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List of interwar armoured fighting vehicles

This is a list of armoured fighting vehicles developed during the interwar years between the end of the First World War (1918) and the start of the Second World War (1939). There is some overlap with tanks that served in the early part of the Second World War.

See also history of the tank, list of armoured fighting vehicles.

Austria edit

Armoured cars edit

  • ADAZ (never built)
  • ADG (never built)
  • ADGC (unknown)
  • ADGK (never built)
  • ADGZ (52)
  • ADKZ (2)
  • ADSK (6)
  • Heigl Panzerauto M.25 (4)
  • Heigl Panzerauto M.26 (8)

Light tanks edit

Tankettes edit

  • ADMK Mulus (334)

Czechoslovakia edit

Tanks edit

Light tanks edit

  • ČKD P-II-a (1)
  • ČKD P-II-b (1)
  • Kolohousenka - wheeled/tracked design (about 5)
  • LT vz. 34 (also known as ČKD P-II) (50)
  • LT vz. 35 (also known as Škoda Š-II-a) (298)
  • LT vz. 38 did not enter service before German occupation
  • Praga MT (2)
  • Praga YNH (never built)
  • Škoda Š-II (also known as S.U) (1)
  • Škoda Š-II-b (1)

Medium tanks edit

  • ST vz. 39 (also known as ČKD V-8-H) (2)
  • Škoda Š-II-c (also known as Škoda T-21) (1)

Heavy tanks edit

  • Škoda Š-III-6 (1)
  • Škoda Š-III-8 (1)
  • Tatra T-III (2)

Amphibious tanks edit

  • ČKD F-IV-H (2)
  • Škoda ŠOT (1)

Tankettes edit

Armoured cars edit

  • Praga I (unknown)
  • Praga R-4 (4)
  • Škoda Fiat Torino (12)
  • Škoda PA-I (2)
  • Škoda PA-II 'Želva', also known as OA vz.23 (12)
  • Škoda PA-III (16)
  • Škoda PA-IV (<10)
  • TN SPE-34 (3)
  • TN SPE-37 (4)
  • OA vz. 27 (15)
  • OA vz. 30 (51)

China edit

China purchased several hundred armoured combat vehicles during the 1930s. The exact model and numbers are difficult to obtain[1]

Tanks edit

Tankettes edit

  • CV-33 (20-100) - purchased in 1936, numbers disputed.
  • Carden Loyd tankette Mk VI - armoured machine gun carrier, 24 purchased in 1929, 29 in 1936.

Armoured personnel carriers edit

Armoured cars edit

  • BA-6 (unknown) - purchased from Soviet Union, armed with 45 mm gun turret.

France edit

Tankettes edit

Tanks edit

Armoured reconnaissance tanks edit

Light tanks edit

Medium tanks edit

Heavy tanks edit

Super heavy tanks edit

  • Char BB (never built)
  • Char Lourd - improved Char 2C (never built)
  • FCM F1 (never built)

Self propelled guns edit

Armoured cargo carriers edit

Armoured cars edit

Germany edit

Tanks edit

Light tanks edit

Medium tanks edit

Heavy tanks edit

  • Durchbruchwagen I (unfinished)

Armoured cars edit

Italy edit

Tanks edit

Tankettes edit

Armoured cars edit

  • Fiat AB-611 (10)

Japan edit

Tanks edit

Light tanks edit

Medium tanks edit

Heavy tanks edit

Amphibious tanks edit

Tankettes edit

Chemical warfare vehicles edit

Armoured cars edit

Poland edit

Armoured cars edit

Tankettes edit

Main article: TKS
  • TK-1,TK-2 - first 2 prototypes
  • TK-3/TKS (around 540 across both models)
  • TKF (around 20)
  • TKS-B (experimental) (1)
  • TKW (experimental) (1)

Tanks edit

Light tanks edit

Medium tanks edit

Amphibious tanks edit

Artillery tractors edit

Tracked artillery tractors edit

  • C2P (196-310) - an unarmoured vehicle based on tankette
  • C6P, C6T - first 2 prototypes of C7P
  • C7P (151)
  • PZInż 152 (unknown)

Half-tracked artillery tractors edit

Wheeled artillery tractors edit

  • C5P (also known as PZInż 342) (5)
  • PZInż 302 (>2000)
  • PZInż 343 (4)

Self-propelled guns edit

  • PZInż 160 (never built)
  • TKS-D (37 mm anti-tank gun) (2)
  • TKD (47 mm gun) (4)

Soviet Union edit

At the end of the Russian Civil War, Soviet Russia had a stock of imported Mark V (called Rikardo, after the Ricardo engine), Whippet (Tyeilor, after the Tylor engine), and Renault FT (Reno) tanks, and an assortment armoured trains.

By the time of the German invasion on the 22 June 1941, the Soviets already fielded 222 T-40 light amphibious tanks, 967 T-34 medium tanks and 508 KV-1 and KV-2 heavy tanks.

Armoured cars edit

Light armoured cars edit

Heavy armoured cars edit

Tankettes edit

Tanks edit

Amphibious tanks edit

Light tanks edit

Flame & engineer tanks edit

Medium tanks edit

Heavy tanks edit

Self-propelled guns edit

  • SU-12 76.2mm gun truck
  • T-26 A artillery support tank
  • BT-7A artillery support tank
  • 4M quad 7.62mm Maxim anti-aircraft truck
  • 29K (artillery) 76.2mm anti-aircraft truck
  • ZiS-42 25mm anti-aircraft truck

Sweden edit

Tanks edit

Light tanks edit

Medium tanks edit

Tankettes edit

Armoured cars edit

United Kingdom edit

Armoured cars edit

Tankettes edit

Tanks edit

Self-propelled guns edit

United States edit

Light tanks edit

Medium tanks edit

Armoured cars edit

Self Propelled guns edit

  • T3 HMC

References edit

  1. ^ "China". mailer.fsu.edu. March 12, 2003. Archived from the original on 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
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