List of World War II military vehicles by country
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List of Second World War military vehicles by country, showing numbers produced in parentheses.

Tanks and tankettes

  • FT-17/18
  • T15
  • ACG-1

Self-propelled Guns

  • T13

Tanks

  • Tank, Cruiser, Ram
    Ram tank
    The Tank Cruiser, Ram was a cruiser tank designed and built by Canada in the Second World War, based on the U.S. M3 Medium tank. Due to the entrance of the United States into the war and the superior design of the American Sherman, it was used exclusively for training purposes and was never used in...

     (2,993) - Regular tank not used in combat, specialist models used
  • Grizzly I cruiser
    Grizzly I cruiser
    The Grizzly I was a Canadian built M4A1 Sherman tank with some modifications, it had thicker, more sloping armour, had a longer range, and, most notably was fitted with Canadian Dry Pin tracks.-History:...

     (188) - A modified version of the M4A1 Sherman tank license produced in Canada
  • Valentine VI & VII
    Valentine tank
    The Tank, Infantry, Mk III, Valentine was an infantry tank produced in the United Kingdom during the Second World War. More than 8,000 of the type were produced in 11 different marks plus various purpose-built variants, accounting for approximately a quarter of wartime British tank production...

     (1,420) - Valentine tanks produced in Canada. Largely sent to Russia
    Russia
    Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

     as part of Lend-Lease
    Lend-Lease
    Lend-Lease was the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, Free France, and other Allied nations with materiel between 1941 and 1945. It was signed into law on March 11, 1941, a year and a half after the outbreak of war in Europe in...

    . Some retained in Canada for training.
  • Badger - a flame tank version of the Ram

Armoured personnel carriers

  • C15TA Armoured Truck
    C15TA Armoured Truck
    The C15TA Armoured Truck was an armoured vehicle produced by Canada during the Second World War.-History:The C15TA Armoured Truck was developed by General Motors Canada along a concept lines of the American M3 Scout Car. The vehicle utilized the chassis of the Chevrolet C15 CMP truck. Between 1943...

      (3960)
  • Ram Kangaroo (100+)

Armoured car

  • Chick Armoured Car
  • Lynx Scout Car
    Daimler Dingo
    -external links :*** has a Daimler Dingo in its exposition.* wwiivehicles.com**...

  • Otter Light Reconnaissance Car
    Otter Light Reconnaissance Car
    The Otter Light Reconnaissance Car was an armoured car produced by Canada during the Second World War.-History:The Otter Light Reconnaissance Car was developed by General Motors Canada as a replacement for the Humber LRC. Between 1942 and 1945, 1761 units were produced in Oshawa, Ontario. The...

     (1,761)

Light tanks

  • FCM 36
    FCM 36
    The FCM 36 or Char léger Modèle 1936 FCM, was a light infantry tank that was designed for the French Army prior to World War II. It had a crew of two and was equipped with a short 37 mm main armament and a 7.5 mm coaxial machine gun...

     (100)
  • Hotchkiss H39 (692)
  • Renault FT-17
    Renault FT-17
    The Renault FT, frequently referred to in post-WWI literature as the "FT-17" or "FT17" , was a French light tank; it is among the most revolutionary and influential tank designs in history...

     (1,580)
  • Renault R35 (1,601)
  • Renault R40
    Renault R40
    The Renault R40 or Char léger modèle 1935 R modifié 1939 was a French light infantry tank that was used early in World War II, an improvement of the Renault R35, of which it is often considered a variant.-Development:...


Germany

Light tanks

  • SdKfz 101 Panzerkampfwagen I
    Panzer I
    The Panzer I was a light tank produced in Germany in the 1930s. The name is short for the German ' , abbreviated . The tank's official German ordnance inventory designation was SdKfz 101 .Design of the Panzer I began in 1932 and mass production in 1934...

     (3,970)
  • SdKfz 121 Panzerkampfwagen II
    Panzer II
    The Panzer II was the common name for a family of German tanks used in World War II. The official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen II...

     (3,996)
  • Panzerkampfwagen 35(t)
    Panzer 35(t)
    The Panzerkampfwagen 35, commonly shortened to Panzer 35 or abbreviated as Pz.Kpfw. 35, was a Czechoslovak-designed light tank used mainly by Nazi Germany during World War II. The letter stood for tschechisch...

     (Czechoslovakian design, 722 annexed + 219 produced)
  • Panzerkampfwagen 38(t)
    Panzer 38(t)
    The Panzerkampfwagen 38 was originally a Czech tank of pre-World War II design. After Czechoslovakia was taken over by Germany, it was adopted by the German Army, seeing service in the invasions of Poland and Russia. Production ended in 1942, when its armament was deemed inadequate. In all, over...

     (Czechoslovakian design, 1,168 total)

Medium tanks

  • SdKfz 141 Panzerkampfwagen III
    Panzer III
    Panzer III was the common name of a medium tank that was developed in the 1930s by Germany and was used extensively in World War II. The official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen III translating as "armoured battle vehicle". It was intended to fight other armoured fighting vehicles and...

     (5,728)
  • SdKfz 161 Panzerkampfwagen IV
    Panzer IV
    The Panzerkampfwagen IV , commonly known as the Panzer IV, was a medium tank developed in Nazi Germany in the late 1930s and used extensively during the Second World War. Its ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz...

     (11,900+)
  • SdKfz 171 Panzerkampfwagen V "Panther" (~6,000)

Heavy tanks

  • SdKfz 181 Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf. E Tiger I
    Tiger I
    Tiger I is the common name of a German heavy tank developed in 1942 and used in World War II. The final official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. E, often shortened to Tiger. It was an answer to the unexpectedly formidable Soviet armour encountered in the initial months of...

    (1,355)
  • SdKfz 182 Panzerkampfwagen VII Ausf. B Tiger II
    Tiger II
    Tiger II is the common name of a German heavy tank of the Second World War. The final official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B,Panzerkampfwagen – abbr: Pz. or Pz.Kfw. Ausführung – abbr: Ausf. .The full titles Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf...

    or King Tiger (490)
  • Panzerkampfwagen VIII
    Panzer VIII Maus
    Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus was a German World War II super-heavy tank completed in late 1944. It is the heaviest fully enclosed armoured fighting vehicle ever built. Only two hulls and one turret were completed before the testing grounds were captured by the advancing Soviet forces.These two...

     Maus (Prototype)
  • Panzer E100 Panzerkampfwagen
    Panzerkampfwagen E-100
    The Panzerkampfwagen E-100 was a German super-heavy tank design developed near the end of World War II.-History:The basic design was ordered by the Waffenamt as a parallel development to the Porsche Maus in June 1943...

     (Prototype)

Armoured cars

  • SdKfZ 221 Leichter Panzerspähwagen
    Leichter Panzerspähwagen
    The Leichter Panzerspähwagen were a series of light four-wheel drive armoured cars produced by Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1944....

     Light Armoured Car
  • SdKfZ 222 Leichter Panzerspähwagen
    Leichter Panzerspähwagen
    The Leichter Panzerspähwagen were a series of light four-wheel drive armoured cars produced by Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1944....

     Light Armoured Car
  • SdKfZ 223 Leichter Panzerspähwagen
    Leichter Panzerspähwagen
    The Leichter Panzerspähwagen were a series of light four-wheel drive armoured cars produced by Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1944....

     Light Armoured Car
  • SdKfz 231 Schwere Panzerspähwagen (6-Rad)
    Schwerer Panzerspähwagen
    The term Schwerer Panzerspähwagen , covers the 6 and 8 wheeled armoured cars Germany used during the Second World War....

     Heavy Armoured Car
  • SdKfz 232 Schwere Panzerspähwagen (8-Rad)
    Schwerer Panzerspähwagen
    The term Schwerer Panzerspähwagen , covers the 6 and 8 wheeled armoured cars Germany used during the Second World War....

     Heavy Armoured Car
  • SdKfz 233 Schwere Panzerspähwagen (8-Rad)
    Schwerer Panzerspähwagen
    The term Schwerer Panzerspähwagen , covers the 6 and 8 wheeled armoured cars Germany used during the Second World War....

     Heavy Armoured Car
  • SdKfz 234/1 Schwere Panzerspähwagen (8-Rad)
    Schwerer Panzerspähwagen
    The term Schwerer Panzerspähwagen , covers the 6 and 8 wheeled armoured cars Germany used during the Second World War....

     Heavy Armoured Car
  • SdKfz 234/2 Schwere Panzerspähwagen (8-Rad) Puma
    Schwerer Panzerspähwagen
    The term Schwerer Panzerspähwagen , covers the 6 and 8 wheeled armoured cars Germany used during the Second World War....

     Heavy Armoured Car
  • SdKfz 234/3 Schwere Panzerspähwagen (8-Rad) Stummel
    Schwerer Panzerspähwagen
    The term Schwerer Panzerspähwagen , covers the 6 and 8 wheeled armoured cars Germany used during the Second World War....

     Heavy Armoured Car
  • SdKfz 234/4 Schwere Panzerspähwagen (8-Rad)
    Schwerer Panzerspähwagen
    The term Schwerer Panzerspähwagen , covers the 6 and 8 wheeled armoured cars Germany used during the Second World War....

     Heavy Armoured Car

Jeeps/Trucks

  • Volkswagen
    Volkswagen
    Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer and is the original and biggest-selling marque of the Volkswagen Group, which now also owns the Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT, and Škoda marques and the truck manufacturer Scania.Volkswagen means "people's car" in German, where it is...

     4-piston squad car/Personal command car
  • Kubelwagen
    Volkswagen Kübelwagen
    The Volkswagen Kübelwagen was a military vehicle designed by Ferdinand Porsche and built by Volkswagen during World War II for use by the German military...

     6-piston multipurpose support vehicle

Half-tracks

  • SdKfz 2 Kleines Kettenkraftrad
    SdKfz 2
    The SdKfz 2, better known as the Kleines Kettenkraftrad HK 101 or Kettenkrad for short , started its life as a light tractor for airborne troops. The vehicle was designed to be delivered by Junkers Ju 52 aircraft, though not by parachute...

  • SdKfz 4
    SdKfz 4
    The SdKfz 4 Gleisketten-Lastkraftwagen , nicknamed Maultier was a family of half-tracks developed during World War II by Germany.-Development:...

     "Maultier"
  • SdKfz 6
    SdKfz 6
    The SdKfz 6 was a half-track military vehicle used by the German Wehrmacht during the Second World War. It was designed to be used as the main towing vehicle for the 10.5 cm leFH 18 howitzer. However it proved far too expensive and was phased out in 1941 for more economic halftracks...

  • SdKfz 7
    SdKfz 7
    The Sd.Kfz. 7 was a half-track military vehicle used by the German Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe and Waffen-SS during the Second World War....

  • SdKfz 10
    SdKfz 10
    The Sd.Kfz. 10 was a German half-track that saw very widespread use in World War II. Its main role was as a prime mover for small towed guns such as the 2 cm FlaK 30, the 7.5 cm leIG, or the 3.7 cm PaK 36 anti-tank gun...

  • SdKfz 250
    SdKfz 250
    The Sd.Kfz. 250 was a light armoured halftrack, very similar in appearance to the larger Hanomag-designed Sd.Kfz. 251, and built by the DEMAG firm, for use by Nazi Germany in World War II....

     (13,000 +)
  • SdKfz 251
    SdKfz 251
    The Sd.Kfz. 251 half-track was an armored fighting vehicle designed and first built by Hanomag company during World War II. The largest and best armored of the wartime half-tracks, the Sd.Kfz. 251 was designed to transport the panzergrenadiers of the German mechanized infantry corps into battle....

     (Models A, B and C: 4,650. Model D: 10,602)

Self-propelled artillery

  • SdKfz 165 Hummel (100+)
  • SdKfz 138/1 Grille I/II
  • SdKfz 124 Wespe
    Wespe
    The SdKfz 124 Wespe , also known as Leichte Feldhaubitze 18 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II , was a German self-propelled artillery vehicle developed and used during the Second World War...

     (676)
  • SdKfz 166 Brummbär
    Brummbär
    The Sturmpanzer IV was a German armoured infantry support gun based on the Panzer IV chassis used in the Second World War. It was used at the Battles of Kursk, Anzio, Normandy, and helped to put down the Warsaw Uprising...

     (298)
  • Sturmtiger
    Sturmtiger
    Sturmtiger is the common name of a World War II German assault gun built on the Tiger I chassis and armed with a large naval rocket launcher. The official German designation was Sturmmörserwagen 606/4 mit 38 cm RW 61. Its primary task was to provide heavy fire support for infantry units...

     (18)
  • SdKfz 4/1 15 cm Panzerwerfer 42 auf Selbstfahrlafette "Maultier"
    Panzerwerfer
    The German Panzerwerfer is one of two different types of half-tracked multiple rocket launchers employed by Nazi Germany during the Second World War...


Assault guns

  • SdKfz 142 Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III)
    Sturmgeschütz III
    The Sturmgeschütz III assault gun was Germany's most produced armoured fighting vehicle during World War II. It was built on the chassis of the proven Panzer III tank...

     (10,500+)
  • SdKfz 167 Sturmgeschütz IV (StuG IV)
    Sturmgeschütz IV
    The Sturmgeschütz IV , was a German assault gun of the Second World War.-Development:The Sturmgeschütz IV resulted from Krupp's effort to supply an assault gun...

     (1,108)

Tank destroyers

  • Panzerjäger I
    Panzerjäger I
    The Panzerjäger I was the first of the German tank destroyers to see service in the Second World War. It mounted a Czech Skoda cm PaK anti-tank gun on a converted Panzer I Ausf. B chassis...

     (202)
  • SdKfz 132 Marder I
    Marder I
    The Marder I "Marten" 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 , a French artillery tractor/armoured personnel carrier of which the Germans had acquired more than three hundred after the Fall of...

     (171)
  • SdKfz 131 Marder II
    Marder II
    The Marder II was a German tank destroyer of World War II based on the Panzer II chassis.-History:During the very first days of Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, the Germans were shocked to encounter Soviet T-34 medium tanks and KV heavy tanks...

     (576)
  • SdKfz 138 Marder III
    Marder III
    The Marder III is the name for a series of World War II German tank destroyers built on the chassis of the Panzer 38. The German word Marder means "marten" in English...

     (975)
  • SdKfz 138/2 Jagdpanzer 38(t) "Hetzer"
    Hetzer
    The Jagdpanzer 38 , later known as Hetzer , was a German light tank destroyer of the Second World War based on a modified Czechoslovakian Panzer 38 chassis. The project was inspired by the Romanian "Mareşal" tank destroyer.The name Hetzer was at the time not commonly used for this vehicle...

     (2,584)
  • SdKfz 142/1 Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. F/G(StuG III)
    Sturmgeschütz III
    The Sturmgeschütz III assault gun was Germany's most produced armoured fighting vehicle during World War II. It was built on the chassis of the proven Panzer III tank...

     (8,079)
  • SdKfz 162 Jagdpanzer IV
    Jagdpanzer IV
    The Jagdpanzer IV, Sd.Kfz. 162, was a tank destroyer based on the Panzer IV chassis built in three main variants. As one of the casemate-style turretless Jagdpanzer designs, it was developed against the wishes of Heinz Guderian, the inspector general of the Panzertruppen, as a replacement for the...

     (1,977)
  • SdKfz 164 Nashorn
    Nashorn
    Nashorn , initially known as Hornisse , was a German tank destroyer of World War II. It was developed as an interim solution in 1942 and was armed with the outstanding Pak 43 anti-tank gun...

     (494)
  • SdKfz 173 Jagdpanzer V "Jagdpanther" (392)
  • SdKfz 184 Panzerjäger Tiger (P) Elefant
    Elefant
    The Elefant was a "schwerer Panzerjäger" of the German Wehrmacht used in small numbers in World War II. It was built in 1943 under the name Ferdinand, after its designer Ferdinand Porsche. In 1944, after modification of the existing vehicles, they were renamed Elefant...

     (90)
  • SdKfz 186 Jagdpanzer VI "Jagdtiger" (77)

Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns

  • SdKfz 7/1
    SdKfz 7
    The Sd.Kfz. 7 was a half-track military vehicle used by the German Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe and Waffen-SS during the Second World War....

     2 cm FlaKvierling 38 L/112.5
  • SdKfz 7/2
    SdKfz 7
    The Sd.Kfz. 7 was a half-track military vehicle used by the German Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe and Waffen-SS during the Second World War....

     3.7 cm FlaK 37 L/98
  • SdKfz 10/4 2 cm FlaK 30 L/112.5
  • SdKfz 140 Flakpanzer 38(t) "Gepard"
    Flakpanzer 38(t)
    The Flakpanzer 38 was a German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun used in World War II.- Design:...

  • SdKfZ 161/3 Flakpanzer IV Möbelwagen
    Möbelwagen
    The 3.7cm FlaK auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen IV , nicknamed Möbelwagen because of its boxy turret , was a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun built from the chassis of the Panzer IV tank...

  • SdKfz 161/4 Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind
    Wirbelwind
    The Flakpanzer IV "Wirbelwind" was a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun based on the Panzer IV tank. It was developed in 1944 as a successor to the earlier self-propelled anti-aircraft gun Möbelwagen....

  • Flakpanzer IV Kugelblitz
    Kugelblitz
    The Flakpanzer IV Kugelblitz was a German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun developed during World War II. By the end of the war, only a pilot production of five units had been completed...

  • Flakpanzer IV Ostwind
    Ostwind
    The Flakpanzer IV "Ostwind" was a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun based on the Panzer IV tank. It was developed in 1944 as a successor to the earlier self-propelled anti-aircraft gun Wirbelwind....


Tanks

  • Toldi
    Toldi (tank)
    The Toldi was the Hungarian light tank, based on the Swedish Landsverk L-60B tank. It was named after the 14th century Hungarian knight Miklós Toldi.-Production history:...

     I, II, IIa, and III (220)
  • Turan I and II (424)

Medium tanks

  • Carro Armato M11/39
    Fiat M11/39
    The Fiat-Ansaldo M11/39 was an Italian Medium Tank first produced prior to World War II. The M11/39 saw service in Africa and Italy . The official Italian designation was Carro Armato M11/39...

     (100)
  • Carro Armato M13/40
    Fiat M13/40
    The Fiat-Ansaldo M13/40 was an Italian medium tank , designed to replace the Fiat L3, the Fiat L6/40 and the Fiat M11/39 in the Italian Army at the start of World War II...

     (740)
  • Carro Armato M14/41
    Fiat M14/41
    The Fiat M14/41 was a four person medium tank that served from 1941 in the Royal Italian Army. The official Italian designation was Carro Armato M 14/41...

     (939)
  • Carro Armato M15/42
    M15/42 tank
    The Carro Armato M15/42 was an Italian medium tank of World War II. Italy begun production on 1 January 1943. By mid 1943, Italy had made 90 of them prior to the Italian Armistice on 8 September 1943...

     (82)
  • Carro Sahariano M18/43 (only prototype)

Tank destroyers

  • Semovente M40 47/32
    Semovente 47/32
    The Semovente 47/32 was an Italian self-propelled gun built during World War II. It was created by mounting a Cannone da 47/32 M35 in an open-topped, box-like superstructure on a Fiat L6/40 chassis. Some were built as command tanks with a radio installed instead of the main gun...

  • Semovente M41 90/53
    Semovente 90/53
    The Semovente 90/53 was a heavy Italian self-propelled gun and tank destroyer, used by the Italian and German Armies during World War II.-Development:...

  • Semovente M43 120/44

Self-propelled guns

  • Semovente 47/32
    Semovente 47/32
    The Semovente 47/32 was an Italian self-propelled gun built during World War II. It was created by mounting a Cannone da 47/32 M35 in an open-topped, box-like superstructure on a Fiat L6/40 chassis. Some were built as command tanks with a radio installed instead of the main gun...

     (300)
  • Semovente M41 75/18
    Semovente 75/18
    The Semovente 75/18 was an Italian self-propelled gun of the Second World War. It was built by mounting the 75 mm Obice da 75/18 modello 34 mountain gun on the chassis of a M13/40 or M14/41 tank. The first 60 were built using the M13/40 chassis and a subsequent 162 were built on the M14/41...

     (467)
  • Semovente 75/34
    Semovente 75/34
    The Semovente 75/34 was an Italian self-propelled gun in use during World War II. It was built by mounting a 75 mm L34 gun on the chassis of a M15/42 tank. 192 were built before the Italian surrender in September 1943. The vehicle was never used in combat by the Italian army...

     (182)
  • Semovente M41M 90/53 (48)
  • Semovente M42L 105/25
    Semovente 105/25
    The Semovente 105/25 was an Italian tank destroyer in use during World War II. It was constructed by mounting a 105 mm gun that was 25 calibers long in a widened chassis from a M15/42 tank. 30 were built by Fiat-Ansaldo and delivered in 1943 before the Italian surrender in September that year...

     (121)

Tankettes

  • Type 92 Combat Car (3,304)
  • Type 94 tankette (1,843)
  • Type 97 Te-Ke
    Type 97 Te-Ke
    The was a tankette used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War, at Nomonhan against the Soviet Union, and in World War II. It was designed as a fast reconnaissance vehicle, and was a replacement for the earlier Type 94 TK....

     (1,593)

Light tanks

  • Type 92 (560)
  • Type 95 Ha-Go
    Type 95 Ha-Go
    The was a light tank used by the Imperial Japanese Army in combat operations of the Second Sino-Japanese War, at Nomonhan against the Soviet Union, and in the Second World War. It proved sufficient against infantry, however, like the American M3 Stuart, it was not designed to fight other tanks...

     (1,164)
  • Type 98 Ke-Ni
    Type 98 Ke-Ni
    The was designed to replace the Imperial Japanese Army's Type 95 Ha-Go light tank, Japan's most numerous armored fighting vehicle during World War II.-History and development:...

     (871)
  • Type 5 Ke-Ho
    Type 5 Ke-Ho
    -External links:***...

     (1)

Medium tanks

  • Type 87 Chi-I (445)
  • Type 89 Chi-Ro (2,404)
  • Type 97 Chi-Ha
    Type 97 Chi-Ha
    The was a medium tank used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War, at Nomonhan against the Soviet Union, and in the Second World War. It was the most widely produced Japanese medium tank of World War II, although the armor protection was considered as average in the 1930s...

     (3,000)
  • Type 1 Chi-He
    Type 1 Chi-He
    -External links:***...

     (450)
  • Type 3 Chi-Nu
    Type 3 Chi-Nu
    The was another improvement over the Type 97 Chi-Ha line of medium tanks of the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. The Type 3 Chi-Nu mounted one Type 3 75 mm Tank Gun, one of the largest guns ever to be fitted on a World War II Japanese tank....

     (115)
  • Type 4 Chi-To
    Type 4 Chi-To
    The was one of several new medium tanks developed by the Imperial Japanese Army towards the end of World War II. The Type 4 Chi-To was by far the most advanced Japanese wartime tank to reach the production phase...

     (6)
  • Type 5 Chi-Ri
    Type 5 Chi-Ri
    The was the penultimate medium tank developed by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. Intended to be a heavier, more powerful version of Japan's sophisticated Type 4 Chi-To medium tank, in performance it was designed to surpass the US M4 Sherman medium tanks being fielded by the Allied...

     (2)

Self-propelled guns

  • Type 1 75 mm SPH Ho-Ni I
    Type 1 Ho-Ni I
    -External links:***...

     (138)
  • Type 1 105 mm SPH Ho-Ni II (49)
  • Type 3 Gun Tank Ho-Ni III
    Type 3 Ho-Ni III
    The gun tank was a tank destroyer and self-propelled artillery of Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. The Type 3 No-Ni II superseded the Type 1 Ho-Ni I in production, and was much safer for the crew due to its having a completely enclosed superstructure....

     (36)
  • Type 4 150 mm SPH Ho-Ro
    Type 4 Ho-Ro
    The was a self-propelled gun developed by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.-History and development:Inspired by the Grille series of self propelled artillery vehicles developed by Nazi Germany during World War II, wherein a 15 cm sIG 33 Infantry support gun was mounted on a tracked...

     (3)

Armoured cars

  • Landsverk L180
    Landsverk L180, L181 and L182
    The Landsverk L-180, L-181 and L-182 are a family of armored cars developed for the Swedish company AB Landsverk on a Mercedes-Benz and Büssing-NAG truck chassis....

     (14)
  • Landsverk L181
    Landsverk L180, L181 and L182
    The Landsverk L-180, L-181 and L-182 are a family of armored cars developed for the Swedish company AB Landsverk on a Mercedes-Benz and Büssing-NAG truck chassis....

     (12)
  • M39 Pantserwagen
    M39 Pantserwagen
    The Pantserwagen M39 or DAF Pantrado 3 was a Dutch 6 x 4 armoured car produced in the late thirties for the Royal Dutch Army.From 1935 the DAF automobile company designed several AFVs based on its innovative Trado truck suspension system. Among these was the Pantrado 2, an armoured car...

     (12)

Tankettes

  • Carden-Loyd Mark IV
    Carden Loyd tankette
    The Carden Loyd tankettes were a series of British pre-World War II tankettes, the most successful of which was the Mark VI, the only version built in significant numbers...

     (5)
  • Marmon-Herrington CTLS
    Marmon-Herrington CTLS
    The Marmon-Herrington Combat Tank Light was a series of US light tanks produced for the export market at the start of the Second World War. The CTL-3 had a crew of two and was armed with three .30 caliber machine guns....

     (20)

Light tanks

  • Light Tank, Wheel-and-Track (Schofield)
    Schofield tank
    The Schofield tank named after its designer, was a New Zealand tank design of the Second World War. Developed in 1940 when it seemed that the Pacific War might reach New Zealand and with little likelihood of weapons coming from Britain, it did not enter service...

     wheel/caterpillar fast tank, prototype only

Armoured cars

  • Beaverette NZ
    Standard Beaverette
    Standard Car 4x2, or Car Armoured Light Standard, better known as the Beaverette, was a British armoured car produced during World War II.-History:...

     (208)light armoured car similar to the British Beaverette

Armored Cars

  • Samochód pancerny wz.28
  • Samochód pancerny wz.29
    Ursus wz.29
    Samochód Pancerny wzór 29 , commonly known as Ursus or CWS, was a Polish interwar heavy armored car. A handful of these vehicles saw combat during the Polish-German War of 1939.-History and description:...

  • Samochód pancerny wz.34
  • Kubuś
    Kubus
    The term Kubu is a Malay exonym ascribed to mobile, animist peoples who live throughout the lowland forests of Southeast Sumatra. In the Malay language, the word Kubu can mean defensive fortification, entrenchment, or a place of refuge...

     (Polish Home Army)

Cars and Lories

  • Fiat 508 łazik
  • Fiat 508/518
  • Fiat 518
    Fiat 518
    The Fiat 518 Ardita was a model of car produced by Italian automotive company, Fiat between 1933 and 1938.8.794 were produced in total in Italy....

  • Fiat 618
  • Fiat 621
  • Ursus A

Soviet Union
Soviet armored fighting vehicle production during World War II
During the Second World War from the start of the war between the Soviet Union and Germany on 22 June 1941 Soviet armoured vehicle production was necessary to replace losses due to combat and the loss of production facilities....

Source: Zaloga (1984:125, 225).

Light tanks

  • T-26 (11,218 pre-war)
  • T-50
    T-50 tank
    The T-50 light infantry tank was built by the Soviet Union at the beginning of World War II. The design for this vehicle had some advanced features, but was complicated and expensive, and only a short production run of 69 tanks was completed...

     (65)
  • T-60
    T-60
    The T-60 scout tank was a light tank produced by the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1942. In this time over 6,292 were built. The tank was designed to replace the obsolete T-38 amphibious scout tank.-Design:...

     (5,839)
  • T-70 (8,226)
  • T-80 (75)
  • BT fast tank (8,060 pre-war)

Medium tanks

  • T-28
    T-28
    The Soviet T-28 was among the world's first medium tanks. The prototype was completed in 1931 and production began in late 1932. It was an infantry-support tank intended to break through fortified defences...

     (503 pre-war)
  • T-34
    T-34
    The T-34 was a Soviet medium tank produced from 1940 to 1958. Although its armour and armament were surpassed by later tanks of the era, it has been often credited as the most effective, efficient and influential design of World War II...

     (1225 pre-war)
    • T-34-76 (33,805)
    • T-34-85 (21,048)
  • T-44
    T-44
    The T-44 was a medium tank first produced towards the end of the Second World War by the Soviet Union. It was the successor to the famous T-34...

     (965)

Heavy tanks

  • T-35
    T-35
    The T-35 was a Soviet multi-turreted heavy tank of the interwar period and early Second World War that saw limited production and service with the Red Army. It was the only five-turreted heavy tank in the world to reach production but proved to be slow and mechanically unreliable...

     (61 pre-war)
  • SMK
    SMK tank
    SMK was an armored vehicle prototype developed by the Soviet Union prior to the Second World War...

     (experimental)
  • KV (Kliment Voroshilov)  (508 pre-war)
    • KV-1 (Kliment Voroshilov 1) (3,015)
    • KV-1S (Kliment Voroshilov 1S) (1,232)
    • KV-85 (Kliment Voroshilov 85) (130)
    • KV-2 (Kliment Voroshilov 2) (334)
  • IS-2 (Iosif Stalin 2) (3,590)
  • IS-3 (Iosif Stalin 3) (2,311 including 29 till the end of the war)

Teletank
Teletank
Teletanks were a series of wireless remotely controlled unmanned robotic tanks produced in the Soviet Union in the 1930s and early 1940s. They saw their first combat use in the Winter war, at the start of World War II. A teletank is controlled by radio from a control tank at a distance of...

s (remotely controlled tanks)

  • T-18
    T-18 tank
    The T-18 light tank was the first Soviet-designed tank. Produced from 1928–31, it was based on the Renault FT-17, with the addition of a vertically sprung suspension....

  • T-26
    T-26
    The T-26 tank was a Soviet light infantry tank used during many conflicts of the 1930s as well as during World War II. It was a development of the British Vickers 6-Ton tank and is widely considered one of the most successful tank designs of the 1930s....

  • T-38
  • BT-5
  • BT-7
    BT-7
    The BT-7 was the last of the BT tank series of Soviet cavalry tanks that were produced in large numbers between 1935 and 1940. They were lightly armoured, but reasonably well-armed for their time, and had much better mobility than other contemporary tank designs...


Self-propelled guns

  • ZiS-30
    ZiS-30
    The ZiS-30 was a light self-propelled anti-tank gun built for the Soviet Red Army in 1941. It was based on the Komsomolets armored artillery tractor...

     (101)
  • SU-5
    T-26
    The T-26 tank was a Soviet light infantry tank used during many conflicts of the 1930s as well as during World War II. It was a development of the British Vickers 6-Ton tank and is widely considered one of the most successful tank designs of the 1930s....

  • SU-14
    SU-14
    The SU-14 was a prototype Soviet heavy self-propelled gun built on a T-35 chassis. The SU-14-1 variant of 1936 carried a 152.4 mm B-10 naval cannon which could fire 43.5 kilogram shells at ranges up to 20 km. Its armour was 20 to 30mm thick. It never entered serial production.-External...

     super heavy SPG (2, both took part in indirect fire against Germans in Kubinka)
  • SU-76
    SU-76
    The SU-76 was a Soviet self-propelled gun used during and after World War II.- History :The SU-76 was based on a lengthened and widened version of the T-70 tank chassis...

     (14,292)
  • ZSU-37
    ZSU-37
    ZSU-37 was a Soviet-made, light, self-propelled anti-aircraft gun , developed by the end of 1943 and produced at Works No. 40 in Mytishchi. It was the first Soviet series-produced tracked SPAAG...

     (75)
  • SU-85
    SU-85
    The SU-85 was a Soviet self-propelled gun used during World War II, based on the chassis of the T-34 medium tank. Earlier Soviet self-propelled guns were meant to serve as either assault guns, such as the SU-122, or as mobile anti-tank weapons; the SU-85 fell into the latter category...

     tank destroyer (2,644)
  • SU-100
    SU-100
    The SU-100 was a Soviet tank destroyer. It was used extensively during the last year of World War II and saw service for many years afterwards with the armies of Soviet allies around the world.- Development :...

     tank destroyer (2,495)
  • SU-122
    SU-122
    The SU-122 was a Soviet self-propelled howitzer used during World War II. The number "122" in the designation represents the caliber of the main armament—a 122 mm M-30S howitzer.-Development history:...

     self-propelled howitzer (638)
  • SU-152
    SU-152
    The SU-152 was a Soviet heavy self-propelled heavy howitzer used during World War II.It mounted a 152 mm gun-howitzer on the chassis of a KV-1S heavy tank. Later production used IS tank chassis and was re-designated as ISU-152...

     (671)
  • ISU-122
    ISU-122
    The ISU-122 was a Soviet self-propelled gun used during World War II.-History:A prototype of the ISU-122 heavy self-propelled gun was built at the Chelyabinsk Kirov Plant, , in December 1943...

    /ISU-152
    ISU-152
    ISU-152 was a Soviet multirole fully enclosed and armored self-propelled gun developed and used during World War II, with a subsequent use, mainly in the Soviet military, till the 1970s.-History:...

     (4,635)

Anti-aircraft

  • M-4 GAZ AA motorized quad Russian M1910 Maxim
    Russian M1910 Maxim
    The PM M1910 was a heavy machine gun used by the Russian Army during World War I and the Red Army during World War II. It was adopted in 1910 and was derived from Hiram Maxim's Maxim gun, chambered for the standard Russian 7.62x54mmR rifle cartridge...

     guns
  • ZiS-42 motorized 25 mm
  • YaG-10 motorized 76.2 mm
  • T-90 anti-aircraft tank (dual 12.7 mm DShK
    DShK
    The DShK 1938 is a Soviet heavy machine gun firing the 12.7x108mm cartridge. The weapon was also used as a heavy infantry machine gun, in which case it was frequently deployed with a two-wheeled mounting and a single-sheet armour-plate shield...

    )
  • ZSU-25 dual 25 mm
  • ZSU-37
    ZSU-37
    ZSU-37 was a Soviet-made, light, self-propelled anti-aircraft gun , developed by the end of 1943 and produced at Works No. 40 in Mytishchi. It was the first Soviet series-produced tracked SPAAG...

     37 mm

Armoured cars

  • FAI
    FAI armoured car
    The FAI armoured car was a replacement for the D-8 armoured car, used by the Soviet Union from the early 1930s to early 1940s....

     (636 pre-war)
  • BA-20
    BA-20
    The BA-20 was an armored car developed in the Soviet Union in 1936 and used in the early stages of World War II.-Design and production:The BA-20 armored car was developed in 1934 for use by HQ staffs, reconnaissance and communications units...

     (2,013)
  • LB-23
  • BA-64
    BA-64
    The BA-64 was a 4×4 light armoured car, employed by the Soviet Army from 1942 into the early 1960s for reconnaissance and liaison tasks.The BA-64B was nicknamed 'Bobik' by its crews. The total recorded number of BA-64s produced differs even in Russian sources...

     (8,174)
  • BA-27
    BA-27
    The BA-27 was a Soviet first series-produced armoured car, manufactured from 1928 to 1931, and used for scouting and infantry support duties early in the Second World War...

  • BA-I
    BA-I
    The BA-I is a Soviet three-axle armoured car. Only 82 vehicles of this type were built in 1932-1934, nevertheless the design initiated a series of heavy armoured cars of Izhorskij plant: BA-3, BA-6, BA-9, and BA-10...

  • BA-3
    BA-3
    The BA-3 was a heavy armored car developed in the Soviet Union in 1933, followed by a slightly changed model BA-6 in 1936. Both were based mostly on BA-I, the most important development being the new turret, same as in the T-26 m 1933 and BT-5 tanks, and also equipped with the 45 mm main gun...

     (554 pre-war)
  • BA-6
  • BA-10
    BA-10
    The BA-10 was an armored car developed in the Soviet Union in 1938 and produced till 1941. It was the most produced Soviet pre-1941 heavy armored car – 3311 were built in three versions. These versions were the BA-10, the BA-10M , and the BA-10ZhD...

     (3,311)
  • LB-62
  • BA-11
    BA-11
    The BA-11 or Broneavtomobil 11 was an armored car developed in the Soviet Union. It was intended to replace the BA-10, but production was prevented by the Nazi German invasion of 1941.-External link:*...

     (18)

Artillery tractors

  • 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)

Light tanks

  • Tank, Light, Mk.II (36)
  • Tank, Light, Mk.III
  • Tank, Light, Mk.IV
  • Tank, Light, Mk.V (22)
  • Tank, Light, Mk.VI
    Light Tank Mk VI
    The Tank, Light, Mk VI was a British light tank, produced by Vickers-Armstrongs in the late 1930s, which saw service during World War II.- Development history :...

     (1,320)
  • Tank, Light, Mk. VII Tetrarch
    Tetrarch tank
    The Light Tank Mk VII , also known as the Tetrarch, was a British light tank produced by Vickers-Armstrong in the late 1930s and deployed during World War II. The Tetrarch was originally designed as the latest in the line of light tanks built by the company for the British Army...

     (177)
  • Tank, Light, Mk. VIII Harry Hopkins (A25)
    Light Tank Mk VIII
    The Tank, Light, Mk VIII , also known as the Harry Hopkins, after President Roosevelt's chief diplomatic advisor, was a British light tank produced by Vickers-Armstrong during World War II...

     (100)
  • Vickers 6 Ton Type B
    Vickers 6-Ton
    The Vickers 6-Ton Tank or Vickers Mark E was a British light tank designed as a private project at Vickers. It was not purchased by the British Army, but was picked up by a large number of foreign armed forces and was copied almost exactly by the Soviets as the T-26. It was also the direct...

     (1,939)

Medium tanks

  • Tank, Medium, Mk.II
    Vickers Medium Mark II
    The Vickers Medium Mark II was a British tank built by Vickers in the Inter-war period.The Medium Mark II, derived from the Vickers Medium Mark I, was developed to replace the last of the Medium Mark Cs still in use. Production and rebuilding ran from 1925 until 1934. The tank was phased out of...

  • Sherman Firefly
    Sherman Firefly
    The Sherman Firefly was a World War II British variant of the American Sherman tank, fitted with the powerful British 17 pounder anti-tank gun as its main weapon...

     - modification of M4 Sherman.
  • General Grant
    M3 Lee
    The Medium Tank M3 was an American tank used during World War II. In Britain the tank was called "General Lee", named after Confederate General Robert E. Lee, and the modified version built with a new turret was called the "General Grant", named after U.S. General Ulysses S. Grant.Design commenced...

     - US M3 Medium built to UK specification bought from the Americans
  • M4 Sherman
    M4 Sherman
    The M4 Sherman, formally Medium Tank, M4, was the primary tank used by the United States during World War II. Thousands were also distributed to the Allies, including the British Commonwealth and Soviet armies, via lend-lease...


Heavy tanks

  • Tank, Heavy, TOG I
    TOG1 (tank)
    The Tank, Heavy, TOG 1 was a prototype British heavy tank produced in the early part of the Second World War in the expectation that battlefields might end up like those of the First World War and was designed so it could cross churned up countryside and trenches...

  • Tank, Heavy, TOG II
    TOG2 (tank)
    The Tank, Heavy, TOG 2 was a prototype British super-heavy tank design produced in the early part of the Second World War in case the battlefields of northern France turned into a morass of mud, trenches and craters as had happened during the First World War....

  • Tank, Heavy Assault, (A33)
  • Tank, Heavy Assault, Tortoise (A39)
    Tortoise heavy assault tank
    The Tank, Heavy Assault, Tortoise was a British heavy assault tank design developed in World War II but never put into mass production. It was developed for the task of clearing heavily fortified areas and as a result favoured armour protection over mobility.Although heavy, at 78 tons, and not...


Cruiser tanks

  • Tank, Cruiser, Mk.I (A9)
    Cruiser Mk I
    The Tank, Cruiser, Mk I was a British cruiser tank of the interwar period. It was the first cruiser tank: a fast tank designed to bypass the main enemy lines and engage the enemy's lines of communication, along with enemy tanks...

     (125)
  • Tank, Cruiser, Mk. II (A10)
    Cruiser Mk II
    The Tank, Cruiser, Mk II , was developed alongside the A9, and was intended to be a heavier, infantry tank version of that type. In practice it was not deemed suitable for the infantry tank role and was classified as a "heavy cruiser"....

     (205)
  • Tank, Cruiser, Mk. III (A13)
    Cruiser Mk III
    The Tank, Cruiser, Mk III was a British cruiser tank of the Second World War. It was the first British cruiser tank to use the Christie suspension system which gave higher speeds and better cross-country performance, previous models of cruiser tanks having used triple wheeled bogie...

     (65)
  • Tank, Cruiser, Mk. IV (A13 Mk.II)
    Cruiser Mk IV
    The Tank, Cruiser, Mk IV was a British cruiser tank of the Second World War. It followed directly on from the Tank, Cruiser, Mk III . The first Mk IVs were Mk IIIs with extra armour fitted to the turret...

     (655)
  • Tank, Cruiser, Mk.V, Covenanter (A13 Mk.III)
    Covenanter tank
    The Tank, Cruiser, Mk V, Covenanter was a British Cruiser tank of the Second World War. It was named for the Covenanters, a Scottish religious faction in the British Isles at the time of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms...

     (1,771)
  • Tank, Cruiser, Mk.VI, Crusader (A15)
    Crusader tank
    The Tank, Cruiser, Mk VI or A15 Crusader was one of the primary British cruiser tanks of the early part Second World War and perhaps the most important British tank of the North African Campaign...

     (5,700)
  • Tank, Cruiser, Mk.VII, Cavalier (A24)
    Cavalier tank
    The Tank, Cruiser, Mk VII Cavalier was an unsuccessful design of British cruiser tank during World War II. It suffered from an underpowered engine, and problems because of the rush to design and build it.- Development :...

     (500)
  • Tank, Cruiser, Mk.VIII, Centaur (A27L) (950)
  • Tank, Cruiser, Mk.VIII, Cromwell (A27M)
    Cromwell tank
    Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Cromwell ,The designation as the eighth Cruiser tank design, its name given for ease of reference and its General Staff specification number respectively and the related Centaur tank, were one of the most successful series of cruiser tanks fielded by Britain in the Second...

     (4,200)
  • Tank, Cruiser, Challenger (A30)
    Cruiser Mk VIII Challenger
    The Tank, Cruiser, Challenger was a British tank of World War II. It mounted the 17 Pounder gun on the Cromwell chassis to add heavier anti-tank firepower to the cruiser tank units....

     (296)
  • Tank, Cruiser, Comet I (A34)
    Comet tank
    The Tank, Cruiser, Comet I was a British cruiser tank that first saw use near the end of World War II. It was designed to provide greater anti-tank capability to Cromwell tank squadrons. It was armed with a 77mm HV, a derivative of the 17 pounder, with the result it was one of the few British...

     (United Kingdom) (1,200)
  • Tank, Cruiser, Centurion I (A41)
    Centurion tank
    The Centurion, introduced in 1945, was the primary British main battle tank of the post-World War II period. It was a successful tank design, with upgrades, for many decades...


Infantry tanks

  • Tank, Infantry, Mk.I, Matilda I (A11)
    Matilda Mk I
    The Tank, Infantry, Mk I, Matilda I was a British infantry tank of the Second World War. It is not to be confused with the later model Tank, Infantry Mk II , also known as the "Matilda II" which took over the "Matilda" name after the early part of the war when the first Matilda was withdrawn from...

     (140)
  • Tank, Infantry, Tank Mk.II, Matilda II (A12)
    Matilda tank
    The Infantry Tank Mark II known as the Matilda II was a British infantry tank of the Second World War. It was also identified from its General Staff Specification A12....

     (2,987)
  • Tank, Infantry, Mk.III, Valentine
    Valentine tank
    The Tank, Infantry, Mk III, Valentine was an infantry tank produced in the United Kingdom during the Second World War. More than 8,000 of the type were produced in 11 different marks plus various purpose-built variants, accounting for approximately a quarter of wartime British tank production...

     (8,275)
  • Tank, Infantry, Mk.IV, Churchill (A22)
    Churchill tank
    The Tank, Infantry, Mk IV was a heavy British infantry tank used in the Second World War, best known for its heavy armour, large longitudinal chassis with all-around tracks with multiple bogies, and its use as the basis of many specialist vehicles. It was one of the heaviest Allied tanks of the war...

     (5,460)
  • Tank, Infantry, Valiant (A38)
    Valiant tank
    The Tank, Infantry, Valiant was a British tank design of the Second World War that only reached the prototype stage. The design was so infamously bad that the sole example was retained by the School of Tank Technology post-war as a dire lesson to its students.- Origins :The A38 Valiant began as a...

     (1 prototype)
  • Tank, Infantry, Black Prince (A43)
    Black Prince (tank)
    The Tank, Infantry, Black Prince was the name assigned to an experimental development of the Churchill tank with a larger, wider hull and a QF 17-pounder gun...

     (6 prototypes)

Self-propelled guns

  • Carrier, Valentine, 25pdr gun Mk.I, Bishop
    Bishop (artillery)
    The Bishop was a British self-propelled artillery vehicle based on the Valentine tank. A result of a rushed attempt to create a self-propelled gun armed with the 25 Pounder gun-howitzer, the vehicle had numerous problems, was produced in limited numbers and was soon replaced by better...

     (80)
  • AEC Mk I Gun Carrier
    Deacon (artillery)
    The AEC Mk I Gun Carrier, known as Deacon, was a British armoured fighting vehicle of the Second World War. It was an attempt to make the QF 6 pounder anti-tank gun into a self-propelled artillery piece...

     (175)
  • 25pdr SP, tracked, Sexton
    Sexton (artillery)
    The 25pdr SP, tracked, Sexton was a self-propelled artillery vehicle of World War II, based on an American tank hull design, built by Canada for the British Army, and associated Commonwealth forces, and some of the other Allies....

     (2,150; built in Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

    )
  • SP 17pdr, Valentine, Mk.I, Archer
    Archer (tank destroyer)
    The SP 17pdr, Valentine, Mk I, Archer was a British self propelled anti-tank gun of the Second World War based on the Valentine infantry tank chassis fitted with a Ordnance QF 17 pounder gun.-Design and development:...

     (655)
  • SP 17pdr, A30 Avenger
    Cruiser Mk VIII Challenger
    The Tank, Cruiser, Challenger was a British tank of World War II. It mounted the 17 Pounder gun on the Cromwell chassis to add heavier anti-tank firepower to the cruiser tank units....

     (250 completed post war)
  • 17pdr SP. Achilles
    M10 Wolverine
    The M10 tank destroyer, formally 3-inch Gun Motor Carriage, M10 was a United States tank destroyer of World War II based on the chassis of the M4 Sherman tank. It was numerically the most important U.S...


Armoured personnel carriers

  • Universal carrier
    Universal Carrier
    The Universal Carrier, also known as the Bren Gun Carrier is a common name describing a family of light armoured tracked vehicles built by Vickers-Armstrong. Produced between 1934 and 1960, the vehicle was used widely by British Commonwealth forces during the Second World War...

     (84,120)
  • Loyd Carrier
    Loyd Carrier
    The Loyd Carrier was one of a number of small tracked vehicles used by the British and Commonwealth forces in the Second World War to transport equipment and men about the battlefield...

     (26,000)
  • Terrapin
    Terrapin (amphibious vehicle)
    The Terrapin "4-ton amphibian" was a British-manufactured, amphibious armoured transport vehicle of the Second World War. It was first used at Antwerp in 1944, and to great effect during the Battle of the Scheldt....

     (200), an amphibious vehicle
  • DUKW
    DUKW
    The DUKW is a six-wheel-drive amphibious truck that was designed by a partnership under military auspices of Sparkman & Stephens and General Motors Corporation during World War II for transporting goods and troops over land and water and for use approaching and crossing beaches in amphibious...

     six-wheel-drive amphibious truck

Armoured cars

  • AEC Armoured Car
    AEC Armoured Car
    AEC Armoured Car is a series of heavy armoured cars built by the Associated Equipment Company during the Second World War.-History:AEC of Southall, Middlesex was a manufacturer of truck and bus chassis and its Matador artillery tractor was used for towing medium field and heavy anti-aircraft guns...

     (629)
  • Daimler Armoured Car
    Daimler Armoured Car
    The Daimler Armoured Car was a British armoured car of the Second World War.-History:The Daimler Armoured Car was a parallel development to the Daimler Dingo "Scout car", a small armoured vehicle for scouting and liaison roles. It was another Birmingham Small Arms design...

     (2,694)
  • Daimler Scout Car (Dingo)
    Daimler Dingo
    -external links :*** has a Daimler Dingo in its exposition.* wwiivehicles.com**...

     (6,626)
  • Guy Armoured Car
    Guy Armoured Car
    The Guy Armoured Car was a British armoured car produced in limited numbers during World War II. The car saw limited action during the Battle of France.-Production history and description:...

     (101)
  • Humber Armoured Car
    Humber Armoured Car
    The Humber Armoured Car was one of the most widely produced British armoured cars of the Second World War. It supplemented the Humber Light Reconnaissance Car and remained in service until the end of the war.-Development:...

     (5,400)
  • Humber Light Reconnaissance Car
    Humber Light Reconnaissance Car
    The Humber Light Reconnaissance Car, also known as Humberette or Ironside, was a British armoured car produced during the Second World War....

     (over 3,600)
  • Humber Scout Car
    Humber Scout Car
    Humber Scout Car was a British light armoured car used in the Second World War.-History:Although at the outbreak of the Second World War the British Army already had the excellent Daimler Dingo, the need for scout cars could not be met by Daimler alone, so other companies were required to produce...

     (at least 4,102)
  • Lanchester Armoured Car
    Lanchester 6x4 Armoured Car
    Lanchester Armoured Car was a British armoured car produced in limited numbers in late 1920s and early 1930s. The vehicle remained in service with the Territorial Army and colonial units until early 1940s and saw action in the Battle of Malaya...

     (35)
  • Morris Light Reconnaissance Car
    Morris Light Reconnaissance Car
    Morris Light Reconnaissance Car was a British light armoured car for reconnaisance use produced by the Morris Motor Company and used by the British during the Second World War....

     (over 2,200)
  • Morris CS9
    Morris CS9
    The Morris CS9/Light Armoured Car was a British armoured car used by the British Army in the World War II.-History:The vehicle was based on a Morris Commercial C9 4x2 15-cwt truck chassis. On this chassis a rivetted hull was mounted with an open-topped two-man turret. The armament consisted of...

     (100)
  • Rolls-Royce Armoured Car
    Rolls-Royce Armoured Car
    The Rolls-Royce armoured car was a British armoured car developed in 1914 and used in World War I and in the early part of World War II.-Production history:...

  • Standard Beaverette
    Standard Beaverette
    Standard Car 4x2, or Car Armoured Light Standard, better known as the Beaverette, was a British armoured car produced during World War II.-History:...

  • Staghound Armoured Car
    T17 Armored Car
    The T17 and the T17E1 were American armored cars produced during the Second World War. They did not see service with frontline US forces but the latter was supplied via the United Kingdom to British and Commonwealth forces during the war and received the service name Staghound...

     US built

Light tanks

  • Light Tank M2
    M2 Light Tank
    The Light Tank M2 was an American pre-World War II light tank that saw combat with the US Marine Corps 1st Tank Battalion on Guadalcanal in 1942, during World War II. Its service with the 1st Tank Battalion during the Pacific War was its only U.S...

  • Light Tank M3/M5
    Stuart tank
    The M3 Stuart, formally Light Tank M3, was an American light tank of World War II and supplied to British and Commonwealth forces under lend-lease prior to the entry of the U.S. into the war—and used thereafter by U.S...

     (22,743) (General Stuart and unofficially Honey in British service)
  • Light Tank M22
    M22 Locust
    The Light Tank M22 or Locust was an American-designed airmobile light tank which was produced during World War II. The Locust began development in 1941 after the British War Office requested that the American government design a purpose-built airborne light tank which could be transported by...

     (830) (Locust in British service, name adopted by America)
  • Light Tank M24
    M24 Chaffee
    The Light Tank M24 was an American light tank used during World War II and in postwar conflicts including the Korean War and with the French in the War in Algeria and First Indochina War. In British service it was given the service name Chaffee, after the United States Army General Adna R...

     (12,856) (General Chaffee in British service, name adopted by America)

Medium tanks

  • Medium Tank M3
    M3 Lee
    The Medium Tank M3 was an American tank used during World War II. In Britain the tank was called "General Lee", named after Confederate General Robert E. Lee, and the modified version built with a new turret was called the "General Grant", named after U.S. General Ulysses S. Grant.Design commenced...

     (7,533) (General Lee American Tanks purchased by the British under "lend lease".
  • Medium Tank M4
    M4 Sherman
    The M4 Sherman, formally Medium Tank, M4, was the primary tank used by the United States during World War II. Thousands were also distributed to the Allies, including the British Commonwealth and Soviet armies, via lend-lease...

     (58,000) (General Sherman bought by British from U.S. under lend lease)

Heavy tanks

  • Heavy Tank M26 Pershing
    M26 Pershing
    The Heavy Tank M26 Pershing was an American heavy tank briefly used in World War II and in the Korean War. It was named after General John Pershing, who led the American Expeditionary Force in Europe in World War I....

     (1,436)
  • Heavy Tank T28
    T-28 Super Heavy Tank
    The T28 super heavy tank was a prototype heavily armored self-propelled gun designed for the US Army during World War II. It was originally designed to be used to break through German defenses at the Siegfried Line, and was later considered as a possible participant in an invasion of the Japanese...

     - Prototype only, none delivered before end of war.
  • T29 Heavy Tank - Prototype only, none delivered before end of war.
  • T30 Heavy Tank
    T30 heavy tank
    The T30 Heavy Tank was a World War II American tank project developed to counter new German tanks. The T30 was designed at same time as the T29 Heavy Tank. Pilot models were started in April 1945 and were delivered in 1947. The 155 mm gun fired two-piece ammunition. The loader was helped by a...

     - Prototype only, none delivered before end of war.

Self-propelled guns

  • M4 Mortar Carrier
    M2 Half Track Car
    The M-2 Half Track was an armored vehicle used by the United States during World War II.-History:The half-track design had been evaluated by the US Ordnance department using Citroën-Kégresse vehicles...

     81 mm (572)
  • M7 Priest
    M7 Priest
    The 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 was an American self-propelled artillery vehicle produced during World War II. It was given the official service name 105 mm Self Propelled Gun, Priest by the British Army, due to the pulpit-like machine gun ring, and following on from the Bishop and...

     105 mm (3,490) (105mm SP, Priest in British service, Priest name adopted by America)
  • M8 Howitzer Motor Carriage
    Howitzer Motor Carriage M8
    The 75 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M8, sometimes known as the M8 Scott, was a self-propelled howitzer vehicle of the United States developed during the Second World War.-Development:...

     75 mm (1,178) (Scott)
  • M10 Wolverine
    M10 Wolverine
    The M10 tank destroyer, formally 3-inch Gun Motor Carriage, M10 was a United States tank destroyer of World War II based on the chassis of the M4 Sherman tank. It was numerically the most important U.S...

     (6,706) (3in SP, Wolverine in British service, Wolverine name adopted by America)
  • M12 Gun Motor Carriage
    M12 Gun Motor Carriage
    The 155 mm Gun Motor Carriage M12 was a U.S. self-propelled gun developed during the Second World War. Only 100 were built; 60 in 1942 and a further 40 in 1943. It mounted a 155 mm gun M1917, M1917A1 or M1918 M1, depending upon availability, a weapon derived from the nearly identical...

     155 mm
  • M18 Hellcat
    M18 Hellcat
    The 76 mm Gun Motor Carriage M18 was an American tank destroyer of World War II. The manufacturer, Buick, gave it the nickname "Hellcat" and it was the fastest tracked armored fighting vehicle during the war with a top speed up to 60 mph. Hellcat crews took advantage of the vehicle's...

     76 mm (2,507) (Hellcat)
  • M36 Jackson
    M36 Jackson
    The M36 tank destroyer, formally 90 mm Gun Motor Carriage, M36, was an American tank destroyer used during World War II. American soldiers usually referred to them as TDs for 'tank destroyers'...

     90 mm (1,413) (Jackson or Slugger)
  • M40 GMC
    M40 GMC
    The 155 mm Gun Motor Carriage M40 was a US self-propelled artillery vehicle built on a widened and lengthened Medium Tank M4A3 chassis but with Continental engine and with HVSS that was introduced at the end of the Second World War. Equipped with a 155 mm M2 gun, it was designed to replace the...

     155 mm

Armoured cars

  • Half-track Car M2
    M2 Half Track Car
    The M-2 Half Track was an armored vehicle used by the United States during World War II.-History:The half-track design had been evaluated by the US Ordnance department using Citroën-Kégresse vehicles...

  • M3 Halftrack (20,918)
  • M8 Greyhound
    M8 Greyhound
    The M8 Light Armored Car was a 6x6 armored car produced by the Ford Motor Company during World War II. It was used by the U.S. and British troops in Europe and the Far East until the end of the war. The vehicle was widely exported and as of 2006 still remains in service with some third world...

     (11,667)
  • M20 Armored Utility Car

Amphibious

  • Landing Vehicle Tracked (Armoured) (LVT(A))
    Landing Vehicle Tracked
    The Landing Vehicle Tracked was a class of amphibious vehicles introduced by the United States Navy, Marine Corps and Army during World War II. Originally intended solely as cargo carriers for ship to shore operations, they rapidly evolved into assault troop and fire support vehicles as well...

  • Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP)
    LCVP
    The Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel or Higgins boat was a landing craft used extensively in amphibious landings in World War II. The craft was designed by Andrew Higgins of Louisiana, United States, based on boats made for operating in swamps and marshes...

     or Higgins boat
  • M29 Weasel
    M29 Weasel
    The M29 Weasel was a World War II tracked vehicle, built by Studebaker, designed for operation in snow.-Design and development:The idea for the Weasel came from the work of British inventor Geoffrey Pyke in support of his proposals to attack Axis forces and industrial installations in Norway...

  • DUKW
    DUKW
    The DUKW is a six-wheel-drive amphibious truck that was designed by a partnership under military auspices of Sparkman & Stephens and General Motors Corporation during World War II for transporting goods and troops over land and water and for use approaching and crossing beaches in amphibious...


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