List of military vehicles of World War II

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

Belgium

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

Tanks

Light tanks

Panzer I (1,493)
Panzer II (1,856, excluding conversions)
Panzer 35(t) (Czechoslovakian design, 434)
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

Panzer 38(t) (Czechoslovakian design, 1,168 total)
Panzer III (5,774, excluding StuG III)
Panzer IV (8,553)
Panzer V "Panther" (5,984)

Heavy tanks

Tiger I (1,355)
Tiger II a.k.a. "King Tiger" or "Royal Tiger" (492)
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)
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

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

Maultier (~22,500)
Schwerer Wehrmachtschlepper (825)
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)

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

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

Autoblindo 40 (24)
Autoblinda 41 (647)
Autoblinda Lince (250)
Autoblindo 43 (70) (All were captured and used by the German Army)

Utility vehicles

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

Tankettes

Tanks

Light tanks

Medium tanks

Type 87 Chi-I (1)
Type 89 Chi-Ro (404)
Type 97 Chi-Ha (1,162)
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)

Heavy tanks

Type 95 Heavy Tank (4 prototypes)

Amphibious tanks

Type 2 Ka-Mi (182 to 184)
Type 3 Ka-Chi (19)
Type 5 To-Ku (1)

Self-propelled guns

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

Tankettes

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

Tanks

3TP
4TP
7TP (162)
9TP (2 prototypes + 11 possible production models)
10TP (1 prototype)
14TP
20TP
20/25TP
23TP
25TP
40TP

Armored cars

Artillery tractors

C2P (200)
C4P
C7P (151)
PZInż 302

Utility vehicles

Fiat 508 łazik
Fiat 508/518
Fiat 518
Fiat 618
Fiat 621
Ursus A

Romania

Tank destroyers

South Africa

Armoured cars

Marmon-Herrington Armoured Car (5,746)

Soviet Union

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

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

PB-4
PB-7
BAD-2

Half-tracks

BA-30

Aerosans

ANT-IV
NKL-16
NKL-26
RF-8
ASD-400

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) - 4 used by England for training

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 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

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 WW2)

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

AEC Armoured Command Vehicle (415)
Albion WD.CX24 Tank Transporter
Austin K2/Y Ambulance.^[4] (13,102)
Austin K3
Austin K4
Austin K4 Dropside
Austin K5
Austin K6 GS
Austin K6 Gantry
Bedford MW.^[5]
Bedford OXA Armoured
Bedford OXC Semi-trailer
Bedford OXD GS
Bedford OYC Tanker
Bedford OYD GS
Bedford QLB Bofors.^[6]
Bedford QLD GS.^[6]
Bedford QLR/QLC Radio/communications.^[6]
Bedford QLT Troop carrier.^[6]
Crossley Q-Type.^[7]
GMC DUKW six-wheel-drive amphibious truck
Guy Ant
Guy Lizard Armoured Command Vehicle (21)
Humber FWD.^[8]
Karrier K6.^[9]
Leyland Hippo Mk II.^[10]
Morris 15cwt
Morris ML Ambulance
Morris C8 GS
Morris Commercial CD series.^[11]
Morris Commercial CS8.^[12]
Morris Commercial 8x8 GS Terrapin amphibious truck
Scammell Pioneer Semi-trailer SV1S and SV2S (~500)

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) (Prototype only, never used in combat).
T29 Heavy Tank - Prototype only.
T28 Super Heavy Tank a.k.a. 105 mm Gun Motor Carriage T95 (2) - Prototype only.

Tank destroyers

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)
M12 Gun Motor Carriage 155 mm
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

References

Citations

↑ Ware 2012, p. 191.
↑ Ware 2012, p. 193.
↑ Ware 2012, p. 216.
↑ Ware 2012, p. 196.
↑ Ware 2012, p. 198.
1 2 3 4 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

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.

External links

Canadian Military Vehicles in WW2 at Maple Leaf Up

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List of military vehicles of World War II

Belgium

Tanks

Utility vehicles

Canada

Tanks

Self-propelled artillery

Armoured personnel carriers

Armoured car

Utility vehicles

Czechoslovakia

Tanks

Denmark

France

Armored cars

Tanks

Armoured reconnaissance tanks

Light tanks

Medium tanks

Heavy tanks

Tank destroyers

Self propelled guns

Armoured combat tanks

Armoured personnel carriers

Nazi Germany

Tanks

Light tanks

Medium tanks

Heavy tanks

Armoured cars

Utility vehicles

Motorcycles

Half-tracks

Self-propelled artillery

Assault guns

Tank destroyers

Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns

Remote controlled vehicles

Hungary

Tanks

Self-propelled guns

Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns

Armoured cars

Italy

Tankettes

Tanks

Light tanks

Medium tanks

Heavy tanks

Tank destroyers

Self-propelled guns

Armoured cars

Utility vehicles

Japan

Tankettes

Tanks

Light tanks

Medium tanks

Heavy tanks

Amphibious tanks

Self-propelled guns

Netherlands

Armoured cars

Tankettes

Light Tank

New Zealand

Converted tractors

Light tanks

Armoured personnel carriers

Armoured cars

Norway

Light tanks

Poland

Tankettes

Tanks

Armored cars

Artillery tractors

Utility vehicles

Romania

Tank destroyers