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.

Austria

Armoured cars

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

Landsverk L-60 Ö (2)

Tankettes

ADMK Mulus (334)

Czechoslovakia

Tanks

Light tanks

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

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

Heavy tanks

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

Amphibious tanks

ČKD F-IV-H (2)
Škoda ŠOT (1)

Tankettes

AH-IV (206)
Škoda MU-2 (1)
Škoda MU-4 (1)
Škoda MU-6 (1)
Škoda Š-I-J (1)
Škoda Š-I-P (also known as Škoda T-2) (1)
Škoda Š-I-SPO (1)
Tančík vz. 33 (70)
T-32 (Š-I-D) (8)

Armoured cars

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

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

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.
Vickers 6-ton tank (20)

Tankettes

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

Universal Carrier (unknown, issued to Chinese units in India)

Armoured cars

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

France

Tankettes

Saint-Charmond Modèle 1921 (12)

Tanks

Armoured reconnaissance tanks

AMR 33 (123) - a cavalry tank
AMR 35 (200) - a light tank

Light tanks

AMC 34 (12)
AMX 38 (2)
Char D1 (160)
FCM 36 (100) - infantry tank

Hotchkiss H35 (1,200) - cavalry tank
Hotchkiss H39 (unknown)
Renault FT-31 (540)
Renault FT Kégresse (42)
Renault NC1, Renault NC2 - first 2 prototypes of Char D1
Renault R35 (1,540) - infantry tank
Renault R40 (145)

Medium tanks

AMC 35 (>57)
Char D2 (100)
Char D3 (never built)
Char G1 (experimental) (unfinished)
Char G1B (never built)
Char G1F (unknown)
Char G1L (never built)
Char G1P (unfinished)
Char G1R (unfinished)

SOMUA S35 (440) - cavalry tank

Heavy tanks

Super heavy tanks

ARL Tracteur C (never built)

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

AMR 39 (experimental) (4)
Laffly AMD 50 (98)
Laffly AMD 80 (28)
Panhard AM 40P (experimental) (1)

Panhard 178 (941)

Germany

Tanks

Light tanks

Leichttraktor (4)
Panzer I (2,288)
Panzer II (1,856)
Sd.Kfz. 265 (190)

Medium tanks

Grosstraktor (6)
Neubaufahrzeug (5)

Heavy tanks

Durchbruchwagen I (unfinished)

Armoured cars

Daimler DZVR 21 (178)

Kfz.13 (147)
Kfz.14 (40)
Leichter Panzerspähwagen (2,394)

Magirus M-ARW (unknown)
Schwerer Panzerspähwagen (around 1,550)

Italy

Tanks

Fiat 3000 (152) - based on the Renault FT
Fiat M11/39 (100)

Tankettes

Fiat L3 (2,000-2,500)

Armoured cars

Fiat AB-611 (10)

Japan

Tanks

Light tanks

Otsu-Gata Sensha (imported Renault NC27) (10)
Type 95 Ha-Go (2,300)
Type 98 Ke-Ni (104)

Medium tanks

Type 87 Chi-I (experimental) (1)
Type 89A I-Go Kō (113)
Type 89B I-Go Otsu (291)
Type 97 Chi-Ha (1,162)
Type 97 Chi-Ni (experimental) (1)

Heavy tanks

Type 91 (experimental) (1)
Type 95 (experimental) (4)

Amphibious tanks

SR I-Go (experimental) (1)
SR II Ro-Go (experimental) (1)
SR III Ha-Go (experimental) (1)

Tankettes

Type 92 A-I-Go (2)
Type 92 cavalry tank (tankette) (167)
Type 94 (823)
Type 97 Te-Ke (616)
Type 97 Ki-To SPAAG (experimental) (1)

Chemical warfare vehicles

Type 94 disinfecting vehicle, Type 94 gas scattering vehicle (unknown)
Type 97 disinfecting vehicle, Type 97 gas scattering vehicle (unknown)

Armoured cars

Chiyoda (200)
Sumida AMP amphibious armored car (experimental) (1)
Sumida M.2593 (Type 91 & variants, including Sumida Model P) (1,000)
Type 93 (5)
Type 95 So-Ki Armored railroad car (121–135)
Vickers Crossley (12)

Poland

Armoured cars

Bukowski armoured car (improvised) (1)
Chwat (improvised) (1)
Ford FT-B (17)
Korfanty (improvised) (1)
Kresowiec (improvised) (1)
Lwowskie dziecko ("Lviv's child") (improvised) (1)
Nowina-Doliwa (1)
Piłsudski's Tank (improvised) (1)
Samochód pancerny wz.28 (90)
Samochód pancerny wz. 29 (10-13)
Samochód pancerny wz. 31 (never built)
Samochód pancerny wz. 34 (around 90)
Ślązak ("Silesian") (1)
Woźniak-Walerus (also known as Powstaniec) (1)
Zabrski powstaniec ("Zabrze upriser") (1)

Tankettes

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

Light tanks

4TP (1)
7TP (149)
9TP (1)
10TP (8)

Medium tanks

14TP (1)
20/25TP (never built)
WB-10 (2)

Amphibious tanks

PZInż 130 amphibious tank (experimental) (1)

Artillery tractors

Tracked artillery tractors

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

C4P artillery tractor (80)
PZInż 202 (1)

Wheeled artillery tractors

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

Self-propelled guns

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

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

D-8 Armoured Car (28)
D-12 (33)
FAI
BA-20 (2,066)
BAD-2 (experimental)

Heavy armoured cars

BA-27 (215)
BA-3/BA-6 (221 BA-3) (431 BA-6)
BA-9
BA-10 (3311)
BA-11 (17)

Tankettes

T-17 "Liliput" (experimental)
T-23 (experimental)
T-27

Tanks

Amphibious tanks

T-37A
T-38

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

ST-26 engineer tank
OT-26 flame tank
OT-130 flame tank
KhT-26
KhT-130
KhT-133

Medium tanks

T-24 (24)
T-28
T-29 (experimental)
A-20 (experimental)

Heavy tanks

T-35 (61)

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
29K (artillery) 76.2mm anti-aircraft truck
ZiS-42 25mm anti-aircraft truck

Sweden

Tanks

Light tanks

Strv m/21-29 (10)
Strv m/38-39-40 (180)

Medium tanks

Strv m/31 (3)
Strv fm/31 (1)

Tankettes

Strv m/37 (48)

Armoured cars

Pbil m/31

Pbil m/39-40 (48)
Pbil m/41 (5)

United Kingdom

Armoured cars

Vickers Crossley armoured car
Crossley D2E1 & D2E2
Morris CS9
Lanchester 6x4 Armoured Car
Crossley Vickers 20\60 Light 6 Wheeler
Armstrong Siddeley B10E1 & B10E2

Tankettes

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.
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)