Landsverk 181

Kingdom of Sweden (1933-1945) Armored Car – 18 Built Lithuania (1933-1940) 6 Purchased Soviet Union (1940-1941) 6 Captured Kingdom of the Netherlands (1934-1940) 12 Purchased German Reich (1940-1945) 12 Captured The Swedish Landsverk series of armored cars from the Interwar period were a successful export venture, with sales predominantly being made to neutral countries. These …

D-8 and D-12

Soviet Union (1931) Armored Car – Around 60 Built During the 1930s, the Soviet Army was rather poorly armed and equipped. The process of introducing new domestic military designs was slow and tedious and was lacking in all regards. Armored cars were in huge demand, and the existing pool of vehicles consisted of obsolete and …

Izhorsk Improvised Armored Vehicles

Soviet Union (1941) Improvised Armored Vehicles – Estimated 100 Built It is hard to stress how dire the situation was for the Red Army  in the summer of 1941. In as little as two months, 10,000 tanks had been lost to the German Army and her allies. Therefore, factories across the Soviet Union began to produce a …

Soviet Navy Armored ADG Lorry

Soviet Union (1941) Improvised Armored Lorry – Estimated 3 Built Desperate Times After the annexation of Estonia, the Red Army occupied the country and absorbed military equipment into the Red Army. After the bloody nose that the USSR was dealt by the Wehrmacht, the Army and Navy were desperate for armor. The Navy’s solution was to …