 1-4 prototypes)
India
[edit]Armoured cars
[edit]Iran
[edit]Half-tracks
[edit]- Citroën-Kégresse P1T ?
Armoured cars
[edit]- Rolls-Royce India Pattern AC (4)
- Marmon-Herrington M1934
- Marmon Herrington CTL-1 (12)
- Marmon Herrington AC + Landsverk turret & 37mm Bofors (12)
- LaFrance Tk-6
Tankettes
[edit]- AH-IV(P) (50)
- Tančik vz 33 (1 prototype)
Tanks
[edit]Light tanks
[edit]- ČKD TNHP (50)
- Renault FT
Iraq
[edit]Tankettes
[edit]- L3/35 (≈16)
Armoured cars
[edit]- Iraqi Crossley MkI (≈14)
Italy
[edit]Tankettes
[edit]Tanks
[edit]Light tanks
[edit]- Fiat 3000 (152~200)
- Carro Armato L6/40 (283)
Medium tanks
[edit]- Carro Armato M11/39 (100)
- Carro Armato M13/40 (740)
- Carro Armato M14/41 (800~939)
- Carro Armato M15/42 (82~282)
- Carro Armato Celere Sahariano M16/43 (only prototype)
Heavy tanks
[edit]- Carro Pesante P26/40 (101~103)
Tank destroyers and self-propelled guns
[edit]- Semovente M40 47/32 (282~300)
- Semovente M41 75/18 (262~467)
- Semovente da 75/34 (141~182)
- Semovente M43 75/46 (11~13)
- Semovente M41 90/53 (30~48)
- Semovente M42L 105/25 (121)
- Semovente da 149/40 (only prototype)
- Semovente da 20/70 quadruplo (only prototype)
Armoured cars
[edit]- Autoblindo 40 (24)
- Autoblindo 41 (647)
- Autoblindo Lince (250)
- Autoblindo 43 (70) (All were captured and used by the German Army)
Utility vehicles
[edit]- SPA-Viberti AS.42
- Alfa Romeo 430 truck
- Alfa Romeo 500 truck
- Alfa Romeo 800 heavy truck
- Breda 61 half-track (250, licensed copy of Sd.Kfz. 7)
Japan
[edit]Tankettes
[edit]- Type 92 cavalry tank (167)
- Type 94 tankette (823)
- Type 97 Te-Ke (616)
Tanks
[edit]Light tanks
[edit]- Type 95 Ha-Go (2,300)
- Type 98 Ke-Ni (104)
- Type 2 Ke-To (34)
- Type 4 Ke-Nu (100)
- Type 5 Ke-Ho (1 prototype)
Medium tanks
[edit]- Type 89 Chi-Ro (404)
- Type 97 Chi-Ha (1,162)
- Type 98 Chi-Ho (4 prototypes)
- Type 97-Kai Shinhoto Chi-Ha (930)
- Type 1 Chi-He (170)
- Type 3 Chi-Nu (144 to 166)
- Type 4 Chi-To (2)
- Type 5 Chi-Ri (1 incomplete prototype)
Heavy tanks
[edit]- Type 91 heavy tank (1 prototype)
- Type 95 heavy tank (4 prototypes)
Amphibious tanks
[edit]- Type 2 Ka-Mi (182 to 184)
- Type 3 Ka-Chi (19)
- Type 5 To-Ku (1 prototype)
Self-propelled guns
[edit]- Type 1 75 mm SPH Ho-Ni I (26)
- Type 1 105 mm SPH Ho-Ni II (54)
- Type 2 gun tank Ho-I (31)
- Type 3 gun tank Ho-Ni III (31)
- Type 4 150 mm SPH Ho-Ro (12)
- Type 4 120 mm SPH Ho-To (1 prototype)
- Type 5 47 mm SPG Ho-Ru (1 prototype)
- Short Barrel 120 mm gun tank (12)
- Naval 12 cm SPG (1 prototype)
Armoured personnel carriers
[edit]- Type 1 Ho-Ha (unknown)
- Type TC (1 prototype)
- Type TE (1 prototype)
- Type TG (1 prototype)
- Type 1 Ho-Ki (limited)
- Type 4 Chi-So (2)
- Type 4 Ka-Tsu armoured tracked amphibious carrier (49)
Armoured cars
[edit]- Vickers Crossley armoured car (12)
- Chiyoda armored car (200)
- Sumida M.2593 (1,000)
- Type 93 armoured car (5)
Latvia
[edit]Armoured cars
[edit]- various dating from WW1
Tankettes
[edit]- Carden Loyd MK IV (1)
Tanks
[edit]- Vickers Carden-Loyd M1937 (6)
- Vickers Carden-Loyd M1936 (12)
- Mark V Composite (5)
- Mark Medium B (2)
- Fiat 3000 (6)
Lithuania
[edit]Armoured cars
[edit]- Landsverk L-181 (6)
- various from WW1
Tanks
[edit]- Vickers Carden Loyd M1934 (16)
- Renault FT (12)
Manchukuo
[edit]Armoured Cars
[edit]Tankettes
[edit]Tanks
[edit]Mexico
[edit]Tanks
[edit]- Light tank M3 - M3A1 Stuart III (25 units delivered in 1942)
Netherlands
[edit]Tankettes
[edit]Light tanks
[edit]- Renault FT (1)
- Vickers light tank "Dutchman" (22) used by the KNIL
- Vickers Light Amphibious Tank (2) used by the KNIL
- Marmon-Herrington CTLS4-TA (7) used by the KNIL (26 Suriname) (7 Curaçao) (6 Aruba)
- Marmon-Herrington MTLS-1G14 (14 Suriname)
- Marmon-Herrington CTMS-ITB1 (28 Suriname)(2 Curaçao)(1 Aruba)
Armoured cars
[edit]- Landsverk L180 (14)
- Landsverk L181 (12)
- M39 Pantserwagen (12)
- Wilton Fijenoord (3)
- Morris Wijnman (3)
- Marmon-Herrington Mk III (49) used by the KNIL
- Alvis-Straussler AC3D (12) used by the KNIL
- M3A1 White Scout Car (40) used by the KNIL
Armoured personnel carrier
[edit]- Overvalwagen (~30) used by the KNIL
Self-propelled anti-air-gun
[edit]- Ehrhardt Potkachel (1)
New Zealand
[edit]Converted tractors
[edit]- Bob Semple tank (4)
Light tanks
[edit]- Light tank, wheel-and-track (Schofield) wheel/caterpillar fast tank, prototype only
Also American M3 Stuart tanks, called "Honeys" by the Brits and Commonwealth, used in Italy as recon vehicles
Armoured personnel carriers
[edit]- Universal carrier (1,300)
Armoured cars
[edit]- Beaverette NZ (208) light armoured car similar to the British Beaverette
Norway
[edit]Light tanks
[edit]- Stridsvagn L-120 (1)
Poland
[edit]Tankettes
[edit]Tanks
[edit]Armored cars
[edit]- Samochód pancerny wz. 28
- Samochód pancerny wz. 29 (10-13)
- Samochód pancerny wz. 34 (87)
- Kubuś (1, used by the Polish Home Army)
Self-propelled guns
[edit]- TKS-D (2)
- TKD (4)
Artillery tractors
[edit]Utility vehicles
[edit]Reorganized National Government of ROC
[edit]Tankettes
[edit]- Type 94 Tankette (18)
Romania
[edit]Tankettes
[edit]Tanks
[edit]- R-2 (Panzer 35(t), Czechoslovakian design, 126 + 26 Panzer 35(t))
Tank destroyers
[edit]- Mareşal (7 prototypes + early serial production)
- TACAM T-60 (Soviet T-60 converted into a tank destroyer with a different Soviet gun, 34)
- TACAM R-2 (Czechoslovak Panzer 35(t) converted into a tank destroyer with a Soviet gun, 21)
- Vânătorul de care R35 (R35 with different gun, French design, 30)
Armoured cars
[edit]- AB md. 41 (1 prototype)
- Sd. Kfz. 222 (46)
- Sd. Kfz. 223 (35)
- AB-41 (8)
- Peugeot Armored Car (2)
- Austin-Putilov (4)
- OA vz. 30 (10)
- OA vz. 27 (3)
- BA-10 & BA-64 (103+)
Artillery tractors
[edit]- Malaxa UE (Renault UE Chenillette, French design, 126)
- T-1 tractor (5 prototypes)
Demolition vehicles
[edit]- Romanian Goliath (1 prototype)
Slovakia
[edit]Tanks
[edit]Armoured cars
[edit]South Africa
[edit]Armoured cars
[edit]- Marmon-Herrington Armoured Car (5,746)
Soviet Union
[edit]Source: Zaloga (1984:125, 225).
Tankettes
[edit]- T-27 (3,328 pre-war)
Tanks
[edit]Light tanks
[edit]- T-18
- T-26 (11,218 pre-war)
- T-50 (65)
- T-60 (5,839)
- T-70 (8,226)
- T-80 & T-90 (75)
- BT tanks (8,060 pre-war, including BT-2, BT-5 and BT-7)
Amphibious tanks
[edit]Medium tanks
[edit]Heavy tanks
[edit]- T-35 (61 pre-war)
- SMK (experimental)
- KV (Kliment Voroshilov) (508 pre-war)
- IS-1 heavy tank IS-1 (Iosif Stalin 1)
- IS-2 heavy tank IS-2 (Iosif Stalin 2) (3,590)
- IS-3 heavy tank IS-3 (Iosef Stalin 3) (2,311 including 29 till the end of the war)
Self-propelled guns
[edit]- ZiS-30 (101)
- SU-5
- SU-14 super heavy SPG (2 prototypes, both took part in indirect fire against the Germans in Kubinka)
- SU-76 (14,292)
- SU-85 tank destroyer (2,644)
- SU-100 tank destroyer (2,495)
- SU-122 self-propelled howitzer (638)
- SU-152 (671)
- ISU-122/ISU-152 (4,635)
- SU-26 (12 or 14)
- Object 704 tank destroyer
- ISU-152 tank destroyer
Rocket artillery
[edit]- Katyusha (10,000)
Anti-aircraft
[edit]- M-4 GAZ AA motorized quad Russian M1910 Maxim guns
- ZiS-42 motorized 25 mm
- YaG-10 motorized 76.2 mm
- T-90 anti-aircraft tank (dual 12.7 mm DShK)
- ZSU-25 dual 25 mm
- ZSU-37 37 mm
Armoured cars
[edit]- D-8
- FAI (636 pre-war)
- BA-20 (2,013)
- LB-23
- BA-64 (8,174)
- BA-27
- BA-I
- BA-3 (554 pre-war)
- BA-6
- BA-10 (3,311)
- LB-62
- BA-11 (18)
Amphibious armoured cars
[edit]Half-tracks
[edit]Artillery tractors
[edit]- Komsomolets (4,041 pre-war)
- T-26-T
- STZ-3 (3,658 pre-war)
- STZ-5 (7,170 pre-war)
- Komintern (1,017 pre-war)
- Voroshilovets (228 pre-war)
- Kommunar (504 pre-war)
- YA-12 (1,666)
Improvised AFVs
[edit]Utility vehicles
[edit]Motorcycles
[edit]Light utility vehicles
[edit]Trucks
[edit]Thailand
[edit]Tanks and tankettes
[edit]- Carden Loyd tankette (~60)
- Type 83 (50)
- Vickers 6-Ton (30)
Self-propelled guns
[edit]Anti-aircraft
[edit]- Type 76 SPAAG (26)
United Kingdom
[edit]Artillery tractors
[edit]- AEC Matador [1] (9,000)
- Albion CX22S [2]
- Dragon Mark IV
- Crusader II, Gun Tractor Mk I
- Guy Quad
- Morris C8 Quad FAT (10,000)
- Scammell Pioneer R100 [3] (768)
Tanks
[edit]Light tanks
[edit]- Tank, Light, Mk.II (36)
- Tank, Light, Mk.III
- Tank, Light, Mk.IV
- Tank, Light, Mk.V (22)
- Tank, Light, Mk.VI (1,320)
- Tank, Light, Mk. VII Tetrarch (177)
- Tank, Light, Mk. VIII "Harry Hopkins" (A25) (100)
- Vickers 6 Ton Type B (1,939) – 4 used for training
Medium tanks
[edit]- Tank, Medium, Mk.II
- Sherman Firefly (~2,000) – modification of M4 Sherman.
- M3 Grant – US M3 Medium built to UK specification bought from the Americans
- M4 Sherman
Heavy tanks
[edit]- Tank, Heavy, TOG I (1 prototype)
- Tank, Heavy, TOG II (1 prototype)
- Tank, Heavy Assault, A33 (Excelsior) (only prototypes, not mass-produced or accepted into service)
- Tank, Heavy Assault, Tortoise (A39) (6 prototypes – finished in late 1945 after end of war)
- Tank, infantry, Churchill (A22) (7,368)
Cruiser tanks
[edit]- Tank, Cruiser, Mk.I (A9) (125)
- Tank, Cruiser, Mk. II (A10) (205)
- Tank, Cruiser, Mk. III (A13) (65)
- Tank, Cruiser, Mk. IV (A13 Mk.II) (655)
- Tank, Cruiser, Mk.V, Covenanter (A13 Mk.III) (1,771)
- Tank, Cruiser, Mk.VI, Crusader (A15) (5,700)
- Tank, Cruiser, Mk.VII, Cavalier (A24) (500)
- Tank, Cruiser, Mk.VIII, Centaur (A27L) (950)
- Tank, Cruiser, Mk.VIII, Cromwell (A27M) (4,200)
- Tank, Cruiser, Challenger (A30) (296)
- Tank, Cruiser, Comet I (A34) (United Kingdom) (1,200)
- Tank, Cruiser, Centurion I (A41) – Not used in WWII)
Infantry tanks
[edit]- Tank, infantry, Mk.I, Matilda I (A11) (140)
- Tank, infantry, Tank Mk.II, Matilda II (A12) (2,987)
- Tank, infantry, Mk.III, Valentine (8,275)
- Tank, infantry, Mk.IV, Churchill (A22) (5,460)
- Tank, infantry, Valiant (A38) (1 prototype)
- Tank, infantry, Black Prince (A43) (6 prototypes)
Self-propelled guns
[edit]- Carrier, Valentine, 25pdr gun Mk.I, Bishop (80)
- AEC Mk I Gun Carrier (175)
- 25pdr SP, tracked, Sexton (2,150; built in Canada)
- SP 17pdr, Valentine, Mk.I, Archer (655)
- SP 17pdr, A30 Avenger (250 completed post war)
- 17pdr SP Achilles (1,100)
Armoured personnel carriers
[edit]- Universal carrier (84,120)
- Loyd Carrier (26,000)
- M7 Kangaroo (armoured personnel carrier)
- Terrapin (200), an amphibious vehicle
Armoured cars
[edit]- AEC armoured car (629)
- Daimler armoured ar (2,694)
- Daimler scout car (Dingo) (6,626)
- Guy armoured car (101)
- Humber armoured car (5,400)
- Humber light reconnaissance car (over 3,600)
- Humber scout car (at least 4,102)
- Lanchester 6×4 armoured car (35)
- Lynx Canadian version of Daimler Dingo
- Morris light reconnaissance car (over 2,200)
- Morris CS9 (100)
- Rolls-Royce armoured car (76 in service at the start of the war)
- Standard Beaverette (~2,800)
- Staghound armoured car US built (~4,000)
Lorries
[edit]NB: In British nomenclature, a vehicle with load-carrying capacity of less than one imperial ton (20 hundredweight) was designated as a truck.[4]
- AEC armoured command vehicle (415)
- Albion WD.CX24 tank transporter
- Austin K2/Y ambulance.[5] (13,102)
- Austin K3
- Austin K4
- Austin K4 dropside
- Austin K5
- Austin K6 GS
- Austin K6 gantry
- Bedford MW.[6]
- Bedford OXA armoured
- Bedford OXC semi-trailer
- Bedford OXD GS
- Bedford OYC tanker
- Bedford OYD GS
- Bedford QLB Bofors.[7]
- Bedford QLD GS.[7]
- Bedford QLR/QLC radio/communications.[7]
- Bedford QLT troop carrier.[7]
- Crossley Q-Type.[8]
- GMC DUKW six-wheel-drive amphibious truck
- Guy Ant
- Guy Lizard armoured command vehicle (21)
- Humber FWD.[9]
- Karrier K6.[10]
- Leyland Hippo Mk II.[11]
- Morris C4
- Morris ML ambulance
- Morris C8 GS
- Morris commercial CD series[12]
- Morris commercial CS8[13]
- Morris commercial 8x8 GS Terrapin amphibious truck
- Scammell Pioneer semi-trailer SV1S and SV2S (~500)
United States
[edit]Tanks
[edit]Light tanks
[edit]- Marmon-Herrington CTLS
- Light tank M2
- M2A1 (10)
- M2A2 (239)
- M2A3 (72)
- M2A4 (375)
- Light tank M3/M5 (22,743) ("General Stuart", shortened to "Stuart" and unofficially "Honey" in British service)
- Light tank M22 (830) ("Locust" in British service, name adopted by America)
- Light tank M24 (4,731) ("General Chaffee" in British service, name adopted by America)
Medium tanks
[edit]- Medium tank M3 (7,533) (General Lee American tanks purchased by the British under lend-lease.)
- Medium tank M4 (58,000) (General Sherman bought by British from U.S. under lend lease)
- Medium tank M2 (112, used for training only)
- Medium tank M7 -prototype
Heavy tanks
[edit]- Heavy tank M26 Pershing (1,436)
- M6 heavy tank – prototype
- M4A3E2 Sherman "Jumbo" (~290)
- T34 heavy tank – prototype
- T29 heavy tank – prototype
- T28 super-heavy tank a.k.a. 105 mm gun motor carriage T95 (2) – prototype
- T30 heavy tank – prototype
- T14 heavy tank – prototype
- T32 heavy tank – prototype
Tank destroyers
[edit]- M3 gun motor carriage
- M6 gun motor carriage (5,380)
- M10 tank destroyer (6,706)
- M18 Hellcat (2,507)
- M36 tank destroyer (~1,400)
- T25 AT tank destroyer – prototype
- T40/M9 tank destroyer – prototype
Self-propelled artillery
[edit]- M4 mortar carrier 81 mm (572)
- M43 howitzer motor carriage
- M7 Priest 105 mm (3,490) (105mm SP, Priest in British service, Priest name adopted by America)
- M8 howitzer motor carriage 75 mm (1,178) (Scott)
- M12 gun motor carriage 155 mm
- M40 GMC 155 mm
- T18 howitzer motor carriage – prototype
- T82 howitzer motor carriage – prototype
- M21 mortar motor carriage
- T30 howitzer motor carriage
- T34 Calliope
- T40 Whizbang
Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns
[edit]- M13 multiple gun motor carriage
- M16 multiple gun motor carriage
- M15 combination gun motor carriage
- M19 multiple gun motor carriage
Armoured personnel carriers
[edit]Armoured cars
[edit]- M2 half-track car (13,500)
- M3 halftrack (20,918)
- M8 Greyhound (11,667)
- M20 armored utility car (3,680)
- M9 half-track car (3,500)
- T17 armored car (250)
Artillery tractors
[edit]Amphibious
[edit]- Landing Vehicle Tracked (18,620)
- Landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP) or Higgins boat (20,000)
- M29 Weasel
- DUKW (21,147)
- Ford GPA
Utility vehicles
[edit]- Dodge WC series light trucks
- Harley-Davidson WLA motorcycle
- Willys MB light truck
- GMC CCKW cargo truck
Yugoslavia
[edit]Tanks
[edit]Light tanks
[edit]- Renault FT (45) & M28 Kégresse (10-11)
- Renault R35 (54)
Tankettes
[edit]- Škoda Š-I-D/T-32 (8)
- Škoda Š-I-J ((1)trialed, but not adopted)
Self-propelled guns
[edit]- M3 Stuart modified with various captured German weapons
See also
[edit]- List of equipment used in World War II
- List of armoured fighting vehicles of World War II
- List of prototype World War II combat vehicles
- Military equipment of Germany's allies on the Balkan and Russian fronts (1941–45)
- List of U.S. Signal Corps Vehicles
- G-numbers
- Hobarts Funnies
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Ware 2012, p. 191.
- ^ Ware 2012, p. 193.
- ^ Ware 2012, p. 216.
- ^ War Department Technical Manual, Volume 30, Issue 410. Washington, D.C.: US Government. 1943. p. 113.
- ^ Ware 2012, p. 196.
- ^ Ware 2012, p. 198.
- ^ a b c d Ware 2012, p. 199.
- ^ Ware 2012, p. 201.
- ^ Ware 2012, p. 205.
- ^ Ware 2012, p. 207.
- ^ Ware 2012, p. 211.
- ^ Ware 2012, p. 213.
- ^ Ware 2012, p. 214.
Bibliography
[edit]- Chamberlain, Peter; Doyle, Hilary (1999). Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World War Two: The Complete Illustrated Dictionary of German Battle Tanks, Armoured Cars, Self-Propelled Guns and Semi-Track. Cassell. ISBN 978-1854095183.
- Taki's Imperial Japanese Army Page – Akira Takizawa
- Ware, P (2012). The Illustrated Guide to military Vehicles. Wigston: Hermes House. ISBN 978-0-85723-953-2.
- Zaloga, Steven J.; James Grandsen (1984). Soviet Tanks and Combat Vehicles of World War Two. Arms and Armour Press, London. ISBN 0-85368-606-8.
- Zaloga, Steven J. (2007). Japanese Tanks 1939–45. Osprey. ISBN 978-1-8460-3091-8.