List of World War I armoured fighting vehicles
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This is a list of combat vehicles produced up to 1918, including armoured cars and tank
s. Most of them were employed in the First World War.
Numbers in brackets represent the number of each vehicle built.
Tank
A tank is a tracked, armoured fighting vehicle designed for front-line combat which combines operational mobility, tactical offensive, and defensive capabilities...
s. Most of them were employed in the First World War.
Numbers in brackets represent the number of each vehicle built.
France
- Schneider CA1Schneider CA1The Schneider CA1 was the first French tank. It was inspired by the need to overcome the stalemate of the trench warfare of the Great War.-Caterpillar development:...
(400) - St. ChamondSt Chamond (tank)The Saint-Chamond was the second French heavy tank of the First World War.Overall an inadequate design born of commercial rivalry, the war ended before it was replaced by British heavy tanks.-Development:...
(400) - Renault FT-17Renault FT-17The Renault FT, frequently referred to in post-WWI literature as the "FT-17" or "FT17" , was a French light tank; it is among the most revolutionary and influential tank designs in history...
(3,694) - Char 2CChar 2CThe Char 2C was a French super-heavy tank developed, although never deployed, during World War I. It was the largest operational tank ever.-Development:...
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Tank projects
- A7V-U (1)
- K PanzerkampfwagenK PanzerkampfwagenThe Großkampfwagen or "K-Wagen" was a German super-heavy tank, two prototypes of which were almost completed by the end of World War I.-History:...
- Sturmpanzerwagen OberschlesienSturmpanzerwagen OberschlesienThe was a German tank project of the First World War. It was a radical design for a fast-moving, lightly armored assault tank....
- Orionwagen
- Bremer-Marienwagen
- Leichter Kampfwagen ILK IThe Leichter Kampfwagen or "LK I" was a German light tank prototype of the First World War.-History:The LK I was designed by Joseph Vollmer. It was based on a Daimler car chassis, using the existing axles to mount sprocket and idler wheels. Its design followed automobile practice, with a...
- Leichter Kampfwagen IILK IIThe Leichter Kampfwagen II or "LK II" was a development of the LK I with the same layout, but incorporating a rotating turret on the rear superstructure armed with a 37mm Krupp or Russian 57mm Sokol gun. Its armor was 8 to 14mm thick, which increased its total weight to 8.75 tons...
Tanks
- Mark IMark I tankThe British Mark I was a tracked vehicle developed by the British Army during the First World War and the world's first combat tank. The Mark I entered service in August 1916, and was first used in action on the morning of 15 September 1916 during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, of the Somme...
(156) - Mark II (50)
- Mark III (50)
- Mark IV (1,220)
- Mark V (1,242)
- Tank Mark VIII (124)
- Medium Mark A Whippet (200)
- Medium Mark BMedium Mark BThe Medium Mark B was a British tank of the First World War developed as a successor to the Whippet, but ultimately unsatisfactory and production was cancelled at the end of the war.-History:...
(102) - Medium Mark CMedium Mark CThe Medium Mark C Hornet was a British tank developed during the First World War, but produced too late to see any fighting.-Development:In 1917 Sir William Tritton had developed the Medium Mark A Whippet without involving his former co-worker Walter Gordon Wilson. In response Major Wilson began to...
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Armoured Cars
- Austin Armoured CarAustin Armoured CarAustin Armoured Car was a British armoured car produced during the First World War. The vehicle is best known for its employment by the Russian Army in the First World War and by different forces in the Russian Civil War....
- Lanchester 4x2 Armoured CarLanchester 4x2 Armoured CarThe Lanchester Armoured Car was a British armoured car produced during the First World War. It is not to be confused with an interwar period six-wheeled design.-History:...
- Rolls-Royce Armoured CarRolls-Royce Armoured CarThe Rolls-Royce armoured car was a British armoured car developed in 1914 and used in World War I and in the early part of World War II.-Production history:...
United States
- Holt gas electric tankHolt gas electric tankThe Holt Gas-Electric Tank was the first prototype tank built in the United States in a collaboration between the Holt Manufacturing Company and the General Electric Company. The tank, built during 1917-18, was the only one of its kind built, as testing proved it lacked the agility and...
- Skeleton tankSkeleton tankThe Skeleton Tank was an experimental prototype tank built in 1918 by the Pioneer Tractor Company, Winona, Minnesota.The objective of this prototype was to develop a lightweight vehicle capable of crossing wide trenches in a manner similar to the then-conventional heavy British tanks...
- Steam tankSteam tank (vehicle)The Steam Tank was an early U.S. tank design of 1918 imitating the design of the British Mark IV tank but powered by steam.The type was designed by an officer from the U.S. Army's Corps Of Engineers. The project was started by General John A...
Russia
- VezdekhodVezdekhodThe Vezdekhod was the first true tank to be developed by Imperial Russia. The word Vezdekhod means: "He who goes anywhere" or "all-terrain vehicle". It did not however progress further than a pre-production model, due to problems in the design.-Design:...
(prototype designed by Alexander Porokhovshchikov) - LebedenkoTsar TankThe Tsar Tank , also known as the Netopyr which stands for pipistrellus or Lebedenko Tank , was an unusual Russian armoured vehicle developed by Nikolai Lebedenko , Nikolai Zhukovsky , Boris Stechkin , and Alexander Mikulin...
(prototype designed by N. Lebedenko) - Tank of V.D. Mendeleev (project)
- Tank of Rybinsk Works (project)
Armoured Cars
- Austin Armoured CarAustin Armoured CarAustin Armoured Car was a British armoured car produced during the First World War. The vehicle is best known for its employment by the Russian Army in the First World War and by different forces in the Russian Civil War....
- Austin-Kegresse Armoured CarAustin Armoured CarAustin Armoured Car was a British armoured car produced during the First World War. The vehicle is best known for its employment by the Russian Army in the First World War and by different forces in the Russian Civil War....
(prototype) - Garford-Putilov Armoured CarGarford-Putilov Armoured CarGarford-Putilov armoured cars were a type of armored fighting vehicle produced in Russia during the First World War era. They were built on the frames of Garford Motor Truck Co. lorries imported from the United States....
- Izorski-Fiat Armoured Car
- Mgebrov-Renault Armoured Car
- Russo-Balt Type C armoured car
- Poplavko-Jeffrey armoured car
- Izorski-Packard armoured car