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Vickers 6 ton in Finnish Service

United Kingdom/Finland (1933-1941) Light Tank - 33 purchased and modified Despite being produced by a British company, and one with ...
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/ Finnish armor

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Panzerkampfwagen KV-1B 756(r) (KV-1 with 7.5cm KwK 40)

Nazi Germany (1942-43) Improvised Heavy Tank - 1 Built Throughout the Second World War, the German Army captured hundreds of ...
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/ German Improvized AFVs, Improvised AFVs

CP Armoured Tractor

Poland (1939) Artillery Tractor - Fake tank The CP armored tractor is a plastic model kit produced by the Polish ...
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/ Polish fake AFVs

Flakpanzer IV (3.7cm Flak 43) ‘Möbelwagen’

Nazi Germany (1944-45) Self `Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun - 240 built As the German Luftwaffe (German air force) lost control over ...
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/ WW2 German SPAAGs

Carden Loyd Mk. VI in Bolivian Service

Bolivia (1932-1933) Tankette – 2 bought Introduced in 1928, the Carden-Loyd Mark VI tankette was one of the most influential ...
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/ Bolivian Armor

M4A2 Sherman (Chinese Service)

Republic of China (1947-1949?) - 7? Donated  Chinese PLA (C. 1949) - At least 1 captured Medium Tank From USMC ...
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/ China Pre-1950

155mm Gun Tank T58

U.S.A. (1952) Heavy Tank Prototype - 2 built In the early 1950s, the American military’s quest for a powerful new ...
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/ Coldwar American Prototypes

Projet Tigre (Fake Tanks)

France (1959) Light SPG - 1 built This article has been published on Tanks Encyclopedia on the 1st of April ...
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/ Cold War French Fake Tanks

T-26s with Kremlin Armory Cannons (Fake Tanks)

Soviet Union (1941) SPG Concept - 0 Built April Fools’ This article was originally published on Tanks Encyclopedia on 1st ...
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/ WW2 Soviet Fake Tanks

Italian Panther

Kingdom of Italy (1942-43) None Built Having been somewhat opportunistic in joining in the war on the side of Germany ...
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/ WW2 Italian Prototypes

Vickers Medium Mk. D

United Kingdom/Irish Free State (1929) Medium Tank - 1 built Ireland's First Tank The British company of Vickers was one ...
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/ Irish WW2, WW2 British Prototypes

E9-9 Mechanized Flame Thrower

U.S.A. (1943) Flamethrower Tank - 1 Prototype In 1943, the Standard Oil Company, based in Indiana, was one of the ...
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/ Failed Tanks, WW2 American Prototypes

T-35 Prototypes

USSR (1932) Heavy Tank - 2 Prototype The T-35A tank is one of history's strangest tanks - often seen crawling ...
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/ WW2 Soviet Prototypes

Tenk Tip-A

Yugoslavia (1948-52) Experimental Medium Tank - 5 Built An interesting and somewhat unusual story states, that on the 26th of ...
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/ Yugoslavian armor

Sd.Kfz.7/1

Nazi Germany (1939) Half-Track SPAAG - 750 The most famous German self-propelled anti-aircraft guns (SPAAG) are the Panzer IV based ...
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/ WW2 German SPAAGs

Vickers Mark E in Bolivian Service

Bolivia (1932-1933) Light Tank – 3 bought Even though the Vickers 6-Ton (Mark E) was never adopted by the British ...
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/ Bolivian Armor

Fiat 3000 Tipo II

Kingdom of Italy (1925) Light Tank Tipo I The Italians copied the successful French Renault FT tank in the form ...
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/ WW2 Italian Prototypes

76mm Gun Tank T92

USA (1952-58) Light Tank - 2 Prototypes Built In May of 1952, the hunt was already underway for a new ...
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/ Coldwar American Prototypes

A34 Comet in Irish Service

Republic of Ireland (1958) Infantry Tank - 8 Purchased The tanks that the Republic of Ireland Defence Forces Cavalry Corps ...
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/ Irish Cold War

T-35A Heavy Tank

Soviet Union (1934) Heavy tank - 61 built The Eastern Behemoth The T-35A tank is one of history's strangest tanks ...
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/ WWII Soviet Heavy Tanks

3.7cm Tankabwehrkanone Rheinmetall

German Empire (1918) Anti-Tank Gun - 600 produced On the morning of the 15th of September 1916, after the standard ...
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/ WWI German AT Guns

wz. 31

Poland (1931) Armored car - None Built By the early 1930s, the Polish army still didn’t have any type of ...
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/ WW2 Polish Prototypes

M8 Greyhound in Kantangese Service

Kingdom of Belgium/ State of Katanga/ Democratic Republic of Congo Armored Car - 2 Built For many colonial powers, the ...
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/ Cold War Belgium armor

Kolohousenka

Czechoslovakia (1923-1930) Artillery tractor and tank - 5 built When the Czechoslovak army bought their first tanks in the early twenties, ...
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/ WW2 Czechoslovak Prototypes

TAM 2C Main Battle Tank

Argentina (2013) MBT - 1 Built The Tank with the Sun of May As the name suggests, the Tanque Argentino ...
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/ Argentinian armor

Vickers Medium Mk. III

United Kingdom (1930) Medium Tank - 3 Built By the early 1920's, the British Government's enthusiasm for a state tank ...
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/ WWII British Medium Tanks

Carro Armato M.11/39

Italy (1939-40) Medium tank - 100 built Pre-production M.11/39 at the Ansaldo Factory in July 1939 with the multi-plate turret ...
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/ WW2 Italian Tanks

Landsverk L-60 in Irish Service

Irish Free State (1934) Light Tank - 2 Purchased The Irish were relative latecomers to the idea of tank warfare ...
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/ Irish WW2

Marmon-Herrington CTLS-4TA

USA/KNIL (1939) Light Tank - 450 Built The Marmon-Herrington Company was a manufacturer of commercial cars and trucks based in ...
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/ ww2 dutch armor, WW2 US Light Tanks

Sherman Crocodile

USA/Great Britain (1943) Flamethrower Tank - 4 built Although they had proved extremely useful in America’s fight against the Japanese ...
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/ WW2 British Flame Throwers, WW2 US Flame Throwers

Fiat 2000

Kingdom of Italy (1917) Heavy Tank - 2 built The Kingdom of Italy fought on the side of the Allied ...
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/ WW1 Italian Armor

Rocket Launcher T34 ‘Calliope’

In an effort to provide increased firepower to assault troops, the United States Ordnance Department began a series of projects ...
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/ US tech

Rooikat

South Africa (1989) Armored Car - 242 built "Rooikat" - The African Caracal The Rooikat armored car takes its Afrikaans ...
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/ South African Wheeled Vehicles

TKD

Poland (1932-39) Experimental SPG - 4 Built The TK3 was a two-man Polish domestic-built tankette, heavily inspired by the British ...
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/ WW2 Polish Other Vehicles

Churchill Mk. VI in Irish Service

Republic of Ireland (1949) Infantry Tank - 4 Purchased The Republic of Ireland Defence Forces didn't have much experience with ...
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/ Irish Cold War

Begleitpanzer 57

Western Germany (1977) IFV Prototype - 1 Built Believing they had identified a niche in the market, the Thyssen-Henschel and ...
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/ Cold War West German Prototypes

OF 40 Mk. 1 Main Battle Tank

Italy/United Arab Emirates (1980-82) Main Battle Tank - 18 built Throughout the 1950’s until the 1970’s, the Italian Army had ...
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/ Cold War Italian Prototypes, UAE Armor

Semovente B1 bis

Kingdom of Italy (1941) 1 Prototype The French Char B1 bis is probably one of the most recognizable tanks ever ...
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/ WW2 Italian Prototypes

Mauser Tankgewehr M1918

German Empire (1918) Anti-Tank Rifle - about 16,000 produced In September 1916, the British unveiled their new weapon to the ...
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/ AT weapons, WWI German AT Guns

90mm Gun Tank T42

U.S.A. (1948-54) Medium Tank Prototype - 6 built In the early 1950s, the United States Military began a design program ...
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/ Coldwar American Prototypes, Failed Tanks

Wilton-Fijenoord Armored Car

The Netherlands (1933-45) Armored car At the end of the twenties, the Dutch military slowly began to realise the importance ...
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/ ww2 dutch armor

Leone Main Battle Tank

Italy/West Germany (1975-77) Main Battle Tank Prototype - 1 built The Carro da Combattimento Lion was developed at a time ...
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/ Cold War Italian Prototypes, Cold War West German Prototypes

Praying Mantis

United Kingdom (1937-44) Experimental Machine Gun Carrier - 2 Prototypes The Praying Mantis was an experimental machine gun carrier designed ...
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/ WW2 British Prototypes

Light Tank M3A3 with 7.5 cm PaK 40

Yugoslavian Partisans (1945-49) Modified Light Tank - 3 converted Genesis of the Light Tank M3A3 With 7.5 cm PaK 40 ...
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/ WW2 Yugoslavian Armor

Flame Thrower Tank M67 ‘Zippo’

U.S.A. (1953) Armored Flamethrower - 109 built The United States Marine Corps (USMC) was no stranger to the use of ...
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/ Cold War American Other Vehicles

MLI-84M with 120mm CARDOM

 Romania (2015) Mortar Carrier (Planned Variant) A silhouetted illustration from the patent of the 120mm mortar armed MLI-84M variant. The ...
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/ Cold War Romanian Prototypes

Panzerkampfwagen 35(t)

Nazi Germany (1940) Light Tank - 244 Used One year after the Anschluss (the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany) ...
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/ WW2 German Light Tanks

FV4201 Chieftain/90mm Gun Tank T95 Hybrid

USA/UK/Canada (1957-59) Main Battle Tank - none built ABC Countries By the end of the 1950’s, tank development in both ...
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/ Cold War British Prototypes, Cold War Canadian prototypes, Coldwar American Prototypes

AGF’s ‘Improved Medium Tank’

U.S.A. (1944) Medium Tank - None Built The period starting at the end of the Second World War and going ...
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/ WW2 American Prototypes