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 actually served in the early part of the Second World War.

See also history of the tank, list of armoured fighting vehicles.

China

China purchased several hundred armoured combat vehicles during the 1930s. The exact model and numbers are difficult to obtain, please see this [http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/china/china.html article] for more info.

Some of China's armored fighting vehicles in 1930s:
* Carden Loyd M1931 Amphibious Tank - 29 purchased in 1935
* Carden Loyd M1936 - Light 2 man tank, 4 purchased in 1936
* Renault FT-17 - Approx. 100+ purchased from Poland and France in 1920s & 1930s
* CV-33 - Italian tankettes purchased in 1936, numbers disputed (20-100)
* Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf. A - 10 purchased from Germany in 1930s
* Carden Loyd tankette Mk IV - Armored Vickers MG carrier, 24 purchased in 1929
* Universal Carrier
* T-26 - 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 45 mm gun turret

France

* Hotchkiss H-35
* Hotchkiss H-39
* Renault R-35
* Renault FT-31

Germany

* Neubaufahrzeug
* Panzer I
* Panzer II

Italy

* Fiat 3000 (similar to the Renault FT-17)
* Fiat L3

Japan

* 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

* D-8 Amoured Car open-topped armoured car
* D-12
* FAI
* BA-20

Heavy armoured cars

* BA-27
* BA-3/BA-6/BA-9/BA-10/BA-11

Tankettes

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

Tanks

Small amphibious tanks
* T-37A
* T-38Light tanks
* Russkiy Reno (or M, copy of Renault FT)
* T-18 (or MS-1)
* T-26 (license-built copy of Vickers 6-ton)
* BT-2
* BT-5
* BT-7
* BT-8Flame-throwing and engineer tanks
* ST-26 engineer tank
* OT-26 flame tank
* OT-130 flame tankMedium tanks
* T-24
* T-28
* T-29 (experimental)
* A-20 (experimental)Heavy tanks
* T-35

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

United Kingdom

*Lanchester 6x4 Armoured Car

Tankettes

* Carden Loyd Mk IV
* Crossley-Martel Tankette

Tanks

* Vickers 6-Ton (153)
* Cruiser Mk I A9
* Cruiser Mk II A10
* Cruiser Mk III A13
* Infantry Tank Matilda Mk I
* Infantry Tank Matilda Mk II
* Light tank Mk 1 to Mk V
* Medium Mk 2
* Medium Mk 3
* Vickers A1E1 Independent (1 prototype)
* Vickers Medium Mark II

Self-propelled guns

* Birch Gun

United States

Tanks

* Mark VIII "Liberty" (100)
* 6-ton Tank M1917 (US Production of Renault FT-17, 952)

Light armoured cars

* Davidson-Duryea gun carriage
* Davidson Auto Battery armored car
* Davidson-Cadillac armored car
* King Armored Car

Heavy armoured cars

* Jeffery armored car