List of military vehicles of World War II

The following is a list of Second World War military vehicles organized by country, showing numbers produced in parentheses.

Afghanistan

Tanks

Argentina

Tanks

Utility vehicles

Australia

Tanks

Armoured car

Belgium

Tanks

Utility vehicles

  • FN Tricar (331 ordered & partially delivered)

Bulgaria

Tankettes

Tanks

Tank-based

Armored cars

Utility vehicles

Canada

Tanks

  • 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

Armoured personnel carriers

Armoured car

Utility vehicles

China

Tankettes

Tanks

  • 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

Czechoslovakia

Tanks

Tankettes

Armoured cars

Denmark

Finland

Tanks

Assault guns

France

Armoured reconnaissance tanks

Armoured combat tanks

Light tanks

Medium tanks

Heavy tanks

Tank destroyers

  • Laffly W15 TCC (70)
  • AMR 35 Renault ZT2 (10)
  • AMR 35 Renault ZT3 (10)
  • Somua S40 (trials)

Self propelled guns

Armoured personnel carriers

Armored cars

India

Armoured cars

Nazi Germany

Light tanks

Medium tanks

Heavy tanks

Armoured cars

Utility vehicles

Motorcycles

  • 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

Self-propelled artillery

Assault guns

Tank destroyers

Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns

Remote controlled vehicles

Hungary

Tanks

  • Toldi I, II, IIa, and III (202)
  • Turan I and II (424)

Self-propelled guns

Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns

Armoured cars

Utility vehicles

Italy

Tankettes

  • Carro Veloce L3/33 (CV-33) (760)
  • Carro Veloce L3/35 (CV-35) (1,740)

Light tanks

Medium tanks

Heavy tanks

Destroyer Tanks

Tank destroyers

Self-propelled guns

Armoured cars

Utility vehicles

Japan

Tankettes

Light tanks

Medium tanks

Heavy tanks

Amphibious tanks

Self-propelled guns

Armoured personnel carriers

Armoured cars

Netherlands

Tankettes

Light Tank

Armoured cars

New Zealand

Converted tractors

Light tanks

Also American M3 Stuart Tanks, called "Honeys" by the Brits and Commonwealth, used in Italy as recon vehicles

Armoured personnel carriers

Armoured cars

  • Beaverette NZ (208) light armoured car similar to the British Beaverette

Norway

Light tanks

Poland

Tankettes

  • TK-3 (280)
  • TKS (260)
  • TKS with 20 mm gun (24)

Tanks

  • 4TP
  • 7TP (162)
  • 9TP (2 prototypes + 11 possible production models)
  • 10TP (1 prototype)
  • 14TP

Armored cars

Self-propelled guns

Artillery tractors

Utility vehicles

Romania

Tank destroyers

Tanks & Tankettes

  • R-1 (1 prototype + bought vehicles)
  • R-2 (bought vehicles)
  • R-3 (project)
  • Malaxa UE (built under licence)
  • T-26 with 37 mm gun (proposal, never made)

Armoured cars

Artillery tractors

Armored Fighting Vehicles

  • AB md. 1941

Siam

Tanks and Tankettes

Anti-aircraft

  • Type 76 SPAAG (26)

South Africa

Armoured cars

Soviet Union

Source: Zaloga (1984:125, 225).

Tankettes

  • T-27 (3,328 pre-war)

Light tanks

Medium tanks

  • T-28 (503 pre-war)
  • T-34 (1,225 pre-war)
    • T-34-76 (33,805)
    • T-34-85 (21,048)
  • T-44

Heavy tanks

Teletanks (remotely controlled tanks)

Self-propelled guns

Rocket artillery

Anti-aircraft

Armoured cars

Amphibious armoured cars

Half-tracks

Aerosans

Artillery tractors

Improvised AFVs

Motor vehicles

  • [All types] (272,600 pre-war)

United Kingdom

Artillery tractors

Light tanks

Medium tanks

Heavy tanks

Cruiser tanks

Infantry tanks

Self-propelled guns

Armoured personnel carriers

Armoured cars

Lorries

United States

Light tanks

Medium tanks

Heavy tanks

Tank destroyers

Self-propelled artillery

Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns

Armoured personnel carriers

Armoured cars

Artillery tractors

Amphibious

Utility vehicles

Yugoslavia

Light tanks

  • M3A3 with 20mm Flak 38 Flakvierling (2)
  • M3A3 with 7.5 cm PaK 40 (3)

See also

References

Citations

  1. Ware 2012, p. 191.
  2. Ware 2012, p. 193.
  3. Ware 2012, p. 216.
  4. Ware 2012, p. 196.
  5. Ware 2012, p. 198.
  6. Ware 2012, p. 199.
  7. Ware 2012, p. 201.
  8. Ware 2012, p. 205.
  9. Ware 2012, p. 207.
  10. Ware 2012, p. 211.
  11. Ware 2012, p. 213.
  12. Ware 2012, p. 214.

Bibliography

  • 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 0-85723-953-8.
  • 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.
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