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

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

Armoured cars

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

France

Armoured reconnaissance tanks

Light tanks

Medium tanks

Heavy tanks

Self propelled guns

Armoured personnel carriers

Armored cars

Germany

Light tanks

Heavy tanks

Italy

Tanks

Tankettes

Poland

Japan

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.

Light armoured cars

Heavy armoured cars

Tankettes

Amphibious tanks

Light tanks

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

Tankettes

Armoured Cars

United Kingdom

Armoured cars

Tankettes

Tanks

Self-propelled guns

United States

Light tanks

Medium tanks

Armoured cars

Self Propelled Guns

  • T3 HMC

References

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