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
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
Russia
United Kingdom
United Kingdom & United States
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
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
France
Germany
Italy
- Bianchi armoured car
- Fiat-Terni armoured car
- Lancia 1ZM
- Pavesi 35 PS armoured car
Ottoman Empire
Poland
Romania
Russia
United Kingdom
United States
Self-propelled artillery
France
Germany
Italy
Russia
United Kingdom
United States
- Holt 55-1 3-inch AA gun â - delivered in 1917
- Holt Mark I (8-inch howitzer) â - 3 built and tested in 1918
- Holt Mark II (155mm M1918 gun) âÂÂ
- Holt Mark III (240mm howitzer) âÂÂ
- Holt Mark IV (240mm howitzer) âÂÂ
- Christie 3-inch AA gun âÂÂ
- Christie 8-inch self-propelled howitzer âÂÂ
Armoured trains
Austria-Hungary
Belgium
Belgium & United Kingdom
- Heavy "Anglo-Belgian" armoured train
Germany
- Deutsches Heer armoured train
Russia
South Africa
United Kingdom
Other vehicles
Canada
France
Germany
- Marienwagen I âÂÂ
- Orion Wagen I âÂÂ
- Treffas Wagen âÂÂ
Italy
- Gussalli assault car âÂÂ
Russia
United Kingdom
United States
- Holt 150 ton field monitor *
- Holt G9 armored tractor âÂÂ
- Steam Wheel "tank" âÂÂ
- Studebaker supply tank âÂÂ
See also
References
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