List of military vehicles of World War II

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

Contents

1 Belgium
- 1.1 Tanks
- 1.2 Utility vehicles
2 Canada
- 2.1 Tanks
- 2.2 Self-propelled artillery
- 2.3 Armoured personnel carriers
- 2.4 Armoured car
- 2.5 Utility vehicles
3 Czechoslovakia
- 3.1 Tanks
4 Denmark
5 France
- 5.1 Armored cars
- 5.2 Tanks
6 Nazi Germany
- 6.1 Tanks
- 6.2 Armoured cars
- 6.3 Utility vehicles
  - 6.3.1 Motorcycles
- 6.4 Half-tracks
- 6.5 Self-propelled artillery
- 6.6 Assault guns
- 6.7 Tank destroyers
- 6.8 Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns
- 6.9 Remote controlled vehicles
7 Hungary
- 7.1 Tanks
- 7.2 Self-propelled guns
- 7.3 Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns
- 7.4 Armoured cars
8 Italy
- 8.1 Tankettes
- 8.2 Tanks
- 8.3 Tank destroyers
- 8.4 Self-propelled guns
- 8.5 Armoured cars
- 8.6 Utility vehicles
9 Japan
- 9.1 Tankettes
- 9.2 Tanks
- 9.3 Amphibious tanks
- 9.4 Self-propelled guns
10 Netherlands
- 10.1 Armoured cars
- 10.2 Tankettes
- 10.3 Light Tank
11 New Zealand
- 11.1 Converted tractors
- 11.2 Light tanks
- 11.3 Armoured personnel carriers
- 11.4 Armoured cars
12 Norway
- 12.1 Light tanks
13 Poland
- 13.1 Tankettes
- 13.2 Tanks
- 13.3 Armored cars
- 13.4 Artillery tractors
- 13.5 Utility vehicles
14 Romania
- 14.1 Tank destroyers
15 South Africa
- 15.1 Armoured cars
16 Soviet Union
- 16.1 Tankettes
- 16.2 Tanks
- 16.3 Self-propelled guns
  - 16.3.1 Rocket artillery
  - 16.3.2 Anti-aircraft
- 16.4 Armoured cars
  - 16.4.1 Amphibious armoured cars
  - 16.4.2 Half-tracks
- 16.5 Aerosans
- 16.6 Artillery tractors
- 16.7 Improvised AFVs
- 16.8 Motor vehicles
17 United Kingdom
- 17.1 Artillery tractors
- 17.2 Tanks
- 17.3 Self-propelled guns
- 17.4 Armoured personnel carriers
- 17.5 Armoured cars
- 17.6 Lorries
18 United States
- 18.1 Tanks
- 18.2 Self-propelled guns
- 18.3 Armoured personnel carriers
- 18.4 Armoured cars
- 18.5 Artillery tractors
- 18.6 Amphibious
- 18.7 Utility vehicles
19 See also
20 References
- 20.1 Citations
- 20.2 Bibliography
21 External links

Belgium

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Tanks

ACG-1 tank (12)
T-13 tank destroyer (199)
T-15 Light tank (42)
Renault FT tank, both the Char mitrailleuse and Char canon variants (75 in storage during the Battle of Belgium)

Utility vehicles

FN Tricar military motorcycle (331 ordered and partially delivered)

Canada

Tanks

Tank, Cruiser, Ram (2,993) - Regular tank not used in combat, specialist models used
Grizzly I cruiser (188) - A modified version of the M4A1 Sherman tank license produced in Canada
Valentine VI & VII (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

25pdr SP, tracked, Sexton (2,150)

Armoured personnel carriers

C15TA Armoured Truck (3,960)
Kangaroo (converted from various AFV designs)

Armoured car

Lynx Scout Car (3,255)
Otter Light Reconnaissance Car (1,761)

Utility vehicles

Canadian Military Pattern truck (~400,000)

Czechoslovakia

Tanks

LT vz. 35 (434)
LT vz. 38 (1,167)

Denmark

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)

France

Armored cars

Panhard 178 (941)
AMC Schneider P 16 (100)

Tanks

Armoured reconnaissance tanks

AMR 33 (123)
AMR 35 (200)

Light tanks

Renault R35 (1,601)
Hotchkiss H35 or modified version H39 (~1,100)
FCM 36 (100)
Char D1 (160)
Renault R40 (~130)
Renault FT (World War I tank) (1,580)
AMX 38 (trials)

Medium tanks

Somua S-35 (430)
Char D2 (100)

Heavy tanks

Char B1 (405)
FCM 2C (10, did not see combat)

Tank destroyers

Laffly W15 TCC (70)
AMR 35 Renault ZT2 (10)
AMR 35 Renault ZT3 (10)
Somua S-40 (trials)

Self propelled guns

Canon de 194 mle GPF
RenaultBS (39)
105 leFH18B2 (16)

Armoured combat tanks

AMC 34 (12)
AMC 35 (50)

Armoured personnel carriers

Renault UE (5,168)
Lorraine 37L (630)

Nazi Germany

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Tanks

Light tanks

Panzer I (3,970)
Panzer II (3,996)
Panzer 35(t) (Czechoslovakian design, 722 annexed + 219 produced)

Medium tanks

Panzer 38(t) (Czechoslovakian design, 1,168 total)
Panzer III (5,774)
Panzer IV (8,800)
Panzer V "Panther" (5,984)

Heavy tanks

Tiger I (1,355)
Tiger II a.k.a. "King Tiger" or "Royal Tiger" (490)
Panzer VIII Maus (2 prototypes of which 1 incomplete)
Panzer E-100 (1 incomplete prototype)

Armoured cars

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 )
SdKfz 221 Leichter Panzerspähwagen Light Armoured Car
SdKfz 222 Leichter Panzerspähwagen Light Armoured Car
SdKfz 223 Leichter Panzerspähwagen Light Armoured Car
SdKfz 231 Schwere Panzerspähwagen (6-Rad) Heavy Armoured Car
SdKfz 232 Schwere Panzerspähwagen (8-Rad) Heavy Armoured Car
SdKfz 233 Schwere Panzerspähwagen (8-Rad) Heavy Armoured Car
SdKfz 234/1 Schwere Panzerspähwagen (8-Rad) Heavy Armoured Car
SdKfz 234/2 Schwere Panzerspähwagen (8-Rad) Puma Heavy Armoured Car
SdKfz 234/3 Schwere Panzerspähwagen (8-Rad) Stummel Heavy Armoured Car
SdKfz 234/4 Schwere Panzerspähwagen (8-Rad) Heavy Armoured Car
Steyr ADGZ Heavy Armoured Car (from Austrian annex)

Utility vehicles

Mercedes-Benz L3000 truck (27,700)
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

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

SdKfz 2 "Kettenkrad" (8,345)
SdKfz 3 (21,020)
SdKfz 4 (1,480)
SdKfz 6 (3,660)
SdKfz 7 (12,187)
SdKfz 10 (~14,000)
SdKfz 250 (6,628)
SdKfz 251 "Hanomag" (15,252)

Self-propelled artillery

SdKfz 165 Hummel (100+)
SdKfz 138/1 Grille I/II (383)
SdKfz 124 Wespe (676)
SdKfz 4/1 15 cm Panzerwerfer 42 auf Selbstfahrlafette "Maultier"

Assault guns

SdKfz 142 Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) (10,500+)
SdKfz 166 Brummbär (306)
SdKfz 167 Sturmgeschütz IV (StuG IV) (1,108)
Sturmtiger (18)

Tank destroyers

Panzerjäger I (202)
SdKfz 132 Marder I (171)
SdKfz 131 Marder II (576)
SdKfz 138 Marder III (975)
SdKfz 138/2 Jagdpanzer 38(t) "Hetzer" (2,584)
SdKfz 162 Jagdpanzer IV (1,977)
SdKfz 164 Nashorn (494)
SdKfz 173 Jagdpanzer V "Jagdpanther" (392)
SdKfz 184 Panzerjäger Tiger (P) Elefant (90)
SdKfz 186 Jagdpanzer VI "Jagdtiger" (77)

Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns

SdKfz 7/1 2 cm FlaKvierling 38 L/112.5 (319)
SdKfz 7/2 3.7 cm FlaK 37 L/98 (123)
SdKfz 10/4 and SdKfz 10/5 (~2,000)
SdKfz 140 Flakpanzer 38(t) "Gepard" (141)
SdKfZ 161/3 Flakpanzer IV Möbelwagen (~300)
SdKfz 161/4 Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind (87-105)
Flakpanzer IV Kugelblitz (5)
Flakpanzer IV Ostwind (43–45)

Remote controlled vehicles

Borgward B IV demolition vehicle (1,181)
Goliath tracked mine (7,564)
Springer demolition vehicle (50)

Hungary

Tanks

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

Self-propelled guns

43M Zrínyi (40-60)

Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns

40M Nimrod (135)

Armoured cars

39M Csaba (93)

Italy

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Tankettes

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

Tanks

Light tanks

Fiat 3000 (200)
Carro Armato L6/40 (283)

Medium tanks

Carro Armato M11/39 (100)
Carro Armato M13/40 (740)
Carro Armato M14/41 (939)
Carro Armato M15/42 (82)
Carro Armato Celere Sahariano M16/43 (only prototype)

Heavy tanks

Carro Pesante P26/40 (101)

Tank destroyers

Semovente M40 47/32 (~300)
Semovente M41 90/53 (30)

Self-propelled guns

Semovente 47/32 (300)
Semovente M41 75/18 (467)
Semovente 75/34 (182)
Semovente M41M 90/53 (48)
Semovente M42L 105/25 (121)

Armoured cars

Autoblinda 41 (647)
Autoblinda Lince (250)

Utility vehicles

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

Tankettes

Tanks

Light tanks

Type 92 (560)
Type 95 Ha-Go (1,164)
Type 98 Ke-Ni (871)
Type 5 Ke-Ho (1)

Medium tanks

Type 87 Chi-I (445)
Type 89 Chi-Ro (2,404)
Type 97 Chi-Ha (3,000)
Type 1 Chi-He (450)
Type 3 Chi-Nu (115)
Type 4 Chi-To (6)
Type 5 Chi-Ri (2)

Heavy tanks

Type 95 Heavy Tank (Only the prototype was ever produced)

Amphibious tanks

Self-propelled guns

Type 1 75 mm SPH Ho-Ni I (138)
Type 1 105 mm SPH Ho-Ni II (49)
Type 3 Gun Tank Ho-Ni III (36)
Type 4 150 mm SPH Ho-Ro (3)

Netherlands

Armoured cars

Tankettes

Carden-Loyd Mark IV (5)
Marmon-Herrington CTLS (20)

Light Tank

Renault FT (1)

New Zealand

Converted tractors

Bob Semple tank (4)

Light tanks

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

Universal carrier (1,300)

Armoured cars

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

Norway

Light tanks

Stridsvagn L-120 (1)

Poland

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Tankettes

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

Tanks

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

Armored cars

Artillery tractors

C2P (200)
C4P
C7P (151)
PZInż 302

Utility vehicles

Romania

Tank destroyers

South Africa

Armoured cars

Marmon-Herrington Armoured Car (5,746)

Soviet Union

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Source: Zaloga (1984:125, 225).

Tankettes

T-27 (3,328 pre-war)

Tanks

Light tanks

T-26 (11,218 pre-war)
T-50 (65)
T-60 (5,839)
T-70 (8,226)
T-80 (75)
BT-7 (8,060 pre-war)

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 (965)

Heavy tanks

T-35 (61 pre-war)
SMK (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 (Josef Stalin 3) (2,311 including 29 till the end of the war)

Teletanks (remotely controlled tanks)

Self-propelled guns

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)
ZSU-37 (75)
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

Katyusha multiple rocket launcher

Anti-aircraft

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

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

Half-tracks

BA-30

Aerosans

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)

Improvised AFVs

KhTZ-16 (~90)
IZ (>5)
NI tank (~69)

Motor vehicles

[All types] (272,600 pre-war)

United Kingdom

Artillery tractors

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

Light tanks

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)

Medium tanks

Tank, Medium, Mk.II
Sherman Firefly (~2,000) - modification of M4 Sherman.
General Grant - US M3 Medium built to UK specification bought from the Americans
M4 Sherman

Heavy tanks

Tank, Heavy, TOG I (1 prototype)
Tank, Heavy, TOG II (1 prototype)
Tank, Heavy Assault, (A33)
Tank, Heavy Assault, Tortoise (A39) (6 prototypes)
Tank, Infantry, Churchill (A22) (7,368)

Cruiser tanks

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)

Infantry tanks

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

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

Universal carrier (84,120)
Loyd Carrier (26,000)
M7 Kangaroo (armoured personnel carrier)
Terrapin (200), an amphibious vehicle
Windsor Carrier

Armoured cars

AEC Armoured Car (629)
Daimler Armoured Car (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 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

United States

Tanks

Light tanks

Light Tank M2
- M2A1 (10)
- M2A2 (239)
- M2A3 (72)
- M2A4 (375)
Light Tank M3/M5 (22,743) (General 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

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)

Heavy tanks

Heavy Tank M26 Pershing (1,436)
M6 heavy tank (40) (never used in combat).
T29 Heavy Tank - Prototype only, none delivered before end of war.
T30 Heavy Tank - Prototype only, none delivered before end of war.

Tank destroyers

M3 Gun Motor Carriage
M6 Gun Motor Carriage (5,380)
M10 tank destroyer a.k.a. M10 Wolverine (6,706)
M18 Hellcat (2,507)
M36 tank destroyer a.k.a. M36 Jackson (~1,400)

Experimental tank destroyers

T28 Super Heavy Tank a.k.a. 105 mm Gun Motor Carriage T95
T40/M9 Tank Destroyer
T55E1 Gun Motor Carriage

Self-propelled guns

M4 Mortar Carrier 81 mm (572)
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)
M10 Wolverine (6,706) (3in SP, Wolverine in British service, Wolverine name adopted by America)
M12 Gun Motor Carriage 155 mm
M18 Hellcat 76 mm (2,507) (Hellcat)
M36 Jackson 90 mm (1,413) (Jackson or Slugger)
M40 GMC 155 mm

Armoured personnel carriers

Half-track Personnel Carrier M3 (4,088)
M4 Kangoroo

Armoured cars

Artillery tractors

Amphibious

Landing Vehicle Tracked (18,620)
Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP) or Higgins boat (20,000)
M29 Weasel
DUKW (21,147)

Utility vehicles

Dodge WC series light trucks
Harley-Davidson WLA motorcycle
Willys MB light truck

See also

References

Citations

↑ Ware 2012, p. 191.
↑ Ware 2012, p. 193.
↑ Ware 2012, p. 216.
↑ Ware 2012, p. 196.
↑ Ware 2012, p. 198.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 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

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External links

Canadian Military Vehicles in WW2 at Maple Leaf Up

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