List of military land vehicles of Germany
List of German Tanks by type; includes both past and present vehicles
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This is a list of German-made and German-used land vehicles sorted by type, covering both former and current vehicles, from their inception from the German Empire, through the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany, to the split between West Germany and East Germany, through their reunification and into modern-day Germany.
Light tanks
Out of service
Experimental
- Sturmpanzerwagen Oberschlesien
- Kugelpanzer
- Marienwagen - Tank prototype[2]
- Höchammer[3][better source needed]
- Landsverk L-5/M28[4][better source needed]
- LK I
- LK II
- Orion-Wagen
- Leichttraktor
- VK 16.02 Leopard
- Spähpanzer SP I.C.
- Spähpanzer Ru 251
Medium tanks
Out of service
- Panzer III
- Panzer IV
- Panther
- M47 Patton (West Germany)[5][6]
- T-34 (East Germany)[1]
- T-54/T-55 (East Germany) (Warsaw Pact designation)[1]
Experimental
- Grosstraktor (Großtraktor)
- Škoda T-25[7][better source needed]
- Neubaufahrzeug
- Treffas-Wagen[8][better source needed]
- VK 20
- E-50
- VT
Heavy tanks
Out of service
Experimental
- VK 30.01 (H)
- VK 36.01 (H)
- VK 45.01 (P)
- VK 45.02 (P)
- E-75 Standardpanzer
- Panther II - Proposal based on the Panther and Tiger II.[9]
Super-heavy tanks
Experimental
Main battle tanks
Out of service
Experimental
In service
- TAM - Argentina/Germany, used by Argentina
- Leopard 2
- Leopard 2E (export variant for the Spanish Army)
- Leopard 2PL (export variant for the Polish Land Forces)
Tank destroyers/assault guns
Out of service
- Panzerjäger I - First German tank destroyer introduced in WWII.[16]
- Sturmgeschütz III
- Sturmgeschütz IV
- Marder I
- Marder II
- Marder III
- Hetzer/Jagdpanzer 38
- 8.8 cm Flak 18 (Sfl.) auf schwere Zugkraftwagen 12t (Sd.Kfz 8)
- 15 cm sIG 33 (Sf) auf Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf B or Sturmpanzer I Bison.
- 15 cm sIG 33 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II (Sf) or Sturmpanzer II Bison.[17][better source needed]
- 15 cm sIG 33/2 (Sf.) auf Jagdpanzer 38(t)[18][better source needed]
- 10.5 cm K gepanzerte Selbstfahrlafette/Panzer Selbstfahrlafette IV Ausf. A (Pz.Sfl. IVa) "Dicker Max"
- Jagdpanzer IV
- Nashorn, Panzerjäger III/IV[19]
- Brummbär/Sturmpanzer (assault gun)
- Sturm-Infanteriegeschütz 33B
- Sturmtiger
- Jagdtiger
- Jagdpanther
- Elefant
- SU-85 (East Germany)[20][better source needed]
- SU-100 (East Germany)[21]
- Raketenjagdpanzer 1[12]
- Raketenjagdpanzer 2[12]
- Jaguar 1[12]
- Jaguar 2[12]
- Kanonenjagdpanzer (West Germany)
Experimental
Anti-aircraft and artillery
Out of service
Anti-aircraft
- Flakpanzer I
- Flakpanzer IV "Ostwind"
- Flakpanzer IV "Kugelblitz"
- Möbelwagen
- Wirbelwind
- 9K33 Osa (East Germany)[14]
- 9K35 Strela-10 (East Germany)[14]
Artillery
- Grille
- Hummel
- Wespe
- Heuschrecke 10
- Karl-Gerät
- 2S1 Gvozdika (East Germany)[14]
- 2S3 Akatsiya (East Germany)[14]
- M107 self-propelled gun (West Germany)[22]
- M109 howitzer (West Germany)[23][5]
- M110 howitzer (West Germany)[24][5]
Experimental
In service
Armored personnel carriers, infantry, and fighting vehicles
Out of service
- Marienwagen - APC[25]
- Bergepanther
- Sd.Kfz. 250 - Half-track APC
- Sd.Kfz. 251 - Half-track APC
- BTR-70, armoured personnel carrier (East Germany)[14]
- BMP-2 (East Germany)[14]
- Wisel AWC - Tankette
- Spähpanzer Luchs[12]
- Schützenpanzer Lang HS.30 - Infantry fighting vehicle
Experimental
In service
- M113 armored personnel carrier[26][27]
- Schützenpanzer Marder 1 (West Germany)[12]
- TPz Fuchs (West Germany)[12]
- Sedena-Henschel HWK-11 (with Mexico)
- Boxer
- LGS Fennek
- Puma (German infantry fighting vehicle)
- Condor[12]
- ATF Dingo
- Thyssen Henschel UR-416 (West Germany)[12]
- TM-170[12]
- PMMC G5
- GFF4
Future
- Pandur I (6×6); the German Army plans to use this to replace its TPz Fuchs, competing with this role however is the Patria 6×6 and the modernized TPz Fuchs 1A9.[28]
- Patria 6×6; the German Army plans to use this to replace its TPz Fuchs, competing with this role however is the Pandur I (6×6) and the modernized TPz Fuchs 1A9.[28] It also may replace the LGS Fennek.
Utility vehicles/armored cars
Out of service
- Opel Blitz, truck
- ADGZ
- Trippel SG6
- Borgward B 3000, truck
- Krupp Protze, artillery trailer/utility truck
- Mercedes-Benz L3000, truck
- Radschlepper Ost
- Raupenschlepper Ost
- M42 Truppenfahrrad, bicycle
- Zündapp KS 750, motorcycle
- BMW R12 and R17, motorcycles
- BMW R75, motorcycle
- Sd.Kfz. 2 'Kettenkrad', light half-tracked gun tractor
- Maultier/Sd.Kfz. 3, half-track
- Sd.Kfz. 4 - Half-track/Multiple rocket launcher[29][better source needed]
- Sd.Kfz. 5 (3-ton 6x6 truck)
- Sd.Kfz. 6 - Half-track
- Sd.Kfz. 7 - Half-tracked artillery tractor
- Sd.Kfz. 8 - Heavy half-track
- Sd.Kfz. 9 - Heavy half-track
- Sd.Kfz. 10 - Light half-track
- Sd.Kfz. 11 - Light half-track
- Kfz 13
- Bergepanther, armoured recovery vehicle
- Leichter Panzerspähwagen, armored car
- Schwerer Panzerspähwagen, armored car
- Sd.Kfz. 234
- Sd.Kfz. 247 - Armored car
- Sd.Kfz. 250 - Half-track APC
- Sd.Kfz. 251 - Half-track APC
- Sd.Kfz. 252 - Half-track
- Sd.Kfz. 253 - Armored Half-track
- Sd.Kfz. 254 - Tracked/wheeled armoured scout car
- Sd.Kfz. 265 Panzerbefehlswagen, command vehicle based on the Panzer I chassis
- Sd.Kfz. 300
- Tatra 111, heavy truck
- Raupenschlepper Ost
- Borgward IV, demolition vehicle
- Goliath tracked mine, demolition vehicle
- Springer, demolition vehicle
- Volkswagen Kommandeurswagen, military derivate of the Volkswagen Beetle for transporting high-ranking officers
- Volkswagen Kübelwagen, light utility vehicle (LUV)
- Volkswagen Schwimmwagen, amphibious LUV
- Landwasserschlepper, tracked amphioxus trailer
- Meillerwagen, V-2 rocket trailer
- PTS (vehicle), PTS-M (East Germany)[30]
- Sonder Kfz-1[31]
Experimental
- VW 276 Schlepperfahrzeug, artillery trailer
In service
- Keiler - Built on the hull of an M48 Patton.[32][better source needed]
- MAN 630 L2
- Bergepanzer 2 - armored recovery vehicle
- Condor[12]
- Thyssen Henschel UR-416 (West Germany)[12]
- TM-170[12]
- LAPV Enok
- LGS Fennek
- Mungo ESK
- RMMV HX
- M3 Amphibious Rig - amphibious bridging vehicle
- AEV 3 Kodiak - armoured engineering variant of a Leopard 2.[33]