Armored Trains.
The New section in development

The same database as for tanks: Railroad networks developed in the XIXth soon found a military use. Before even WWI, train attacks led to armed and armored trains. This had going on for more than a century now. This will cover all WW1, WW2, but also cold war and even recent armoured trains on the long run.

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20/10.2025 D-3 Draisina (1934)

The D-3 armored draisine was a self-propelled, armored railcar built by for Soviet in the interwar, up to the summer of 1941. The D-3 was developed from 1932 to fill the needs of the Red Army for a mass-produced, heavily armed patrol railcar. To make it affordable, as many of already existing and proven elements were used. The armament consisted in two T-26 tank model 1933 and its engine, coupled with the D-35 gearbox...

Trucks
Military Trucks and staff cars.

A dedicated section for softskin vehicles, from WWI to this day: Trucks, staff cars, reconnaissance vehicles, and artillery tractors: Truck-Encyclopedia.com.

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Horch 108 (1934)

23.12.2025 Horch Zwickau started production of the heavy cross-country standard staff vehicle Horch 108 in 1937, and until 1942 delivered a total of 8,135 in five different versins (Kfz). That included 1901 of the EG Typ from Ford Köln. That large 4x4 "staff-car" was on the upper scale in the Werhmacht inventory and could accomodate as much as 8 men. Here is an overview of all the variants and military designations (Kfz.). This was considered as the Schwerer geländegängiger PKW, or heavy staff car, in 2x4 or 4x4 configuration, 8-passenger kubelwagen often used as personal and light arty towing vehicle, found on all fronts in WW2.

Older Entries:

Alfa-Romeo 6c 2500 Coloniale * Renault AHS * Zoljanah Truck * Centurion C-RAM (2004) * Morris C4 (1942) * Steyr 640 (1935) * Polski-Fiat 621 (1935) * ATS-59 (1959) * TAM-150 (1979) * Toyota JF-45 * BMW R75 (1940) * Mazur D-350 (1958) * Renault AH series (1941) * Bedford QL * GAZ 66 (1964) * Ford V3000S * Mack NR (1942) * TAM-110 (1976) * Land Rover Serie II FC * UAZ 469 (1972) * Type 95 Mini Truck * FAP-13 (1962) MTV M1083 (1990) * Somua MCG (1932) * GAZ-A (1932) C7P * Harley-Davidson WLA * Mercedes-Benz L4500 (1939) * YAG-10 (1932) * MAN SX-45 Sky Sabre (2000) * Pinzgauer 710 (1971) * Ursus A (1925) * Citroën Type 23 (1935) * SAMIL 50 * Bedford MW * Iveco Eurocargo * Dodge M37 (1951) * GAZ-60 (1938) * Land Rover Perentie * 2S43 Malva * Laffly S15 T * MAN SX * BM-21 Grad * M87 Orkan * Albion WD FT15 * Pacific M25 Tank Transporter "Dragon Wagon" * C2P Tractor (1936) * Autocarro Unificato Pesante O.M. URSUS (1939) * ZIL-131 * Faun L900 D567 (1937) * Mack NJU 5-ton 4x4 * KrAZ-6322 * BM-30 Smerch * Isuzu Type 97 * FSC Lublin 51 (1951) * Ford G8T (1942) * SU-12 * Mercedes Benz 250 GD & G class (1978) *

The Antitank-Encyclopedia.
All the means to destroy a Tank.

From early antitank cannons and rifles to missiles, mines and RPGs.

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203 mm field gun (tracked) B4

➾ Tracked Gun produced 1931-41, 1011 manufactured.
One of the most recoignizable ordnance of the Red Army in WW2, the development of the B4 tracked heavy artillery started all the way back to 1927, with a final prototype tested betwen 1931 and 1933 when it was accepted in service. Its 60° elevation and dozens of propellant charges to choose form as well as its unique tracked chassis (unpowered) made it unique and appreciated. Costly, it was used only by the Stavka's strategic reserve. Firts used in the winter war against Finland and afterwards in 1940 it was nicknamed the "Karelia Sculptor", the Germans in turn called it "Stalin's sledgehammer". It was especially valuable to deal with fortfications and in urban combat, levelling the plain field and entire blockhouses. It soldiered on until the battle of Berlin in 1945. No fortified position was strong enough.

Albeit not obviously used to deal with tanks, the sheer explosive power of its massive navy-rated HE shells, like the SU-152 led to rare occasion of direct line of sight fire by some Soviet crews, notably the one used Captain Ivan Vedmedenko (Hero of the Soviet Union) to knock-out a serie of panzers and break a counter-offensive. A few were also captured by the Germans, but also Romanian and Bulgarians. Polish forces used it from 1945. In WW2 there were two attempts at self propellers, the Su-14 and S-51. Both failed as the recoil destroyed the chassis and wounded crewmen. The B-4 howitzer remained active amazingly until 1990 with the last unit still having 150 kgs tactical nuclear shells in inventory, towed by the AT-T artillery tractor.