List of armored vehicles of the USSR of World War II

The list included Soviet armored vehicles produced not only during the Second World War , but also in the pre-war period, which was used at an early stage of the war ^[1] ^[2] . Experienced and not go into mass production samples were not included in the list.

Wedges

Type of	Picture	Taken on armament	The number of issued, pcs.	Notes
T-27		1931	3,295	During 1941, most of the T-27 was thrown into battle and was lost. The most recent references to their combat use are battles near Moscow (where the T-27 were used both as infantry support tanks and as tractors for anti-tank guns) and in the Crimea .

Small and light tanks

Type of	Taken on armament	The number of issued, pcs.	Notes
T-18 (MS-1)	1927	959	Tanks MS-1 or T-18 in a small amount still remained in the troops in combat-ready condition, by the beginning of World War II and were used in its initial stages.
T-26	1931	11 218	The Soviet tank during the creation of which the English tank Vickers Mk E, purchased in 1930, was used as a model of the scheme. The most intensive use of tanks of this type was during the Soviet-Finnish war in 1940, and also in 1941 during the battle of Moscow.
BT-2	1932	620	By June 1, 1941, the Red Army was armed with 580 linear reconnaissance tanks BT-2, including 396 in the western districts.
BT-5	1933	1 836	Deep modernization of the BT-2 tank
BT-7	1935	5 328	BT-7 tanks arrived mainly in the arsenal of tank brigades of tank corps, as well as in separate tank brigades and were intended to develop a breakthrough into the depths of enemy defense.
T-37A	1933	2,552	T-37A also took part in the battles of the initial period of World War II, but most of them were quickly lost. The only surviving tanks of this type fought at the front until 1944, inclusive, and in the rear training units and subunits they were used until the end of the war.
T-38	1936	1,340	Among the model range of Soviet tanks of the late 1930s, the T-38 was one of the least combat-ready vehicles with practically no modernization potential. The machine had weak armament and armor even by the standards of that time, unsatisfactory seaworthiness indicators, which cast doubt on the possibility of its use in landing and amphibious operations.
T-40	1939	722	T-40 took an active part in the battles of World War II in 1941-1942.
T-50	1941	from 65 to 75	By the totality of its combat, technical and operational properties, the T-50 is considered one of the best tanks in the world in its class.
T-60 Piton	1941	5 920	Production of the T-60 continued until February 1943, when it was replaced on assembly lines with a more powerful T-70 light tank. To date, no more than five such tanks have been preserved in museums in Russia and Finland.
T-70	1942	8 231	The culmination of the T-70 military service was the Battle of Kursk , after which they began to disappear from parts of the Red Army, although individual copies were used until the end of the war. In terms of the number of vehicles produced, the T-70 became the second largest tank type in the Red Army in 1941-1945.
T-80	1942	from 75 to 85	Due to the unreliable operation of the propulsion system, weak weapons in 1943 and the great need for the Red Army in self-propelled guns SU-76M T-80 was discontinued.

Medium tanks

Type of	Taken on armament	The number of issued, pcs.	Notes
T-28	1933	503	The first medium tank in the USSR launched into mass production. Used in the Polish campaign of the Red Army and the Winter War , where they showed very high fighting qualities.
T-34-76	1940	33 929	Due to its fighting qualities, the T-34 was recognized by a number of specialists as the best medium tank of the Second World War. When it was created, Soviet designers managed to find the optimal ratio between the main combat, operational and technological characteristics. The T-34 tank is the most famous Soviet tank and one of the most recognizable symbols of the Second World War.
T-44	1944	1 823	Serial production of the T-44 began in 1944, however, during the Great Patriotic War it was conducted on a limited scale in order to prevent a decrease in the production of T-34-85 during the period of large-scale offensive operations.
T-34-57	1941	50	The tank is a fighter. The ZIS-4 (ZIS-4M) gun mounted on it could penetrate armor up to 98 mm at a distance of 1000 m. Serial production of the T-34-57 was carried out in 1941 and 1943 on a limited scale. The image is taken from the link - http://bronetehnika.narod.ru/t34-57/t34-57_2.jpg
T-34-85	1944	more than 35,000	It was one of the main Soviet tanks of the Second World War, and after its completion was the basis of the tank forces of the Soviet Army until the mid-1950s.

Heavy Tanks

Type of	Taken on armament	The number of issued, pcs.	Notes
T-35	1933	61	Five-turret T-35 tanks took part in the hostilities of the initial stage of the Great Patriotic War, but were lost very quickly, mainly due to malfunctions.
KV-1	1940	2,769	It was produced from March 1940 to August 1942. He took part in the war with Finland and the Great Patriotic War.
KV-2	1940	334	This combat vehicle was developed in January 1940 due to the urgent need for the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army (RKKA) in a well-protected tank with powerful weapons to combat the fortifications of the Mannerheim Line during the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-1940.
KV-1S	(1942)	1085	This combat vehicle was developed in connection with the complaints of the Red Army commanders about the low mobility and reliability of the original version of the KV-1 heavy tank:
KV-85	1943	148	This combat vehicle was developed in connection with the appearance of the enemy's new Tiger heavy tanks. Index 85 means the caliber of the main armament of the machine.
IS-1	1943	130	The heavy tanks IS-1 and IS-2 derive their pedigree from the KV-1 heavy tank and the KV-13 medium heavy reservation tank. The abbreviation IP stands for Joseph Stalin .
IS-2	1944	3 475	On the whole, the tank fully met the expectations of the command as a means of qualitatively strengthening units and subunits intended to break through the enemy’s advance and well-fortified bands, as well as storming cities.
IS-3	1945	2 311	Contrary to popular belief, found in obsolete sources, the IS-3 tanks were not used in the operations of World War II, but on September 7, 1945, one tank regiment armed with these combat vehicles took part in the parade of the Red Army in Berlin in honor of the end of World War II, where he made a strong impression on the Western allies of the USSR in the anti-Hitler coalition.

Flamethrower tanks

Type of	Taken on armament	The number of issued, pcs.	Notes
HT-26	1932	more than 615	Soviet light chemical ( flamethrower ) tank , created on the basis of the T-26 light tank.
KV-6	1941	~ 4	Soviet heavy flamethrower tank.
KV-8 KV-8S	1942 ^[3]	~ 139	Intended for breaking through enemy defenses.
OT-34	1942	1,170	OT-34 - was created on the basis of the T-34. Unlike the linear tank, it was armed with an ATO-41 automatic powder piston flamethrower located at the site of the machine gun, which, for example, compared to the solution for the KV-8, made it possible to save the 76-mm gun.

Erzatz tanks (armored vehicles)

Type of	Picture	Taken on armament	The number of issued, pcs.	Notes
NI-1		1941	about 60	Tank “Fright” (NI-1) - ersatz tank (armored tractor), produced during the defense of Odessa in 1941 and is a regular artillery tractor, sheathed with sheets of armor , with light infantry or cannon weapons installed. Similar machines were also produced by a number of other tractor plants in an attempt to somehow alleviate the severe shortage of tanks.

Light self-propelled guns

Type of	Picture	Taken on armament	The number of issued, pcs.	Notes
SU-76		1942	14,292	SU-76 was intended for fire support of the infantry in the role of a light assault gun and anti-tank self-propelled guns.

Medium Tank Destroyers

Type of	Taken on armament	The number of issued, pcs.	Notes
SU-122	1942	638	SU-122 were used as assault guns for direct fire, cases of firing from closed positions were rare. Most often, the SU-122 was used to support tank units, going on the attack with them and destroying anti-tank guns and other obstacles to the offensive.
SU-76i	1943 ^[4]	210	The mass-average self-propelled artillery mount of an assault gun class based on German Pz Kpfw III and StuG III self-propelled guns captured by the Red Army.
SU-85	1943	4 100 ^[5]	SU-85 is a medium-mass self-propelled artillery unit belonging to the class of tank destroyers .
SU-100	1944	from 4 772 to 4 976	The first combat use of the SU-100 took place in January 1945, and later the SU-100 was used in a number of operations of the Great Patriotic and Soviet-Japanese War , but in general, their combat use was limited.

Heavy assault self-propelled guns

Type of	Taken on armament	The number of issued, pcs.	Notes
SU-152	1943	670	The combat debut of the SU-152 took place in the summer of 1943 in the battle of Kursk , where it proved to be an effective fighter of new heavy German tanks and self-propelled guns.
ISU-152	1943	2 825	In general, the ISU-152 was a fairly successful example of a universal heavy self-propelled artillery installation. The features noted above in the Combat Application section and the long service of the machine in the Soviet Army serve as additional confirmation of this.
ISU-122	1943	1,735	ISU-122 were widely used at the final stage of World War II as a powerful tank destroyer and assault guns .
ISU-122S	1944	675	ISU-122S was used in all functional areas of application of self-propelled artillery.

Erzats-self-propelled guns

Type of	Picture	Taken on armament	The number of issued, pcs.	Notes
ZIS-30		1941	about 90	Light anti-tank self-propelled guns of open type.
HTZ-16		1941	from 70 to 100	It was an ordinary agricultural caterpillar tractor , sheathed with sheets of armor , with mounted cannon and machine gun weapons. The main disadvantages of the KhTZ-16, like all armored tractors, were low speed, high silhouette, poor armor, poor visibility during the battle and a fixed gun.

Self-propelled anti-aircraft mounts

Type of	Picture	Taken on armament	The number of issued, pcs.	Notes
ZSU-37		1944	70	ZSU-37 was the first serial Soviet armored self-propelled anti-aircraft mount on a caterpillar chassis, ideal for protecting mobile units from air attacks. ZSU-37 did not participate in real battles of the Second World War.

Multiple launch rocket systems

Type of	Picture	Taken on armament	The number of issued, pcs.	Notes
BM-8-24	BM-8-24 (bottom)	1942	?	Released cars participated in the battles of 1942-43. and were well received in the army due to better security and patency compared to the Katyushas based on trucks.
BM-13-16		1939	?	Katyusha is the unofficial name for the BM-8 (82 mm), BM-13 (132 mm) and BM-31 (310 mm) missile artillery combat vehicles .

Armored

Type of	Taken on armament	The number of issued, pcs.	Notes
BA-27 M	1928	215	Most of the vehicles in the border areas were lost in the first weeks of the war.
FAI	1933	more than 1,000	The armored car is made on the chassis of a Ford-A car (FAI) or GAZ-M1 (FAI-M).
BA-20	1936	2 114	It was created in 1936 on the chassis of a GAZ-M1 car.
BA-3 , BA-6	1936	386	BA-3 and BA-6 met in the troops, at least until mid-1942.
BA-30	1937	-	A small series has been produced.
BA-10	1938	3 413	Used by Soviet troops in the battles at Khalkhin Gol, the Soviet-Finnish War and throughout the Great Patriotic War
BA-64	1942	9 110	The BA-64 was created on the chassis of an all - wheel drive car GAZ-64 . The armored car was actively used by Soviet troops from the summer of 1942 until the end of the war, mainly in the role of reconnaissance vehicles, but also for the direct support of infantry .

Aerosleds

Type of	Taken on armament	The number of issued, pcs.	Notes
NKL-16	1937	?	NKL-16 snowmobiles were widely used on the fronts of World War II, especially in the winter of 1941/42. They were used for operational communications, delivery of military cargoes, they were carried out patrol, landing and combat operations. When the landing was carried out, the snowmobile not only took fighters with full armament on board, but also towed 18-20 skiers on special cables.
NKL-26	1941 ^[6]	?	The NKL-26 sleigh had an armored hull providing bulletproof and anti-fragmentation protection, and were armed with a single machine gun DT (Degtyarev tank) of 7.62 mm caliber on a turret, providing a circular sector of fire. The sleigh was driven by an M-11 engine, similar to that installed on a Po-2 aircraft.
RF-8-GAZ-98	1941	?	Snowmobiles were accepted for serial production at the branch of the GAZ automobile plant

Artillery Tractors

Type of	Taken on armament	The number of issued, pcs.	Notes
T-20 Komsomolets	1937	7,780	T-20 tractors participated in battles with Japan at Lake Hassan in 1938, at the Khalkhin-Gol River in 1939, in the Soviet-Finnish and World War II.
T-26T	1937	211	The artillery tractor was created on the basis of the T-26
Comintern	1934	568	The Comintern was created on the basis of the T-24
Voroshilovets	1939	1 123 ^[7]	The heavy artillery tractor Voroshilovets was created on the basis of the T-24
Stalinets-2	1939	1,275 ^[8]	The S-2 towed everything: from anti-aircraft guns to howitzers, and also damaged light and medium tanks for repair.

Tanks received from Lendlis Allies

Type of	Adopted in the USSR	Number of tanks delivered	Notes
Stewart	1942	1 681	In the Second World War, “Stuart” was actively used by US troops, and was also supplied in significant quantities under the Lend-Lease program to Great Britain , the USSR , China , the troops of “ Free France ” and the NOAA . See also: Eastern Front .
M3 Lee	1942	~ 1,300	In total, in various versions, 6258 M3 were released. About 2/3 of the released M3s were transferred to other countries, almost exclusively by Great Britain and the USSR, under the Lend-Lease program.
Sherman	1942	4,248	4,248 Sherman tanks of various options were delivered to the Soviet Union: • M4A2 - 1990 units. • M4A2 (76) W - 2073 units. • M4A4 - 2 units. Trial deliveries. The order was refused due to gasoline engines. • M4A2 (76) W HVSS - 183 units. Delivered in May-June 1945, did not take part in hostilities in Europe.
Matilda	-	1,084	Before the end of production in August 1943, a total of 2,987 Matilda II tanks were released in the UK, of which 1,084 were shipped by Lend-Lease to the USSR, and 918 arrived in the USSR (the rest died on the way).
Valentine	1941	3,782	3,782 tanks were sent to the USSR, or 46% of all issued Valentines, including almost all vehicles made in Canada.
Churchill	-	301	The infantry tank of the British Army during the Second World War, heavy in mass.

Notes

[1] Armored vehicles of the USSR 1930-1945

[2] Armored vehicles of the Second World War.

[3] Heavy flamethrower tank KV-8 / 8C

[4] Self-propelled gun SU-76I

[5] SU-85

[6] Snowmobile in battles for the Motherland

[7] Heavy artillery tractor “Voroshilovets”

[8] Medium artillery tractor C-2 "Stalinist"