Self-Propelled Guns (SPGs)
The Self-Propelled Gun platform debuted in World War 1 and evolved considerably in World War 2, influencing the many designs appearing thereafter.
There are a total of 87 Self-Propelled Guns in the Military Factory. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order. Flag images indicative of country of origin.
1941
The 10.5cm K gepanzerte Selbstfahrlafette was a developmental tank destroyer for the German Army in World War 2 that was init...
1920
During World War 1, United States Army authorities came to the conclusion that towed artillery was consistent with their curr...
1957
The 2B1 "Oka" was a short-lived, heavy-class, self-propelled gun system developed by the Soviet Union at the height of the Co...
1972
The 2S1 Gvozdika (translating to "Carnation") was a standard Red Army self-propelled howitzer platform. The type was recogniz...
1989
The 2S19 MSTA is the primary self-propelled artillery system of the Russian Army today, fielding a powerful 152mm main gun ab...
2007
In 2007, the Russian Army adopted the 2S25 (also known as "Sprut-SD") series of tracked armored vehicles formally categorized...
1973
The 2S3 Akatsiya ('Acacia') - M1973 when in the US inventory - was first unveiled in the early 1970's. It is a heavy caliber ...
1975
The 2S4 "Tyulpan" was developed as a fully-tracked, self-propelled heavy mortar platform. The 30-ton system was first witness...
1978
The 2S7 Pion ('Peony') is noted as being the largest self-propelled gun in the world. First unveiled to the West in the late ...
1943
The 43M Zrinyi tracked assault gun was of Hungarian origin and designed from their Turan Medium Tank family during World War ...
2018
The AHS Krab is a self-propelled howitzer designed to a NATO-friendly standard for the Polish Army. As an indigenous product,...
1958
The original AMX-13 Light Tank appeared after the close of World War 2 (1939-1945) during a period when French infrastructure...
1944
In order to "upgun" its available inventory to become more efficient predators against the growing armor thickness of German ...
1993
The AS90 currently serves as the backbone of British self-propelled artillery regiments. Such weapon systems supply the moder...
1951
The ASU-57 was a Soviet-designed system meant to provide a self-propelled anti-tank gun option to airborne elements. The ASU ...
1942
In the decades following World War 1, the British Army rewrote their armored warfare doctrine to include two distinct groups ...
1990
The BMD-3 was a further installment in the relatively successful line of light amphibious, air-droppable infantry fighting ve...
1967
The Bravia Chaimite V-series of light armored vehicles is a Portuguese-designed and produced 4x4 armored personnel carrier (A...
1916
While traditionally categorized as one of the early combat "tanks" in history, the Char D'Assault St. Chamond featured qualit...
1940
In 1934, Sir John Carden of the Vickers-Armstrong concern began work on a fast, mobile tank requested by the British War Offi...
1943
The Cromwell (officially known as Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Cromwell (A27M)) was one of two design proposals submitted to fulfi...
1988
The G6 "Rhino" is an indigenous South African self-propelled artillery platform utilizing a six-wheeled chassis and armed wit...
1997
Leading up to the Islamic Revolution, Iran received its military support from Western players such as the United States. Afte...
1977
The GIAT GCT is the primary tracked, self-propelled gun platform of the modern French Army. The system is akin to the America...
1917
For all intents and purposes, the Gun "Carrier Mark 1" became the world's first self-propelled artillery (SPA) system. This s...
1940
The United States Army learned by experience in World War 1 that trying to move men and machine through mud and snow proved a...
1941
No image of the American military effort in World War 2 is complete without the appearance of the M3 Half-Track vehicle. The ...
1943
The Jagdpanzer 38(t) "Hetzer" was developed from the PzKpfW 38(t) light tank which was itself derived from the original Czech...
1985
Prior to the arrival of the K9 "Thunder" Self-Propelled Gun (SPG), the South Korean Army relied on the K55 series of similar ...
1999
The K9 Thunder is a relatively new addition to the forces of the South Korea Army and is of indigenous design and production....
1940
The Karl-Gerat (040/041) (or "Karl device" in German) was a self-propelled siege howitzer designed and built by Rheinmetall i...
1945
It seemed that as World War 2 progressed, German engineers were given rather long leashes to design and develop the most extr...
1940
The KV-2 assault gun tank was developed from the KV-1 series of heavy tanks appearing in 1939-1940 with the Red Army. Whereas...
1938
When the American military went to Europe in World War 1 in 1917 they were in short supply of just about any war-making imple...
1952
The Cold War period following World War 2 saw tremendous growth in the field of tracked armored vehicles - numerous designs a...
1963
Much like the 1960's era M113 armored personnel carrier, the M109 Paladin self-propelled gun has enjoyed a unique and long se...
1962
By the end of the Korea War (1950-1953), the American Army was in need of modernization to replace many of its weapon systems...
1942
When the United States committed its vast resources and manufacturing prowess to world war in December of 1941, it found itse...
1975
The M1978 "Koksan" is a self-propelled gun (SPG) of North Korean origin, the tracked chassis believed to be based on the orig...
1945
The M37 Gun Motor Carriage was a self-propelled gun of the American military appearing towards the end of World War 2. The ty...
1952
The M53 Self-Propelled Assault Gun was developed via automotive components taken from existing M46 and M47 Patton medium tank...
1952
The M55 Self-Propelled Howitzer was a short-lived American development emerging out of the 1950s. The vehicle was designed ar...
1953
The M56 (also known as the "Scorpion" or "SPAT" = "Self-Propelled, Anti-Tank") was a fully-tracked, self-propelled anti-tank ...
1952
The United States Government had a problem keeping its European allies calm during the Cold War when a Russian blitzkrieg thr...
1942
The M7 "Priest" (known formally as the "105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7") was the principle mobile artillery system for Alli...
1982
The Palmaria 155mm self-propelled gun was developed as an in-house venture for interested foreign parties by the Italian conc...
1996
The Pandur I was a 6x6, multi-faceted wheeled chassis primarily serving as a fast armored personnel carrier within the invent...
1997
Perhaps inspired by the American M109 series of self-propelled artillery systems, the NORINCO PZL-45 is a relatively new arri...
1994
The PT-91 Twardy (roughly translated to "Tough") is a further development of the Soviet T-72 series of main battle tank, thou...
1998
In 1987, the German Ministry of Defense began the self-propelled howitzer development program designated as the PzH 2000 (or ...
1943
Despite the focus by German vehicle engineers to produce excellent frontline combat tanks during World War 2, there appeared ...
1942
After the Fall of France, Germany confiscated several hundred Tractor Blinde 37L (commonly known as "Lorraine Tractors") whic...
1943
World War 1 taught all of the world's armies that tanks would soon be replacing the mounted cavalryman. Such an evolution wou...
1940
The StuG III served as an assault gun in the German Army during World War 2. The platform stemmed from a German Army need to ...
1943
The SdKfz 166 " Sturmpanzer IV" (perhaps better known to most readers as the "Brummbar") was an early German World War 2 heav...
1943
The StuG IV (or Sturmgeschutz IV, SdKfz 167) was a newer approach to the successful StuG III tank destroyer / assault gun lin...
1944
The Jagdtiger ("Hunting Tiger") served as the most powerful armored vehicle of World War 2 and was a further development of t...
1941
The Semovente 90/53 ("Semovente M.41M da 90/53") is generally regarded as the most powerful of the available tank destroyers ...
1942
The Semovente L.40 da 47/32 served with Italian and German army elements throughout World War 2. Though never noted for their...
1943
The Canadian Sexton Self Propelled Gun (SPG) was constructed to utilize a 25-pound round, the same ammunition being used as a...
1910
World War One could arguably be called the "pinnacle of artillery use" in regards to military history. Though more advanced a...
1977
The DANA saw its origins in a Czechoslovakian military requirement of the 1970s for an indigenous self-propelled gun system c...
1944
The Sturmtiger was a German mobile assault gun development that appeared in few numbers during the latter years of World War ...
1942
In June of 1941, German leader Adolph Hitler turned his attention the invasion of the Soviet Union. Though initially catching...
1942
By mid-1942 the Soviet Army needed a mobile heavy siege gun for fixed fortifications. Up to this point, most Soviet howitzers...
1942
On June 22, 1941 Germany invaded the Soviet Union and caught them unaware. Hitler's goal was to eliminate the Soviets as a m...
2002
The T-155 "Firtina" (translating to "Storm") is a Turkish-based self-propelled gun derivative of the South Korean K9 "Thunder...
1945
The T28 heavy tank was the largest tank ever developed for the US Military. Built in 1945 to counter the new generation of Ge...
1940
To Red Army authorities, it was becoming painfully clear that the BT series of "fast tanks" was not the long term answer for ...
1960
The T-34/100 (also known as the T-100) was a Egyptian-inspired tank destroyer conversion of the famous Soviet World War 2-era...
1995
In the 1970s, the Argentine government charged the German concern of Thyssen-Henschel (now Rheinmetall Landsysteme) with dev...
1942
Despite its formidable reach in the early stages of World War 2, the Japanese Army fell behind her contemporaries in several ...
1960
The Type 60 was a Japanese self-propelled 106mm recoilless rifle gun platform designed for use by the Japan Ground Self-Defen...
1941
In June of 1941, Germany's attention turned to their loose ally, the Soviet Union, as Hitler enacted "Operation Barbarossa". ...
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