List of military land vehicles of Germany
(Redirected from Draft:List of land vehicles in the German Army)
This is a list of German-made and German-used land vehicles sorted by type, covering both former and current vehicles, from their inception from the German Empire, through the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany, to the split between West Germany and East Germany, through their reunification and into modern-day Germany.
Light tanks
editOut of service
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- Panzer I (and its variants)
- Panzer II
- Panzer 35(t)
- Panzer 38(t)
- Sd.Kfz. 265 Panzerbefehlswagen
- PT-76 (East Germany)[1]
Experimental
editMedium tanks
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- Panzer III
- Panzer IV
- Panther
- M47 Patton (West Germany)
- T-34 (Easy Germany)[1]
- T-54/T-55 (East Germany) (Warsaw Pact designation)[1]
Experimental
editHeavy tanks
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Experimental
edit- VK 30.01 (H)
- VK 36.01 (H)
- VK 45.01 (P)
- VK 45.02 (P)
- E-75 Standardpanzer
- Panther II - Proposal based on the Panther and Tiger II.[7]
Super-heavy tanks
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editMain battle tanks
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- M48 Patton (West Germany)
- T-54/T-55 (East Germany)[1] (NATO designation)
- Leopard 1/Leopard I[9]
- T-62 (East Germany)[1]
- T-72 (East Germany)[1][10]
Experimental
edit- MBT-70 - Joint West German/American development, later evolved into the M1 Abrams.[11]
- Lince - West Germany/Spanish development.
In service
editTank destroyers/assault guns
editOut of service
edit- Panzerjäger I - First German tank destroyer introduced in WWII.[12]
- Sturmgeschütz III
- Sturmgeschütz IV
- Marder I
- Marder II
- Marder III
- Hetzer/Jagdpanzer 38
- Jagdpanzer IV
- Nashorn, Panzerjäger III/IV[13]
- Jagdpanther
- Elefant
- Jagdtiger
- SU-85 (East Germany)[14]
- SU-100 (East Germany)[15]
- Raketenjagdpanzer 1[9]
- Raketenjagdpanzer 2[9]
- Jaguar 1[9]
- Jaguar 2[9]
- Kanonenjagdpanzer
Experimental
editSelf-propelled guns and artillery
editOut of service
editAnti-aircraft
editArtillery
edit- Kanonenjagdpanzer
- 8.8 cm Flak 18 (Sfl.) auf schwere Zugkraftwagen 12t (Sd.Kfz 8)
- 15 cm sIG 33 (Sf) auf Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf B or Sturmpanzer I Bison.
- 15 cm sIG 33 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II (Sf) or Sturmpanzer II Bison.[16]
- 15 cm sIG 33/2 (Sf.) auf Jagdpanzer 38(t)[17]
- Grille
- Hummel
- Wespe
- Heuschrecke 10
- StuG III (assault gun) - Built on the chassis of the Panzer III[18]
- StuG IV (assault gun)
- Jagdpanzer IV
- Brummbär/Sturmpanzer (assault gun)
- Sturm-Infanteriegeschütz 33B
- Sturmtiger
- Karl-Gerät
Experimental
edit- Pz. Sfl. IVc
- 10.5 cm K gepanzerte Selbstfahrlafette/Panzer Selbstfahrlafette IV Ausf. A (Pz.Sfl. IVa) "Dicker Max"
- Sturer Emil
- Geschützwagen Tiger
- Landkreuzer P. 1500 Monster
- Eskorter-35[9]
In service
editArmored personnel carriers, infantry, and fighting vehicles
editOut of service
edit- Marienwagen - APC[19]
- Bergepanther
- Sd.Kfz. 250 - Half-track APC
- Sd.Kfz. 251 - Half-track APC
- Wisel 1 & 2 AWC - Tankette
- Spähpanzer Luchs[9]
Experimental
editIn service
edit- M113 armored personnel carrier[20]
- Schützenpanzer Marder 1 (Federal Republic of Germany)[9]
- TPz Fuchs (Federal Republic of Germany)[9]
- Boxer
- LGS Fennek
- Puma (German infantry fighting vehicle)
Future
edit- Pandur I (6×6); the German Army plans to use this to replace its TPz Fuchs, competing with this role however is the Patria 6×6 and the modernized TPz Fuchs 1A9.[21]
- Patria 6×6; the German Army plans to use this to replace its TPz Fuchs, competing with this role however is the Pandur I (6×6) and the modernized TPz Fuchs 1A9.[21] It also may replace the LGS Fennek.
Utility vehicles/armored cars
editOut of service
edit- ADGZ
- Sd.Kfz. 2 - Light half-tracked gun tractor.
- Maultier/Sd.Kfz. 3 - Half-track
- Sd.Kfz. 4 - Half-track/Multiple rocket launcher[22]
- Sd.Kfz. 5 (3-ton 6x6 truck)
- Sd.Kfz. 6 - Half-track
- Sd.Kfz. 7 - Half-tracked artillery tractor
- Sd.Kfz. 8 - Heavy half-track
- Sd.Kfz. 9 - Heavy half-track
- Sd.Kfz. 10 - Light half-track
- Sd.Kfz. 11 - Light half-track
- Kfz 13
- Bergepanther - Armoured recovery vehicle
- Leichter Panzerspähwagen
- Schwerer Panzerspähwagen
- Sd.Kfz. 234
- Sd.Kfz. 247 - Armored car
- Sd.Kfz. 250 - Half-track APC
- Sd.Kfz. 251 - Half-track APC
- Sd.Kfz. 252 - Half-track
- Sd.Kfz. 253 - Armored Half-track
- Sd.Kfz. 254 - Tracked/wheeled armoured scout car
- Sd.Kfz. 265 Panzerbefehlswagen - Command vehicle based on the Panzer I chassis.
- Sd.Kfz. 300
- Raupenschlepper Ost
- Minenräumwagen
- Borgward IV - Demolition vehicle.
- Goliath tracked mine - Demolition vehicle.
- Springer - Demolition vehicle.
In service
edit- Keiler - Built on the hull of an M48 Patton.[23]
- Condor[9]
- Thyssen Henschel UR-416 (Federal Republic of Germany)[9]
- TM-170[9]
- LGS Fennek
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f Crane, Keith (October 1989). "East Germany's Military: Forces and Expenditures" (PDF). Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). p. 37. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ "Marienwagen". Nevington War Museum. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
- ^ Hills, Andrew (2020-07-13). "Höchammer All-Terrain One-Man Tank". Tank Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ^ Jobse, Leander (2020-01-04). "Räder-Raupen-Kampfwagen M28 (Landsverk 5)". Tank Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ MarkoPantelic (2018-12-24). "Škoda T-25". Tank Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ Jobse, Leander (2019-08-22). "Treffas-Wagen". Tank Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ Schulz, Michael Green Thomas Anderson Frank. German Tanks of World War II. Zenith Imprint. ISBN 978-1-61060-720-9.
- ^ Jentz, Thomas L; Doyle, Hilary Louis (2001). Panzer Tracts 20-1: Paper Panzers, Panzerkampfwagen, Sturmgeschuetz, and Jagdpanzer. Boyds, MD: Panzer Tracts. p. 60. ISBN 0-9708407-3-X.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Soviet Union: Foreign Military Review" (PDF). Defence Technical Information Center (DTIC). Published by the Soviet Union, then the Foreign Broadcast Information Service. October 1988. pp. 14–18. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ "East Germany's Long-retired Weapons Return to the Battlefield". American Enterprise Institute - AEI. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
- ^ Evolution of American Tanks | Animated History, 23 October 2021, retrieved 2024-01-14
- ^ "Evolution of WW2 German Tank Destroyers". The Tank Museum. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024 – via YouTube.
- ^ Scott, Chafian M. (1992). "Building Guderian's Duck: Germany's Response to the Eastern Front Antitank Crisis, 1941 to 1945" (PDF). Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ Bocquelet, David. "Soviet Su-85 (1944)". tank-afv.com. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
- ^ "Surviving SU-100 Russian Soviet Tank Destroyer SPG at the German Tank Museum". tank-photographs.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
- ^ Moore, Craig (2016-08-12). "15 cm sIG 33 (Sf.) auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II". Tank Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
- ^ Moore, Craig (2016-07-29). "15 cm sIG 33/2 (Sf.) auf Jagdpanzer 38(t)". Tank Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ MarkoPantelic (2022-08-20). "Gepanzerte Selbstfahrlafette für Sturmgeschütz 7.5 cm Kanone Ausführung B (Sturmgeschütz III Ausf.B)". Tank Encyclopedia. p. 61. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
- ^ "Marienwagen". Nevington War Museum. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ The Military Balance. International Institute for Strategic Studies. 2022. p. [page needed]. ISBN 978-1-032-27900-8.
- ^ a b "Germany and Sweden take next steps in the joint armoured vehicle CAVS programme". Patria. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ Bocquelet, David. "Sd.Kfz.4 Panzerwerfer". tank-afv.com. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
- ^ Nash, Mark (2019-02-26). "Minenräumpanzer Keiler". Tank Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-01-14.