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 (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

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

• Type 92 Combat Car (3,304)
• Type 94 tankette (1,843)
• Type 97 Te-Ke (1,593)

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

• Type 2 Ka-Mi (560)
• Type 3 Ka-Chi (211)
• Type 5 To-Ku (1)

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

• Landsverk L180 (14)
• Landsverk L181 (12)
• M39 Pantserwagen (12)

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

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

Armored cars

• Samochód pancerny wz. 28
• Samochód pancerny wz. 29 (10-13)
• Samochód pancerny wz. 34 (87)
• Kubuś (1, used by the Polish Home Army)

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

• TACAM T-60 (34)
• TACAM R-2 (21)
• Vânătorul de care R35 (30)
• Mareşal (prototype)

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 (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)

• T-18
• T-26
• T-38
• BT-5
• BT-7

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)

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

• 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) (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

• M2 Half Track Car (13,500)
• M3 Halftrack (20,918)
• M8 Greyhound (11,667)
• M20 Armored Utility Car (3,680)
• M9 Half Track Car (3,500)

Artillery tractors

• M4 Tractor
• M5 Tractor

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

• List of equipment used in World War II
• List of armoured fighting vehicles of World War II
• List of limited service World War II combat vehicles
• List of prototype World War II combat vehicles
• Military equipment of Germany's allies on the Balkan and Russian fronts (1941–45)
• List of U.S. Signal Corps Vehicles
• G-numbers
• Hobarts Funnies

References

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

• 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.

External links

• Canadian Military Vehicles in WW2 at Maple Leaf Up