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.
Tančík vz. 33
AH-IV
LT vz. 34
LT vz. 35
LT vz. 38
Armoured cars and tankettes
OA vz. 27
OA vz. 30
Tančík vz. 33
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.
Some of China's armoured 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 - Armoured 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 - Armoured car purchased from Soviet Union, armed with 45 mm gun turret
Char B1
Hotchkiss H-35
Hotchkiss H-39
Renault R-35
Renault FT-31
SOMUA S35
Neubaufahrzeug
Panzer I
Panzer II
SdKfz 265 Panzerbefehlswagen
Leichttraktor (VK-31)
Fiat 3000 (similar to the Renault FT-17)
Fiat L3
Poland
7TP
C7P
TKS
Samochód pancerny wz. 34
Samochód pancerny wz. 29
10TP
Type 92 cavalry tank - tankette
Type 94 tankette
Type 97 Te-Ke tankette
Type 95 Ha-Go
Type 89 Chi-Ro
Type 97 Chi-Ha
Type 95 Heavy Tank (experimental)
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 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.
D-8 Armoured Car open-topped armoured car
D-12
FAI
BA-20
BA-27
BA-3/BA-6/BA-9/BA-10/BA-11
T-17 "Liliput" (experimental)
T-23 (experimental)
T-27
Small 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-throwing and engineer tanks
ST-26 engineer tank
OT-26 flame tank
OT-130 flame tank
KhT-26
KhT-130
KhT-133
Medium tanks
T-24
T-28
T-29 (experimental)
A-20 (experimental)
Heavy tanks
T-35
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
Strv m/21-29
Strv m/30-31
Strv m/37
Strv m/38-39-40
Pbil m/39-40
Pbil m/41
Crossley Armoured Car
Lanchester 6x4 Armoured Car
Carden Loyd tankette - Mark IV, V, VI
Crossley-Martel Tankette
Morris-Martel tankette
Vickers Tank Number 01 and 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
Vickers-Carden-Loyd Light Amphibious 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 A10
Cruiser Mk III A13
Infantry Tank Mk I Matilda
Infantry Tank Mk II Matilda
Light Tank Mk I to Mk V
Light Tank Mark VI
Light Tank Mark VII, A4E1 (1)
Medium Mark I (80)
Medium Mark II (170)
A6 "Sixteen tonner" (3) development work
Medium Mark III (3)
Medium Tank A7
Vickers A1E1 Independent (1 prototype)
·vickers M1933
Birch Gun
M1 Combat Car
M3 Scout Car
M2 Light Tank
M2 Medium Tank
T7 Combat Car
