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.
Czechoslovakia
Tanks
Tankettes
- Tančík vz. 33 (70)
- AH-IV (206)
Armoured cars
China
China purchased several hundred armoured combat vehicles during the 1930s. The exact model and numbers are difficult to obtain, please see this article for more info.
Tanks
- Carden Loyd M1931 Amphibious Tank (29) - purchased in 1935.
- Carden Loyd M1936 (4) - Light two-man tank, purchased in 1936.
- Renault FT (100+) - purchased from Poland & France in 1920s & 1930s.
- Panzer I (10) - purchased from Germany in 1930s.
- T-26 (88) - Licensed copy of British Vickers 6-ton Tank, purchased from Soviets in 1938.
Tankettes
- CV-33 (20-100) - purchased in 1936, numbers disputed.
- Carden Loyd tankette (24) - Armoured Vickers MG carrier, purchased in 1929.
Armoured personnel carriers
- Universal Carrier (unknown)
Armoured cars
- BA-6 (unknown) - purchased from Soviet Union, armed with 45 mm gun turret.
France
Tanks
Armoured reconnaissance tanks
Light tanks
- Hotchkiss H-35 (1,200)
- Hotchkiss H-39 (unknown)
- Renault R-35 (1,540)
- Renault FT-31 (540)
- FCM 36 (100)
Medium tanks
Heavy tanks
Self propelled guns
- Canon de 194 mle GPF (50)
- Renault FT BS (39)
Armoured personnel carriers
- Renault UE (5,168)
- Lorraine 37L (630)
Armored cars
- Panhard 178 (941)
- AMC Schneider P 16 (100)
Germany
Tanks
Light tanks
- Leichttraktor (4)
- Panzer I (2,288)
- Panzer II (1,856)
- Sd.Kfz. 265 (190)
Heavy tanks
- Neubaufahrzeug (5)
Italy
Tanks
- Fiat 3000 (152) - based on the Renault FT
- Fiat M11/39 (100)
Tankettes
- Fiat L3 (2,000-2,500)
Poland
- PZInż 130 amphibious tank, single prototype
- 4TP single prototype
- 7TP (149)
- C7P (151)
- TKS tankette (575)
- Samochód pancerny wz. 29 (10-13)
- Samochód pancerny wz. 34 (unknown)
- 10TP (unknown)
Japan
- Type 87 Chi-I medium tank (experimental)
- Type 89 Chi-Ro
- Type 91 Heavy Tank (experimental)
- Type 92 cavalry tank - tankette
- Type 94 tankette
- Type 95 Heavy Tank (experimental)
- Type 95 Ha-Go
- Type 97 Te-Ke tankette
- Type 97 Chi-Ha
Soviet Union
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
Light armoured cars
Heavy armoured cars
Tankettes
- T-17 "Liliput" (experimental)
- T-23 (experimental)
- T-27
Tanks
Amphibious tanks
Light tanks
- Russkiy Reno (or M, copy of Renault FT)
- T-16
- T-18 (or MS-1)
- T-19
- T-26 (license-built copy of Vickers 6-ton)
- BT-2
- BT-5
- BT-7
- BT-8
Flame & engineer tanks
Medium tanks
Heavy tanks
Self-propelled guns
- 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
- YaG-10 76.2mm anti-aircraft truck
- ZiS-42 25mm anti-aircraft truck
Sweden
Tanks
- Strv m/21-29 (10)
- Strv m/30-31 (3)
- Strv m/38-39-40 (180)
Tankettes
- Strv m/37 (48)
Armoured Cars
- Pbil m/39-40 (48)
- Pbil m/41 (5)
Armoured cars
- Crossley Armoured Car
- Crossley D2E1 & D2E2
- Morris CS9
- Lanchester 6x4 Armoured Car
- Crossley Vickers 20\60 Light 6 Wheeler
- Armstrong Siddeley B10E1 & B10E2
Tankettes
- Carden Loyd tankette - Mark IV, V, VI
- Crossley-Martel
- Morris-Martel tankette
Tanks
- Vickers Tank - Number 01 & Number 02 (1921–22)
- Vickers 6-Ton (153)
- Vickers Commercial Light Tank - Model 1933, Model 1934, Model 1936, Model 1937 - sales for export. Design based on Carden-Loyd Light Tank.
- Vickers-Carden-Loyd Light Amphibious Tank
- Medium Tank A/T 1 - amphibious tank, experimental
- Vickers Medium Mark C & D - intended for export, prototypes sold to Japan and Ireland.
- Cruiser Mk I - General Staff Specification A9
- Cruiser Mk II
- Cruiser Mk III
- Matilda I
- Matilda II
- Light Tank Mk I-Mk V
- Light Tank Mark VI
- Light Tank Mk VII Tetrarch
- Medium Mark I (80)
- Medium Mark II (170)
- A6 "Sixteen tonner" (3)
- Medium Mark III (3)
- Medium Tank A7
- Vickers A1E1 Independent (1 prototype)
- A3E1 Three Man Tank, "Carrier, Machine gun"
- A4E1 Carden-Loyd Mk VII
- A5E1 Vickers 'Carden-Loyd' 3-man light tank
- Vickers Patrol Tank Mk. 1 & Mk. 2
- Vickers D3E1 Wheel Cum Track Tank
- Vickers L3E1 & L3E2 3 Man Light Tanks
- Vickers-Carden-Loyd Light Amphibious Tanks A4E11, A4E12, L1E1, L1E2
Self-propelled guns
United States
Light tanks
- Disston Tractor Tank (6)
- T2 Combat Car
- T2E1 Combat Car
- T5 Combat Car
- T5E1 Combat Car
- M1 Combat Car (~113)
- T7 Combat Car
- T1 Cunningham (6)
- T2 Light Tank
- T3 Light Tank
- M2 Light Tank (~696)
- Christie M.1919
Medium tanks
- T4 Combat Car
- T4E1 Combat Car
- T4E2 Combat Car
- Christie T3 Medium/M.1931/M.1940/T1 Combat Car
- T2 Medium Tank
- M2 Medium Tank
- Medium Tank M1921
- Medium Tank M1922
Armoured cars
- M3 Scout Car (unknown)
Self Propelled Guns
- T3 HMC
References
- Graham Matthews Table of General Staff 'A' Numbers at Arcaneafvs.com
