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.
- 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)
- 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)
- ST vz. 39 (also known as ČKD V-8-H) (2)
- Škoda Š-II-c (also known as Škoda T-21) (1)
- Škoda Š-III-6 (1)
- Škoda Š-III-8 (1)
- Tatra T-III (2)
- ČKD F-IV-H (2)
- Škoda ŠOT (1)
- 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 purchased several hundred armoured combat vehicles during the 1930s. The exact model and numbers are difficult to obtain[1]
- 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
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- BA-6 (unknown) - purchased from Soviet Union, armed with 45 mm gun turret.
Armoured reconnaissance tanks
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- Char BB (never built)
- Char Lourd - improved Char 2C (never built)
- FCM F1 (never built)
Self propelled guns
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Armoured cargo carriers
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- Durchbruchwagen I (unfinished)
Chemical warfare vehicles
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- 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)
Tracked artillery tractors
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- 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
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Wheeled artillery tractors
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- C5P (also known as PZInż 342) (5)
- PZInż 302 (>2000)
- PZInż 343 (4)
Self-propelled guns
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- PZInż 160 (never built)
- TKS-D (37 mm anti-tank gun) (2)
- TKD (47 mm gun) (4)
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
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Heavy armoured cars
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Flame & engineer tanks
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Self-propelled guns
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- 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
- 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.
- 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 (1,682)
- Light Tank Mk VII Tetrarch (100+)
- Medium Mark I (80)
- Medium Mark II (170)
- A6 "Sixteen tonner" (3 - A6E1, A6E2, A6E3)
- Medium Mark III (3)
- A7 medium tank (3 - A7E1, A7E2, A7E3)
- 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 tank (A4E11, A4E12, L1E1, L1E2)
Self-propelled guns
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Self Propelled guns
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- ^ "China". mailer.fsu.edu. March 12, 2003. Archived from the original on 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2023-07-28.