Global Firepower | Military Industrial Complex | Second World War History
Home | Military Pay Scale Chart | Aircraft | Infantry Weapons | Military Vehicles | Navy Ships | Military Education | French Military Victories | Military Ranks | WW2 Weapons
Military Factory Latest from Military Factory
Thumbnail picture of the Dardo infantry fighting vehicle
Dardo IFV
Thumbnail picture of the Supermarine Scimitar fighter
Supermarine Scimitar
Thumbnail picture of the Centauro B1 8x8 tank killer
Centauro 8x8
Thumbnail picture of the Novi Avion fighter
Novi Avion
Thumbnail picture of the FR F2 bolt-action sniper rifle
FR F2
Thumbnail picture of the Lebel Model 1886 bolt-action rifle
Lebel Model 1886
2009 Military Pay Scale Chart - for Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines
  BY DECADE
    · 1910 to 1919
    · 1920 to 1929
    · 1930 to 1939
    · 1940 to 1949
    · 1950 to 1959
    · 1960 to 1969
    · 1970 to 1979
    · 1980 to 1989
    · 1990 to 1999
    · 2000 and Beyond
    · View All
  BY TYPE
    · 4-Wheeled
    · 6-Wheeled
    · 8-Wheeled
    · Anti-Aircraft
    · Anti-Tank
    · APCs
    · Halftracks
    · Heavy Tanks
    · IFVs
    · Light Tanks
    · Main Battle Tanks
    · Medium Tanks
    · Recon Vehicles
    · Special Purpose
    · SPGs
    · Towed Artillery
    · Utility Vehicles
  WORLD WAR 2
    · Full List
    · Tanks
    · IFVs
    · Tank Destroyers
    · Australia
    · Britain
    · Canada
    · France
    · Germany
    · Italy
    · Japan
    · Soviet Union
    · USA
  WORLD WAR 1
    · Full List
    · France
    · Imperial Germany
    · United Kingdom
    · United States
    · Tanks
  KOREAN WAR
    · Full List
  VIETNAM WAR
    · Full List

MilitaryFactory > Armor > World War 2 Tanks
 

World War 2 Tanks
The Second World War was witness to some of the greatest land battles in modern history.

1

7TP
The 7TP series was of a Polish design, based on the British Vickers-Armstrong 6-ton light tank (Mark E). When war with Germany was rolling about the horizon, the Polish government saw a need to replace their diminutive tanket...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications


1936

2

Cruiser Tank Comet (A34)
The Comet Cruiser tank was arguably Britain's most powerful tank platform in the Second World War. Arriving in late (November) 1944, tank crews had to be retrained in the finer points of this exceptional weapons system, thus ...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications


1944

3

Cruiser Tank Mk VI Crusader
The Crusader series of British cruiser tanks was an important contributor to the early war years, particularly in North Africa where it would take part in El Alamein and Tunisia. Dogged by reliability problems, overheating an...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications


1941

4

Cruiser Tank Mk VIII Centaur (A27L)
The Centaur series of main battle tanks was a product of Leyland Motors and developed alongside the competing Cromwell series of tank and built to the same specifications. The Centaur grew into a very similar design when comp...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications


1942

5

Cruiser Tank Mk VIII Cromwell (A27M)
The Cromwell (officially known as Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Cromwell (A27M)) was one of two design proposals submitted to fulfill the British Army specification A27. The specification centered on a direct replacement for the ar...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications


1943

6

Cruiser Tank Ram
Like most of the Allied nations at the start of World War 2, Canada saw itself with an outdated armor corps made up of mostly World War 1-era equipment passed on to them by the United States. With Britain firmly entrenched wi...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications


1941

7

Cruiser Tank Sentinel AC (Australian Cruiser)
The Sentinel tank was an indigenous Australian design of World War 2, appearing at a time when Australia lacked the tank-design know-how, manufacturing facilities to produce a design en mass and Japanese expansion into the Pa...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications


1942

8

FCM Char 2C
The Char 2C was being planned and designed in the final year of the First World War. The system would become the largest tank of its kind to ever see operational service in any capacity and was ordered for mass production in ...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications


1921

9

Fiat 3000 (L.5 Series)
The Fiat 3000 was a highly-modified Italian version of the French FT-17. Modifications included (but were not limited to) side skirt armor and a redesigned turret. It became the first tank of note to be produced on Italian so...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications This entry contains multiple images


1923

10

Fiat M.15/42
The Italian Fiat M.15/42 medium tank was nothing more than a further development of the M.14/41 series with one of the more distinguishable features being the exclusion of the left side-hull crew hatch in the M.15/42. Though ...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains specifications


1943

11

Grizzly I Cruiser
Like Australia, Canada also found itself without much of an armored corps (or facilities to produce such systems) at the start of hostilities in World War 2. And much like the Australians, the Canadians were forced to rely on...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains specifications


1943

12

Infantry Tank Mk II Matilda (A12)
The Matilda II was the definitive infantry tank for British armed forces in the early years of World War Two. With the Mark I series leading the way, the Mark II became the version produced in quantity. By war's end, however,...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications


1937

13

Infantry Tank Mk III Valentine
Considered one of the more successful British tank designs of the early war years, the Valentine series served both British and Soviet forces effectively. British forces first fielded the system in Operation Crusader, in whic...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications


1940

14

Infantry Tank Mk IV Churchill (A22)
The British Churchill series of tanks was the most important British tank of the Second World War. Built in numbers second only to the Valentine, the Churchill was designed to replace the aging Matildas. Reminiscent of tank d...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications


1941

15

IS-3/JS-3 (Josef Stalin)
The IS-3 ("IS" for "Iosef Stalin" or "Josef Stalin") was an attempt to build upon the already formidable IS-2. Improvements over the IS-2 model included a redesigned rounded turret and a new heavily-sloped front armor configu...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications


1945

16

Krupp Landkreuzer P.1000 Ratte (Rat)
The Landkreuzer P.1000 "Ratte" (translating to "Rat") was a proposed super-heavy tank designed by the German firm Krupp in 1942. Hitler gave the project his blessing and the program set about to create the most powerful tank ...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications


1942

17

KV-2 (Klimenti Voroshilov)
The KV-2 series of heavy tank was a mammoth follow-up to the successful KV-I. The idea behind this successor was a utilization of the KV-1 chassis with a marriage to a more potent main gun in the form of the M1938 122mm calib...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications


1940

18

Light Tank, M24 (Chaffee)
The Light Tank M24 Chaffee was the successor to the M5 Stuart light tank. Though appearing late into the Second World War, the Chaffee would nonetheless find its role in the Korean War soon after and become a common sight in ...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications This entry contains multiple images


1944

19

Light Tank, M3 / M5 (Stuart)
The M3 / M5 series (commonly known as the "General Stuart") was an Allied design classified as a light tank and appeared through the early and middle years of the Second World War. The system was under-gunned and lightly armo...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications This entry contains multiple images


1941

20

LT vz 35 (PzKpfw 35(t))
The LT vz 35 was a light tank initially appearing with Czech Army forces in the mid-1930's. Two prototypes were drawn up, holding the designation of S-11-a (or T-11 in some sources) and produced to which they succeeded in arm...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains specifications


1936

21

M22 Locust
The M22 Locust was a Allied light tank appearing in World War 2 and designed to be air-dropped into battle alongside airborne elements. The general idea of a highly-mobile army continued to fascinate American warplanners as t...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications


1943

22

M26 Pershing
The M-26 was developed near the end of World War II and named after World War One General John J Pershing of the American Expeditionary Force. The M26 Pershing had a slow and arduous beginning, when the need for a heavy tank ...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications


1945

23

Medium Tank, M3 (Lee / Grant)
The M3 medium tank series appeared at a time when Allied armor (in respects to both armor protection and armament) was generally inferior to their German counterparts in Europe and North Africa. The M3 evolved from the M2 med...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications This entry contains multiple images


1942

24

Medium Tank, M4 / M4 (Sherman)
The M4 Sherman series of medium tanks proved an invaluable asset to Allied operations North Africa, Europe and the Pacific theaters of war in World War 2. The Sherman proved a relatively inexpensive, easy-to-maintain and - pe...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications This entry contains multiple images


1942

25

Medium Tank, M4A3E2 (Sherman Jumbo)
The M4A3E2 or (76) Sherman Jumbo was designated an assault tank and not a tank destroyer as commonly reported in other sources. It provided applique armor to front and sides of the hull, a standard 75mm main gun and HE (High ...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications


1944

26

Sd.Kfz 121 Panzerkampfwagen II (Pz.Kpf.W II) / Panzer 2
While development of the of the Pz.Kpf.W. I (Panzer I) light tank (Sd.Kfz. 121) was still ongoing, the Pz.Kpf.W. II (Panzer II) light tank was already being devised as an interim tank model series to bridge the gap between th...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications This entry contains multiple images


1936

27

Sd.Kfz. 101 Panzerkampfwagen I (Pz.Kpf.W I) / Panzer 1
Few could have known what the inception of the Panzer I into the German Army inventory during the middle portion of the 1930s had in store for the future of Europe. Though something of a failure as a combat vehicle, the Panze...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications This entry contains multiple images


1935

28

Sd.Kfz. 141 Panzerkampfwagen III (Pz.Kpf.W III) / Panzer 3
Development of Hitler's Panzers was key to his early overwhelming victories in the East and West. The Panzer I light tank became Germany's first tank development after World War 1 and, though it was limited as a "true" tank i...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications This entry contains multiple images


1939

29

SdKfz 140 (LT vz 38(t))
This light tank system initially began as a Czechoslovakian creation in the form of the LT vz 38. The system was drawn up to a new Czech Army specification intended to right the wrongs inherent in the earlier LT vz 35 light t...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications


1939

30

SdKfz 161 Panzerkampfwagen IV (PzKpfw IV)
The PzKpfw IV was a German Army Medium Tank that would go on to see production last throughout the entire span of World War Two. More than a handful for the Allies that faced it, the system appeared in a variety of forms thro...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications


1936

31

SdKfz 171 Panzerkampfwagen V Panther (PzKpfw V)
The Panzerkampfwagen V "Panther" series of heavy tanks formed the backbone of the German Army through much of the pivotal war years. The system offered up decent performance but, more importantly, was armed with a powerful ma...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications


1942

32

SdKfz 181 Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger (PzKpfw VI)
The PzKpfw VI Tiger began as a Henschel design of several other heavy tanks meeting specified German requirements based on speed, armor protection and a powerful main gun. Pitted against a Porsche offering, both prototype tan...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications


1942

33

SdKfz 182 Panzerkampfwagen VIB Tiger II (PzKpfw VIB)
Even with the formidable Tiger I heavy tank series already hitting the production lines, it was envisioned that the system could be made into a more powerful class of tank. This decision leaned heavily on counteracting any ne...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications


1944

34

T-26
As was the norm after World War 1 in all industrialized nations around the globe, Soviet warplanners set about to upgrade their armed forces to meet the demands of the everchanging battlefield. In particular demand was the im...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications


1931

35

T-34
The Soviet-produced T-34 was a medium tank that attained legendary status in the Second World War. Itself a product of much engineering and design of earlier models - the BT-IS, A-20, A-30 and the T-32 all coming before it - ...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications


1940

36

T-34/76
The T-34/76 was nothing more than the German designation used for the base T-34 medium tank in use by the Soviet Union during World War 2. For a full history of the T-34, visit the T-34 entry....
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications


1940

37

T-34/85
The T-34/85 is designated as an 'up-gunned' version of the familiar and successful base T-34 tank build by the Soviet Union and fielded during the Second World War. The T-34/85 featured a more powerful main gun - of 85mm cali...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications


1944

38

Tank Mark VIII (International Tank / Liberty)
The Mark VIII "International Tank" (also "Liberty" when powered by the Liberty engine) would become the first tank in history to be produced via an international collaborative effort - this made possible through an agreement ...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications This entry contains multiple images


1919

39

Type 2 Ka-Mi
Development of the Type 2 began in 1928 and was the Army’s attempt to turn the Type 95 Kyu-Go light tank into an amphibious vehicle by adding flotation tanks. This concept failed so the designers switched to pontoons to prov...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications


1942

40

Type 97 Chi-Ha
The Type 97 Chi-Ha was a production of the Mitsubishi company and designed to replace the aging Type 89B series for the Imperial Japanese Army. The design of the Type 97 Chi-Ha system was practical - if not down right fundame...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications


1937

41

Type 97 Te-Ke
Developed from an early Imperial Japanese Army request for a light tank in 1937, the Type 97 Te-Ke was simply outmatched against Allied armor. The system suffered from an undergunned main armament and light protection for the...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications


1937

42

Vickers 6-Ton (Mark E)
The Vickers 6-Ton (Mark E) was a light tank evaluated by the British Army but ultimately rejected. When the British Army passed on the system, the tank was marketed (with success) to operators around the globe. The system wen...
This entry contains a full write-up This entry contains at least one image This entry contains specifications This entry contains multiple images


1928

 
  Totals:
42 There are a total of 42 World War 2 Tanks vehicles in the Military Factory.


  Collections
  • Tanks of World War 2
  • Armor of the Persian Gulf War
  • Towed Artillery Reigns
  • Armor of the Vietnam War
  • Tanks of World War 1
  • Armor of the Korean War
  • World War 2 Tank Destroyers

     

Free GI Bill Guide

Top MF Stuff: Military Pay Scale Chart | Military Ranks | World War 2 Weapons | Sniper Rifles | Conversion Calculators


©2009 www.MilitaryFactory.com • Content ©2003-2009 MilitaryFactory.com • All Rights Reserved • Disclaimer Privacy Policy Site Map Origins
Most photographic images appearing on this site are courtesy of the United States Department of Defense and are approved for public use.
Other images acquired through the public domain. Digital art work courtesy of Dan Alex.
Business Consulting by Kyle Williams

Material presented throughout this website is for historical and entertainment value and should not to be construed as usable for
hardware restoration, maintenance or general operation. Please consult manufacturers for such information.

Site Contact: militaryfactory at gmail dot com (replace "at" with "@" and "dot" with ".") eXTReMe Tracker