List of prototype World War II combat vehicles
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This list contains combat vehicles which never left the design phase or had an extremely limited production (usually < 10).
Australia
[edit]- Australian Cruiser Tank Mark 3 "Thunderbolt"
- Australian Cruiser Tank Mark 4
- Rhino Heavy Armoured Car
- Australian experimental light tank
Canada
[edit]Germany
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- Entwicklung Series Entwicklung series, a comprehensive redesign of German armor from small tracked vehicles to a 100-ton super-heavy tank. Only a single E-100 chassis was completed
- Leichttraktor, pre-war light tank, four built
- Neubaufahrzeug, pre-war heavy tank design, five built
- Panther II, development of the Panzerkampfwagen V "Panther". A single chassis was built
- Panzerkampfwagen VII "Löwe", a super-heavy tank project that never reached prototype stage
- Panzerkampfwagen VIII "Maus", a super-heavy tank. Two prototypes built
- Panzerkampfwagen IX & Panzerkampfwagen X Paper project
- Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte; paper project
- Landkreuzer P. 1500 Monster; paper project
- 12.8 cm Selbstfahrlafette auf VK 30.01(H) "Sturer Emil" - tank destroyer; 2 built
- Heuschrecke 10, Krupp's design for a new self-propelled artillery gun
- VK 3001 (P) - medium tank; paper project
- VK 3002(DB) - prototype medium tank; one built
- VK 4501 (P) - Porsche Tiger tank; 100 hulls built, 90 converted to Ferdinands, one Tiger (P) built, 3 Bergepanzer Tiger (p) and 3 Rammtigers built.
- Dicker Max, two prototypes built
- VK 20, medium tank proposed to replace the Panzer III and Panzer IV; paper project
- Panzer-Selbstfahrlafette II, half-track tank destroyer; two built
- Panzer-Selbstfahrlafette IV Ausf. C, SPG, 3 built
- Geschützwagen Tiger, self-propelled artillery gun; one partial prototype built
- VK 1602 Leopard, reconnaissance tank; paper project
Italy
[edit]- Semovente da 20/70 quadruplo, self-propelled anti-aircraft gun
- Semovente da 149/40, self-propelled gun
- Fiat M16/43, fast medium tank
- P43 heavy tank, Fiat Ansaldo's design for a new heavy tank.
Japan
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- Type 95 heavy tank; 4 built in 1934
- Hi-Ro Sha 10 cm cannon self-propelled gun on Type 95 heavy tank chassis
- Ji-Ro Type 92 10 cm cannon self-propelled gun on Type 95 heavy tank chassis
- Type 97 Chi-Ni medium tank; one prototype built
- Type 98 Chi-Ho medium tank; 4 built, two in 1940 and two in 1941
- O-I super-heavy tank design in the 120-ton range. Exact stage of development unknown
- Type 97 Ki-To SPAAG self-propelled anti-aircraft gun on Type 97 Te-Ke tankette chassis; one prototype built
- Type 98 Ta-Se single 20 mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun on a Type 98 Ke-Ni chassis
- Type 98 20 mm AAG tank twin 20 mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun on a Type 98 Ke-Ni chassis
- ATG Carrier So-To; light armored transport with an AT Gun in a Type 97 Te-Ke tankette structure
- Type 3 Ke-Ri light tank; a few prototypes were produced
- Type 2 Ku-Se 75 mm self-propelled gun on a Type 1 Chi-He chassis
- Experimental anti-aircraft tank Ta-Ha; incomplete prototype on a Type 1 Chi-He chassis
- Type 4 Chi-To medium tank; two completed and four chassis manufactured
- Type 5 Chi-Ri medium tank; one incomplete prototype built
- Type 5 Ke-Ho light tank; one prototype built
- Type 4 Ho-To 12 cm self-propelled gun on a modified Type 95 Ha-Go chassis
- Type 5 Ho-Ru 47 mm self-propelled gun; a light tank destroyer akin to the German Hetzer; one prototype built
- Type 5 Na-To tank destroyer; two built
- Type 5 To-Ku amphibious tank
- Type 5 Ho-Ri tank destroyer with a 105 mm cannon and an additional 37 mm gun; exact status unknown
- Naval 12 cm SPG; one prototype built with a mounted Type 10 120 mm gun on a Type 97 Chi-Ha chassis
- Ka-To 105 mm SP AT gun was a combination of the Type 5 Na-To open top superstructure and the extended hull of the Type 4 Chi-To. Exact stage of development unknown
- Type 5 15 cm SPG Ho-Chi; similar to Type 1 Ho-Ni I and Type 4 Ho-Ro SPGs, with a Type 96 15 cm (149.1 mm) howitzer mounted on a Type 97 chassis. Stage of development unknown
- Type 97 Experimental flamethrower tank; incomplete prototypes. The first version replaced the hull machine gun with a flamethrower. The second version was fitted with two large, elongated fuel tanks and two flamethrowers on each side of the chassis. It utilized an electric flame igniter system.
New Zealand
[edit]Poland
[edit]- 9TP light tank
- 4TP (light) tank
- 10TP tank
- 14TP medium tank
- 20/25TP medium tank
- PZInż 130 amphibious tank
- PZInż 152
- PZInż 202
- PZInż 222
- PZInż 303
- PZInż 342
- PZInż 603
- TKW (light) reconnaissance tank
- TKS-D light tank destroyer
Romania
[edit]Spain
[edit]Soviet Union
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- Antonov A-40
- T-43 medium tank
- SMK tank heavy tank; one built
- T-100 tank heavy tank
- SU-100Y Self-Propelled Gun 130mm gun on the T-100 chassis
- SU-14 heavy self-propelled gun on a T-35 chassis
- PPG tankette
- KV-3
- KV-4 super-heavy tank; paper project
- KV-5
- KV-9
- KV-10
- KV-11
- KV-12
- KV-13 Three prototypes built.
United Kingdom
[edit]- Tank, Heavy, TOG I
- Tank Heavy, TOG II
- Tank, Heavy Assault, Excelsior (A33)
- Tank, Infantry, Valiant (A38)
- Tank, Heavy Assault, Tortoise (A39)
- Tank, Infantry, Black Prince (A43)
- A20 heavy tank
- Alecto
United States
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- M6 heavy tank
- M7 medium tank
- M38 Wolfhound
- T14 heavy tank
- T18 howitzer motor carriage; 75 mm howitzer on a M3 chassis
- T20 medium tank
- T27 armored car
- T28 super-heavy tank
- T29 heavy tank
- T30 heavy tank
- T32 heavy tank
- T34 heavy tank
- T40/M9 tank destroyer
- T54 gun motor carriage
- T55E1 gun motor carriage
- T82 howitzer motor carriage
- T84 howitzer motor carriage
- T88 gun motor carriage; 105 mm howitzer on a M18 chassis
- T92 howitzer motor carriage