List of armoured fighting vehicles by country
This is a list of armoured fighting vehicles, sorted by country of origin. The information in round brackets ( ) indicates the number of AFVs produced and the period of use. Prototypes are marked as such.
In the case of multi-national projects, the vehicle may be listed under all applicable countries.
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Argentina
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Argentina
Tanks
- Nahuel medium tank (World War II era)
- TAM medium tank (modern)
- Patagon Light tank (modern)
Infantry fighting vehicles
- VCTP armoured personnel carrier (modern)
Self propelled artillery
- VCA 155mm SP gun, "Palmaria" turret (modern)
- VCTM 120mm mortar carrier (modern)
Australia
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Australia
Armoured cars
Austria
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Austria
Armoured cars
- Junovicz armoured car - World War I design
- Steyr ADGZ - interwar design
Belgium
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Belgium
Armoured cars
- Automitrailleuse Minerva - World War I design
- FN 4RM/62F AB
Brazil
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Brazil
Armoured personnel carrier
Infantry fighting vehicles
Main Battle Tank
Self-propelled artillery
4x4 Armoured car
- GUARÁ Avibrás 4x4 light armoured car.
- VBL (inbrafiltro) 4x4 light armoured car.
- AV-VU4 AM medium 4X4 armoured car.
- AV-VBL Heavy 4x4 armoured car.
Others
Bulgaria
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Bulgaria
Canada
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Canada
Tanks
Armoured fighting vehicles
Self propelled artillery
Armoured cars
China
China, People's Republic of
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in the People's Republic of China
Tanks
- Type 58 medium tank (Chinese-produced T-34)
- Type 59 main battle tank (Copy of Soviet T-54A Tank)
- Type 59-I
- Type 59-II
- Type 59-IIA
- Type 59-IIA command tank
- Type 59-IIA mine-sweeper tank
- Type 59 Gai (test platform for Western technologies)
- Type 59D
- Type 59-16 light tank prototype
- Type 62 light tank
- Type 62-I
- Type 62G
- Type 63 amphibious light tank [1]
- Type 63A
- Type 69 main battle tank prototype
- Type 69-I prototype, incorporating some technologies from captured Soviet T-62
- Type 69-II (A) main battle tank (First production version released in 1982.)
- Type 69-II-B/C command tank
- Type 79, also known as Type 69 III
- Type 80 main battle tank
- Type 85 main battle tank
- Type 88 main battle tank
- Type 90, exported as MBT-2000
- Type 96 main battle tank
- Type 98 prototype main battle tank
- Type 99 main battle tank
Armoured personnel carriers
- Type 63 aka YW-531 APC (Cold War)
- Type 77 Amphibious APC (Cold War)
- WZ-523 Wheeled APC (Cold War)
- Type 85 aka YW-531H, improved T-63 APC (Cold War)
- Type 89 aka YW-534, improved Type 85 APC (Cold War)
Infantry fighting vehicles
- Type 86 aka WZ-501, copy of Soviet BMP-1 (Cold War)
- Type 92 aka WZ-551 wheeled IFV (Modern)
- ZBD-2000 aka WZ-506 Airbrone IFV (Modern)
- ZBD-97 aka Type-97 tracked IFV (Modern)
China, Republic of
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in the Republic of China (Taiwan)
- CM11
- CM12
- CM21
- CM22(M106)
- CM23(M125)
- CM24
- CM25(Improved TOW Vehicle)
- CM26(M577)
- CM27
- CM32
- M41D
- Type 64
Croatia
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Croatia
Cyprus
Armoured cars
- TS (10 examples produced from Soviet supplied ATS-712 prime movers)
Czechoslovakia
Armoured cars
- Skoda PA-III / OA vz.27 - interwar design
- Tatra Koprivnice T-72 / OA vz.30 - interwar 6 wheel design
Egypt
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Egypt
Tanks
Infantry Fighting Vehicles
Armoured Personnel Carriers
Scout and Reconnaissance
- Kader-320 4X4 Light Armoured Reconnaissance
Estonia
Armoured cars
Armoured cars produced in Estonia
France
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in France
Armoured cars
- AMX 10 RC
- Berliet VPDM - interwar 6x4 armoured car.
- Berliet VUC - interwar 4 wheel design
- Berliet VUDB - interwar 4 wheel design
- Berliet VUM - interwar 4 wheel design
- Charron armoured car - pre-World War I vehicle.
- ERC 90 Sagaie
- Laffly 50AM - interwar 4 wheel design.
- Laffly 80AM - interwar 4 wheel design.
- Laffly S15 TOE - World War II 6 wheel design.
- Laffly W15 TCC - World War II 6 wheel design.
- Panhard 165/175 - interwar 4 wheel design
- Panhard 178
- Panhard AM40-P - interwar experimental 8 wheel design
- Panhard AML- 4x4 with 90mm main armament
- Panhard VBL - a modern French scout car designed for reconnaissance
- VBC-90
- Vextra 105 - a modern 8x8 design.
- White-Laffly AMD - World War I armoured car.
Finland
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Finland
Germany
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Germany
Armoured cars
Greece
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Greece
Hungary
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Hungary:
Tanks
Armoured cars
Infantry fighting vehicles
Self propelled artillery
India
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in India
Main Battle Tanks
- Arjun - main battle tank
- T-90S - license produced/assembled main battle tank
- T-72M1 - license produced/assembled main battle tank
- Vijayanta - main battle tank
Infantry fighting vehicles
- Abhay IFV - Infantry Combat Vehicle
- BMP-1 - license produced/assembled infantry Combat Vehicle
- BMP-2 - license produced/assembled infantry Combat Vehicle
Armoured cars
- Mahindra Rakshak
- Mahindra Striker
- Mahindra Marksman
- Mahindra AXE Humvee type
- TATA LSV - Light Specialist Vehicle
- TATA Mine Protected Vehicle
- OFB MPV 1 & MPV 2
- EME 515 Windy & Tuffy & Takshak & Gypsy
Self Propelled Howitzers
- HT-130 Catapult - 130 mm Self-propelled artillery based on the Vijayanta MBT hull
- Bhim Howitzer - 155 mm Self-propelled Howitzer
Indonesia
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Indonesia
Iran
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Iran
Iraq
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Iraq
Ireland
Armoured cars
Armoured vehicles produced in Ireland
Israel
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Israel
Armoured cars
Italy
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Italy
- OF-40 Main battle tank
- Ariete (200)
- VCC-1/VCC-2 Camillino (1638; being replaced by Dardo)
- Dardo (500; deliveries ongoing)
- Centauro wheeled tank destroyer (484)
- VBC 8x8, infantry fighting variant of the Centauro (ordered, but on hold)
- Puma 4x4 (330; not complete as of mid-2005)
- Puma 6x6 (250; not complete as of mid-2005)
- Fiat 6614 G4x4
- Palmaria Self-propelled howitzer
Armoured cars
Japan
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Japan
Armoured Cars
- Type 87 (armoured car)
- Type 92 (armoured car)
- Type 93 Sumida
Amphibious Tanks
Light Tanks
Medium Tanks
Main battle tanks
Miscellaneous Armoured Vehicles
Mexico
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Mexico
- DN-III Armoured Personnel Vehicle
- DN-IV "Caballo" (Horse) Armoured Personnel Vehicle
- DN-V "Bufalo" (Buffalo) Armoured Personnel Vehicle
- DN-VI Armoured Personnel Vehicle (Prototype, never reached production)
- DN-VII Armoured Personnel Vehicle (Prototype, never reached production)
- Sedena-Henschel HWK-11 - joint project with West Germany
Netherlands
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in the Netherlands
Armoured cars
New Zealand
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in New Zealand
Armoured cars
- Beaverette NZ - World War II light armoured car similar to the British Beaverette
North Korea
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in North Korea
- Ch'onma-ho (Cold War era)
- Pokpung-ho (Modern)
- M-1973 VTT-323
- M-1992 APC (Based on BRDM-2)
- M-1978 170 mm SP
- M-1974 152 mm SP
- M-1975 130 mm SP
- M-1992 130 mm SP
- M-1977 122 mm SP
- M-1981 122 mm SP
- M-1991 122 mm SP
- M-1992 120 mm SP
Pakistan
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Pakistan
Poland
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Poland. See also list of Polish armoured fighting vehicles.
Armoured cars
Armoured personnel carriers
Infantry fighting vehicles
- BWP-1 IFV (1298)
- BWR-1K (22) - reconnaissance variant of BWP-1
- BWR-1S (16) - reconnaissance variant of BWP-1
Tankettes
Tanks
Light tanks
Main battle tanks
- T-55AM Mérida (modernized T-55)
- T-55AD-2M (command variant)
- T-55AMS (modernized T-55)
- T-55AD-1M (modernized T-55)
- T-72M1Z (upgraded T-72M1)
- PT-91 Twardy (233)
- PT-91A (export prototype)
- PT-91Z (export demonstrator)
- PT-91E (export demonstrator)
- PT-91M (export for Malaysia, 48)
- PT-94 Goryl (cancelled project based on the PT-91)
Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapons
Armoured recovery vehicles
- WZT-1 ARV based on T-54 chasis
- WZT-2 ARV based on T-55 hull
- WZT-3 ARV based on PT-91 chassis, armed with 12.7mm machine gun
- WZT-4 ARV based on PT-91 chasis
Amphibious vehicles
- PZInż.130 or PZInż.140 amphibious tank, based on 4TP light tank (1 prototype)
Romania
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Romania
Armoured cars
Armoured personnel carriers
Infantry fighting vehicles
Main battle tanks
Tank destroyers
- Mareșal - prototypes built during WWII
- TACAM T-60 - 34 conversions of Soviet light tanks during WWII
- TACAM R-2 - 20 conversions of Czech supplied R-2 light tanks during WWII
Self-propelled artillery
- Model 89 - licensed built 2S1 Gvozdika on MLI-84 chassis
Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapons
- CA-95 - modern, carries four surface-to-air missiles
Russian Empire
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in the Russian Empire
- Vezdekhod (prototype only)
- Tsar Tank wheeled armoured gun carrier (prototype only)
- Austin Armoured Car (Austin-Putilov)
- Russo-Balt. Built by the Russo-Balt company in WWI, it was one of the most successful armoured cars used by imperial Russia.
- Poplavko-Jeffery. An oddly shaped design, built on chassis of a Thomas B. Jeffery Company truck. It had a good service record and was used after the war by Poland.
Russia
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in the Russian Federation
Soviet Union
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. See also lists of Soviet tanks, Soviet WWII military vehicles, modern AFVs.
Airborne fighting vehicles
Armoured cars
Carriers
Reconnaissance
Self-propelled guns
Tanks
Serbia
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Serbia
- M-84 main battle tank (planned to be upgrade to M-2001)
- M-80A infantry fighting vehicle (planned to be upgrade to M-98 Vidra)
- BOV M-86 armoured personnel carrier, used by military police
- M-84AI armoured recovery vehicle version of M-84, used in tank battalions
- BOV-1 antitank guided missile vehicle
- Lazar BVT mine resistant, ambush protected armoured fighting vehicle
Singapore
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Singapore
- Bionix 28-ton replacement for M113 with 25 mm Bushmaster cannon (Bionix 25) or the CIS 40 mm AGL/.50 calibre HMG (Bionix 40/50)
- Bionix II Updated Version of the Bionix AFV with better armour and 30 mm Bushmaster
- Bronco ATTC (All-Terrain Tracked Carrier)
- SSPH1 155 mm SP gun
Sri Lanka
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Sri Lanka
Slovakia
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Slovakia
Slovenia
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Slovenia
South Africa
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in South Africa
Main battle tanks
Armoured cars
Infantry fighting vehicles
Armoured personnel carriers
Self-propelled artillery
Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapons
South Korea
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in South Korea
Spain
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Spain
Tanks
Sudan
Sweden
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Sweden
Switzerland
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Switzerland
Turkey
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Turkey
- ACV-300 APC (Also see FNSS)
- ACV-S IFV
- ACV-300 IFV
- ACV-S TLC
- Pars 8x8
- Pars 6x6
- Pars 4x4
- Atilgan
- Zipkin
- Otokar Cobra (aka. Kobra)
- Akrep
- Yavuz Variant of Terrex (APC 8x8)
- Otokar Engerek
- IS-V
- Otokar DASW
- BMC MRAP
- MİTÜP Altay main battle tank
- M60T
Ukraine
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Ukraine
Armoured cars
Tanks
Infantry carriers
- BTR-3U
- BTR-4
- BTR-94
- BMPV-64 heavy IFV
- BTRV-64 heavy APC
- BMT-72 heavy IFV
- BTMP-84 heavy IFV
Support vehicles
- BTS-5B ARV (Ukrainian version of BREM-1, based on T-72 tank)
- MTU-80 bridgelayer
- BREM-84 ARV
- BMU-84 bridgelayer
Upgrades
United Kingdom
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in the United Kingdom
Armoured cars
Self propelled artillery
Tanks
- First World War
- Interwar
- Second World War
- Post World War II
Amoured personnel carriers and support vehicles
United States
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in the United States
Tanks
Light tanks
Medium tanks
Heavy tanks
Assault tanks
Main battle tanks
Self propelled artillery
Personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles
Armored cars
Amphibious vehicles
See also
Armoured cars
Not yet merged above
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
South Africa
South Korea
Russia and the Soviet Union
- Austin-Putilov, improved Austin Armoured Car
- FAI
- BA-3, BA-6, BA-9, BA-10, BA-11, BA-I, a series of interwar 6-wheeled heavy armoured cars
- BA-5, interwar 6×4
- BA-20, interwar 4×2
- BA-21, interwar 6×4
- BA-64, World War II 4×4 scout car
- BA-27
- BRDM
- D-8 Armoured Car, open-topped armoured car
- D-12 (armoured car)
- Izhorski-Fiat armoured car, World War I
- LB-23, World War II 6×4
- LB-62, World War II 4×4
- LB-NATI, World War II 6×4
- Putilov-Garford armoured car, World War I
- Russo-Balt armoured car, World War I
Spain
- Bilbao Armoured Car - interwar vehicle
- ENASA VEC - modern 6x6 vehicle
Sweden
Switzerland
- Mowag Piranha - modern design available in 4x4, 6x6, 8x8, and 10x10 wheel versions.
Turkey
- Otokar Cobra - Rubber tire-wheeled 4 x 4 Armoured Vehicle capable of carrying 1+8 personnel. It has an amphibious version as well.
- Best-Grup Armadillo Armour Tech. - international armouring tech.ISO 2001.
United Kingdom
United States
Zimbabwe
See also
References