This is a list of combat vehicles of World War I, including conceptual, experimental, prototype, training and production vehicles. The vehicles in this list were either used in combat, produced or designed during the First World War. World War One saw the start of modern armoured warfare with an emphasis on using motor vehicles to provide support to the infantry.
Key
* Concept † Experimental prototypes ‡ Entered service post-war
Tanks
Tanks came about as means to break the stalemate of trench warfare. They were developed to break through barbed wire and destroy enemy machine gun posts. The British and the French were the major users of tanks during the war; tanks were a lower priority for Germany as it assumed a defensive strategy. The few tanks that Germany built were outnumbered by the number of French and British tanks captured and reused.
France
Germany
Italy Ansaldo Turrinelli armoured tortoise * Fiat 2000 ‡
Russia Mendeleev tank * & Radley, P (ed.), "The Mendeleyev Tank". Rybinsk tank † Vezdekhod † Vezdekhod II * Tsar tank †
United Kingdom
United Kingdom & United States Mark VIII ‡
United States
Armoured cars and trucks
Most of the armoured cars of the war were produced by building armoured bodywork over commercial large car and truck chassis.
Austria-Hungary Austro-Daimler armoured car & Radley, P (ed.), "Austro-Daimler Armoured Car". Gonsior-Opp-Frank armoured car * Junovicz P.A.1 Romfell armoured car & Radley, P (ed.), "Romfell Armoured Car".
Belgium Minerva armoured car SAVA armoured car
Canada Armoured Autocar Jeffery-Russel armoured car
Denmark HtK46 armoured car †
France
Archer armoured car Charron armoured car & (ed.), "Charron Armoured Car". Dion-Bouton armoured car 1914 † Dion-Bouton armoured car 1916 † Gasnier armoured car † Hotchkiss armoured car Latil armoured car Panhard armoured car Peugeot armoured car Renault armoured car Renault 47mm autocanon Vinot Deguinguand armoured car † White AM armoured car
Germany
Büssing A5P Daimler 15 Ehrhardt E-V/4 Mannesmann MULAG armoured truck Marienwagen II armoured halftrack † & Radley, P (ed.), "Marienwagen gepanzert".
Italy Bianchi armoured car Fiat-Terni armoured car & Radley, P (ed.), "Fiat-Terni Armoured Car". Lancia 1ZM Pavesi 35 PS armoured car
Ottoman Empire Hotchkiss armoured car
Poland Pilsudski armoured car
Romania
CFR 1915 AB M1919 ‡
Russia
United Kingdom
AC armoured car † Austin armoured car Delaunay-Belleville armoured car Ford FT-B Isotta-Fraschini armoured car Lanchester armoured car Leyland armoured lorry Peerless armoured car Peerless armoured lorry Pierce-Arrow armoured lorry Rolls-Royce armoured car Seabrook armoured lorry Sheffield-Simplex armoured car Sizaire-Berwick wind wagon † Talbot armoured car Wolseley armoured car Wolseley CP armoured car
United States Davidson-Cadillac armored car & (ed.), "Davidson-Cadillac Armoured Cars". King armored car Mack armored car † White armored car
Self-propelled artillery
France
Germany A7V Flakpanzer † Leichte Kraftwagengeschutze 7.7cm L-27 flak
Italy Lancia 1Z 75-27 autocannone SPA 9000C 102-35 autocannone
Russia Russo Balt T 76mm AA gun
United Kingdom Emplacement Destroyer No. 1, 1A, 2 & 3 * Gun Carrier Mark I - carrier based on Mark I tank for 6-inch howitzer or 60-pdr gun. Peerless armoured AA lorry Pierce-Arrow armoured AA lorry - 40mm QF 2-pounder gun on lorry chassis QF 13-pounder 6 cwt AA gun on Thornycroft J lorry
United States Holt 55-1 3-inch AA gun † - delivered in 1917 Holt Mark I (8-inch howitzer) † - 3 built and tested in 1918 Holt Mark II (155mm M1918 gun) † Holt Mark III (240mm howitzer) † Holt Mark IV (240mm howitzer) † Christie 3-inch AA gun † Christie 8-inch self-propelled howitzer †
Armoured trains
Austria-Hungary MAVAG Typ AE panzerzug
Belgium Light armoured train
Belgium & United Kingdom Heavy "Anglo-Belgian" armoured train
Germany Deutsches Heer armoured train
Russia Zaamurets armoured train & Radley, P (ed.), "Zaamurets Armoured Train".
South Africa South African Engineer Corps armoured train
United Kingdom GNR(I) armoured train LNWR armoured train ("Norma" and "Alice") Royal Navy armoured train Simplex armoured train Uganda Railway armoured train
Other vehicles
Canada Saczeany tank *
France Aubriot Gabet armoured tractor † Boirault machine I and II † Breton-Prétot machine (armed tractor) † Frot-Turmel-Laffly landship † Renault FT TSF (radio tank) Souain armoured tractor †
Germany Marienwagen I † Orion Wagen I † Treffas Wagen † & (ed.), "Treffaswagen".
Italy Gussalli assault car †
Russia Tsar "tank" †
United Kingdom AEC B type armoured lorry Gun Carrier Mark II * Killen-Strait armoured tractor † Mark I converted to supply tank Mark I fitted with wireless communications Mark IX Pedrail Machine † Salvage Machine
United States Holt 150 ton field monitor * Holt G9 armored tractor † Steam Wheel "tank" † Studebaker supply tank †
See also List of armoured fighting vehicles Lists of World War I topics Military technology during World War I and the interwar years Technology during World War I
References
Bibliography
External links Articles on WWI Tanks and Armored cars at Tank Encyclopedia