List of military land vehicles of Germany

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

Out of service

Experimental

Kugelpanzer
Marienwagen - Tank prototype^[2]
Höchammer^[3]^{[better source needed]}
Landsverk L-5/M28^[4]^{[better source needed]}
LK I
LK II
Orion-Wagen [ru]
Leichttraktor
VK 16.02 Leopard
Spähpanzer SP I.C.
Spähpanzer Ru 251

Medium tanks

Out of service

Panzer III
Panzer IV
Panther
M47 Patton (West Germany)
T-34 (East Germany)^[1]
T-54/T-55 (East Germany) (Warsaw Pact designation)^[1]

Experimental

Grosstraktor (Großtraktor)
Škoda T-25^[5]^{[better source needed]}
Neubaufahrzeug
Treffas-Wagen^[6]^{[better source needed]}
VK 20
E-50
VT

Heavy tanks

Out of service

A7V
A7V-U [de]
Tiger I
Tiger II or King Tiger
IS (East Germany)

Experimental

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

Experimental

Großkampfwagen/K-Wagen
Panzer VII Löwe
Panzer VIII Maus
E-100
Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte
Panzer X and Panzer IX - Sole purpose was to deceive Allied intelligence.^[8]

Main battle tanks

Out of service

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, T-72M (East Germany)^[1]^[10]^[11]

Experimental

MBT-70 - Joint West German/American development, later evolved into the M1 Abrams.^[12]^{[better source needed]}
Lince - West Germany/Spanish development.

In service

TAM - Argentina/Germany
Leopard 2
Leopard 2E (Export variant for the Spanish Army)
Leopard 2PL (Export variant for the Polish Land Forces)

Tank destroyers/assault guns

Out of service

Panzerjäger I - First German tank destroyer introduced in WWII.^[13]
Sturmgeschütz III
Sturmgeschütz IV
Marder I
Marder II
Marder III
Hetzer/Jagdpanzer 38
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.^[14]^{[better source needed]}
15 cm sIG 33/2 (Sf.) auf Jagdpanzer 38(t)^[15]^{[better source needed]}
10.5 cm K gepanzerte Selbstfahrlafette/Panzer Selbstfahrlafette IV Ausf. A (Pz.Sfl. IVa) "Dicker Max"
Jagdpanzer IV
Nashorn, Panzerjäger III/IV^[16]
Jagdpanzer IV
Brummbär/Sturmpanzer (assault gun)
Sturm-Infanteriegeschütz 33B
Sturmtiger
Jagdpanther
Elefant
Jagdtiger
SU-85 (East Germany)^[17]^{[better source needed]}
SU-100 (East Germany)
Raketenjagdpanzer 1^[9]
Raketenjagdpanzer 2^[9]
Jaguar 1^[9]
Jaguar 2^[9]
Kanonenjagdpanzer (West Germany)

Experimental

Anti-aircraft and artillery

Out of service

Anti-aircraft

Artillery

Experimental

In service

Armored personnel carriers, infantry, and fighting vehicles

Out of service

Marienwagen - APC^[18]
Bergepanther
Sd.Kfz. 250 - Half-track APC
Sd.Kfz. 251 - Half-track APC
BTR-70, armoured personnel carrier (East Germany)^[11]
BMP-2 (East Germany)^[11]
Wisel AWC - Tankette
Spähpanzer Luchs^[9]
Schützenpanzer Lang HS.30 - Infantry fighting vehicle
Begleitpanzer 57 AIFSV - Infantry fighting vehicle

Experimental

In service

M113 armored personnel carrier^[19]^[20]
Schützenpanzer Marder 1 (West Germany)^[9]
TPz Fuchs (West Germany)^[9]
Boxer
LGS Fennek
Puma (German infantry fighting vehicle)
Condor^[9]
ATF Dingo
Thyssen Henschel UR-416 (West Germany)^[9]
TM-170^[9]
PMMC G5
GFF4

Future

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

Out of service

ADGZ
Sd.Kfz. 2 - Light half-tracked gun tractor.
Maultier/Sd.Kfz. 3 - Half-track
Sd.Kfz. 4 - Half-track/Multiple rocket launcher^[22]^{[better source needed]}
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 [de]
Raupenschlepper Ost
Borgward IV - Demolition vehicle.
Goliath tracked mine - Demolition vehicle.
Springer - Demolition vehicle.
PTS (vehicle), PTS-M (East Germany)^[23]

In service

Keiler - Built on the hull of an M48 Patton.^[24]^{[better source needed]}
Bergepanzer 2 - armored recovery vehicle
Condor^[9]
Thyssen Henschel UR-416 (West Germany)^[9]
TM-170^[9]
LAPV Enok
LGS Fennek
Mungo ESK
RMMV HX
M3 Amphibious Rig - amphibious bridging vehicle

References

^ ^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 ^m ⁿ ^o "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "East Europe Report" (PDF). DTIC. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 6 March 1987. p. 69-75. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ Nation, Joseph E. (1992). "West German Military Modernization Goals, Resources, and Conventional Arms Control" (PDF). DTIC. p. 13. ISBN 0-8330-1137-5. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
^ ^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.
^ Weg, Trisa (December 2011). "Worldwide Equipment Guide Volume 3: Naval and Littoral Systems" (PDF). DTIC. United States Army Training and Doctrine Command. section 3, p. 12. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
^ Nash, Mark (2019-02-26). "Minenräumpanzer Keiler". Tank Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-01-14.

External links

[:5-1] ^ ^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.

[2] "Marienwagen". Nevington War Museum. Retrieved 2024-01-22.

[3] Hills, Andrew (2020-07-13). "Höchammer All-Terrain One-Man Tank". Tank Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-01-16.

[4] Jobse, Leander (2020-01-04). "Räder-Raupen-Kampfwagen M28 (Landsverk 5)". Tank Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-01-17.

[5] MarkoPantelic (2018-12-24). "Škoda T-25". Tank Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-01-17.

[6] Jobse, Leander (2019-08-22). "Treffas-Wagen". Tank Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-01-17.

[7] Schulz, Michael Green Thomas Anderson Frank. German Tanks of World War II. Zenith Imprint. ISBN 978-1-61060-720-9.

[8] 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.

[:0-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "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.

[10] "East Germany's Long-retired Weapons Return to the Battlefield". American Enterprise Institute - AEI. Retrieved 2024-01-14.

[:1-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "East Europe Report" (PDF). DTIC. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 6 March 1987. p. 69-75. Retrieved 10 December 2024.

[12] Evolution of American Tanks | Animated History, 23 October 2021, retrieved 2024-01-14

[13] "Evolution of WW2 German Tank Destroyers". The Tank Museum. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024 – via YouTube.

[14] Moore, Craig (2016-08-12). "15 cm sIG 33 (Sf.) auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II". Tank Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-01-13.

[15] Moore, Craig (2016-07-29). "15 cm sIG 33/2 (Sf.) auf Jagdpanzer 38(t)". Tank Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-01-17.

[16] 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.

[:2-17] Bocquelet, David. "Soviet Su-85 (1944)". tank-afv.com. Retrieved 2024-01-14.

[18] "Marienwagen". Nevington War Museum. Retrieved 2024-01-17.

[19] The Military Balance. International Institute for Strategic Studies. 2022. p. ^{[page needed]}. ISBN 978-1-032-27900-8.

[20] Nation, Joseph E. (1992). "West German Military Modernization Goals, Resources, and Conventional Arms Control" (PDF). DTIC. p. 13. ISBN 0-8330-1137-5. Retrieved 11 December 2024.

[:4-21] "Germany and Sweden take next steps in the joint armoured vehicle CAVS programme". Patria. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2024.

[22] Bocquelet, David. "Sd.Kfz.4 Panzerwerfer". tank-afv.com. Retrieved 2024-01-15.

[:02-23] Weg, Trisa (December 2011). "Worldwide Equipment Guide Volume 3: Naval and Littoral Systems" (PDF). DTIC. United States Army Training and Doctrine Command. section 3, p. 12. Retrieved 22 November 2024.

[24] Nash, Mark (2019-02-26). "Minenräumpanzer Keiler". Tank Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-01-14.

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v t e German armoured fighting vehicles of World War II
Tanks	Panzer I Panzer II Panzer 35(t) Panzer 38(t) Panzer III Panzer IV Panther Tiger I Tiger II
Self-propelled artillery	Bufla Wespe Sturmpanzer I Sturmpanzer II Grille Hummel Panzerwerfer 42 Wurfrahmen 40 Karl-Gerät 10.5 cm leFH18/3 (Sf) auf G.W. B-2(f) 10.5cm leFH18(Sf) LrS 10.5cm leFH18(Sf) 39H 15cm sFH13/1 (Sf) LrS
Assault guns	StuG III StuG IV StuH 42 StuIG 33B Brummbär Sturmtiger
Tank destroyers (Panzerjäger, Jagdpanzer)	Panzerjäger I 35R(f) Marder I II III RSO/PaK 40 Nashorn Elefant Jagdpanzer IV Hetzer Jagdpanther Jagdtiger
Half-tracks	Maultier Sd.Kfz. 2 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 250 251 252 253 254 sWS
Armored cars	Kfz 13 Sd.Kfz. 221/22/23/60/61 Sd.Kfz. 231/32/33/34/63 Sd.Kfz. 234 Sd.Kfz. 247 ADGZ
Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns	Flakpanzer I Flakpanzer 38(t) Flakpanzer III Flakpanzer IV Möbelwagen Wirbelwind Ostwind Kugelblitz
Demolition vehicles	Goliath Springer Borgward IV
Experimental/prototype vehicles	Panzer I Ausf. C (VK 6.01) Panzer I Ausf. F (VK 18.01) Panzer VIII Maus Geschützwagen Tiger Entwicklung series (Panzer E-100) Panther II Heuschrecke 10 Neubaufahrzeug Sturer Emil Dicker Max Pz.Sfl. II Pz. Sfl. IVc Flakpanzer Coelian VK 30.01 (P) VK 45.01 (P) VK 30.02 (DB)
Proposed designs	Panzer III/IV Löwe Panzer IX Panzer X P.1000 Ratte P.1500 Monster VK 16.02 Leopard Gep. MTW Kätzchen VK 45.02 (P) VK 20 series Flakpanzer Mareșal
Designations	List of Sd.Kfz. designations List of VK-designated tanks
German armored fighting vehicle production during World War II

v t e Tanks of the First World War
Light	M1918 Ford 3-ton tank M1917 light tank Renault FT
Medium	Medium Mark A Whippet Medium Mark B Medium Mark C
Heavy	A7V Mark I Mark II Mark III Mark IV Mark V Mark V* Mark V** Mark VIII Saint-Chamond Schneider CA1
Prototypes, experimentals	CLB 75 Tank FCM 1A Fiat 2000 Holt gas–electric tank Little Willie LK I LK II Mark VII Skeleton tank Steam tank Steam Wheel Tank Sturmpanzerwagen Oberschlesien Tsar Tank Vezdekhod
World War I tanks List of combat vehicles of World War I Background: History of the tank, Tank classification, Tanks in World War I

v t e Tanks of the interwar period
Tankettes	AH-IV Carden Loyd L3/33 L3/35 R-1 T-27 T-32 (Š-I-D) Tančík vz. 33 TKS Type 92 Type 94 Type 97 Te-Ke
Light	7TP 38M Toldi I Char D1 Disston Tractor Tank Fiat 3000 H35 L-60 Light tanks Mk I–V Light tank Mk VI Light tank Mk VII LT vz. 34 LT vz. 35 LT vz. 38 M1 combat car M2 light tank Panzer I Panzer II R35 T-18 T-26 T-37 T-38 Type 95 Ha-Go Vickers 6-ton Vickers-Carden-Loyd light amphibious tank Vickers T-15
Medium	Char D2 T-24 T-28 Type 89 I-Go Type 97 Chi-Ha Vickers medium Mk I Vickers medium Mk II
Cavalry, cruiser, fast	AMC 34 AMC 35 AMR 33 AMR 35 BT tank Cruiser Mk I Cruiser Mk II Cruiser Mk III SOMUA S35
Infantry	FCM 36 Hotchkiss H35 Matilda I T-26
Heavy, super-heavy	Char 2C Char B1 T-35
Prototypes, experimentals	10TP FCM F1 Grosstraktor Kolohousenka Landsverk L-120 Leichttraktor Medium Mark III Medium Mark D Medium tank A7 Morris-Martel Neubaufahrzeug PZInż 130 Škoda MU-4 SMK Straussler V-4 Stridsvagn m/31 ST vz. 39 T1 light tank T2 medium T7 combat car T-19 T-42 T-100 Type 87 Chi-I Type 91 heavy Type 95 heavy Type 97 Chi-Ni Type 98 Chi-Ho Verdeja Vickers A1E1 Independent
Interwar period tanks List of interwar armoured fighting vehicles Background: History of the tank, Tank classification, interwar period

v t e Tanks of the Second World War
Light	Toldi tanks KhTZ-16 L6/40 Light tank Mk VIII M3/M5 Stuart M22 Locust M24 Chaffee Marmon-Herrington CTLS Renault R40 NI tank T-26 T-40 T-60 T-70 Tetrarch Panzer I Panzer II Panzer 35(t) Type 98 Ke-Ni Type 2 Ke-To Type 2 Ka-Mi Type 4 Ke-Nu
Medium	Turán I and II 43M Turán III M11/39 M13/40 M14/41 M15/42 M2 medium M3 Lee/Grant M4 Sherman Sherman Firefly M26 Pershing P26/40 Panzer III Panzer IV Panzer V Panther Stridsvagn m/41 Stridsvagn m/42 T-34 T-44 Type 97 ShinHōtō Chi-Ha Type 1 Chi-He Type 3 Ka-Chi Type 3 Chi-Nu
Cruiser	AC1 Sentinel Cruiser Mk IV Covenanter Crusader Cavalier Cromwell (and Centaur) Mk VIII Challenger Comet Grizzly Ram
Infantry	Churchill Matilda II Valentine T-50 Type 2 Ho-I
Heavy	IS tank IS-1 IS-2 IS-3 KV tank Tiger I Tiger II
Prototypes, experimentals	44M Tas AC3 Thunderbolt AC4 AELT AMX 40 Black Prince Bob Semple tank Excelsior M6 heavy tank M7 medium tank Nahuel DL 43 O-I Panzer VIII Maus Panzerkampfwagen E-100 PPG Sahariano Schofield Special number 3 Ku-Ro T14 heavy T20 medium T28 T29 heavy T30 heavy T32 heavy T34 heavy T-43 TOG1 TOG2 Type 98 Chi-Ho Type 4 Chi-To Type 5 Chi-Ri Type 5 Ke-Ho Type 5 To-Ku Valiant Verdeja
World War II tanks List of armoured fighting vehicles of World War II Background: History of the tank, Tank classification

v t e Tanks of the Cold War
Main battle	AMX-30 AMX-30E Centurion Sho't Challenger 1 Chieftain Chonma-ho CM-11 Brave Tiger K1 88 Leopard 1 Leopard 2 M1 Abrams M48 Patton CM-12 M60 tank Magach Merkava OF-40 Panzer 68 Stridsvagn 103 T-55 T-62 T-64 T-72 M-84 Lion of Babylon T-80 TR-85 Type 59 Type 61 Type 69/79 Type 74 Type 80/85/88 Type 90 Vickers MBT Mk 1 Vijayanta Vickers MBT Mk 3
Light	AMX-13 HSTV(L) M41 Walker Bulldog M551 Sheridan PT-76 PT-85 SK-105 Kürassier Stingray Type 62 Type 63 Type 64 X1A
Medium	Charioteer M46 Patton M47 Patton Panzer 58 Panzer 61 Stridsvagn 74 Super Sherman TAM T-54
Heavy	ARL 44 Conqueror IS-4 M103 T-10
Prototypes, experimentals	AMX-32 AMX-40 AMX-50 Char 25T EE-T1 Osório Emil Expeditionary Tank HSTV(L) IS-7 Lorraine 40t M8 armored gun system MB-3 Tamoyo MBT-70 MBT-80 Object 187 Object 279 Object 292 Object 490A Object 770 Object 785 Spähpanzer Ru 251 Spähpanzer SP I.C. T92 light tank T95 medium tank TR-125 Vickers MBT Mk 4 Valiant Vickers MBT Mk 7 WZ-111 heavy tank WZ-132 light tank WZ-122
Cold War tanks List of modern armoured fighting vehicles Background: History of the tank, Tank classification, Tanks in the Cold War

Light tanks

Out of service

Experimental

Medium tanks

Out of service

Experimental

Heavy tanks

Out of service

Experimental

Super-heavy tanks

Experimental

Main battle tanks

Out of service

Experimental

In service

Tank destroyers/assault guns

Out of service

Experimental

Anti-aircraft and artillery

Out of service

Anti-aircraft

Artillery

Experimental

In service

Armored personnel carriers, infantry, and fighting vehicles

Out of service

Experimental

In service

Future

Utility vehicles/armored cars

Out of service

In service

See also

References

External links