List of interwar armoured fighting vehicles
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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 actually served in the early part of the Second World War.
See also history of the tank, list of armoured fighting vehicles.
China purchased several hundred armoured combat vehicles during the 1930's. The exact model and numbers are difficult to obtain, please see this [[article] for more info.
Some of China's armored fighting vehicles in 1930's:
- Carden Loyd M1931 Amphibious Tank - 29 purchased in 1935
- Carden Loyd M1936 - Light 2 man tank, 4 purchased in1 1936
- Renault FT-17 - Approx. 100+ purchased from Poland and France in 1920's & 1930's
- CV.33 - Italian tankettes purchased in 1936, numbers disputed (20-100)
- Panzerkampfwagen 1 Ausf A Sd kfz 101 - 10 purchased from Germany in 1930's
- VCL Mk VI Carrier - Armored Vickers MG carrier, 24 purchased in 1929
- Bren Gun Carrier
- T-26 Tank - Licensed copy of British Vickers 6-ton Tank, ~88 were purchased from Soviets in 1938
- BA-6 - Armored car purchased from Soviet Union, armed with 45mm gun turret
- Char Mitrailleuse Renault FT-31
- Hotchkiss H-35
- Hotchkiss H-39
- Renault R-35
- Fiat 3000 (from the Renault FT-17)
- Type 94 Te-Ke (843)
- Type 89 Chi-Ro (404)
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 Taylor engine), and Renault FT (Reno) tanks, and an assortment armoured trains.
- Fiat 3000 (from the Renault FT-17)
- Type 94 Te-Ke (843)
- Type 89 Chi-Ro (404)
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 Taylor engine), and Renault FT (Reno) tanks, and an assortment armoured trains.
- Type 94 Te-Ke (843)
- Type 89 Chi-Ro (404)
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 Taylor engine), and Renault FT (Reno) tanks, and an assortment armoured trains.By the time of the German invasion on June 22, 1941, the Soviets had 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
Tanks
- Russkiy Reno (copy of Renault FT)
- T-18 (or MS-1)
- T-24
- BT-2
- BT-5
- BT-7
- BT-8
- T-26 (license-built copy of Vickers 6-ton)
- ST-26 engineer tank
- OT-26 flame tank
- OT-130 flame tank
- T-28
- T-35
- T-37
Self-propelled guns
Most of these were manufactured in very small numbers- SU-12 76.2mm gun truck
- T-26A 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
Tankettes
- Carden Loyd Mk IV
- Crossley Martel Tankette
Tanks
- Vickers 6-Ton(153)
- Cruiser Mk I
- Light tank Mk 1 to Mk V
- Medium Mk 2
- Medium Mk 3
- Vickers Independent A1E1 (1 prototype)
Self-propelled guns
United States
Tanks
- Mark VIII Liberty (100)
- 6-ton Tank M1917 (US Production of Renault FT-17, 952)
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