Identification of Foreign Armored Vehicles FM 30-42

This manual, containing illustrations with explanatory data relative to foreign armored vehicles, German, Japanese, Russian, Italian, and French, served as a guide in the identification of these vehicles. The material was secured from many sources and it was the best available at the time but was incomplete and, in many respects, inaccurate. As such it provides a remarkable glimpse of how woefully inadequate American military intelligence was just prior to the country's entry into the war.

First published on 20 June 1941 by the War Dept., Washington, D.C., as a soft cover book measuring 4.375 × 7.375 inches.

• General

• Armored Vehicles of the German Army

  • Scout Car

    • Horch Leichter Panzerspahwagen I

    • Leichter Panzerspahwagen M-I

    • Horch Leichter Panzerspahwagen II

    • Schwerer Panzerspahwagen 36

    • 8 rad Panzerspahwagen

    • Armored Car (New Model)

  • Light Tank

    • K I-Krupp

    • Pz Kw I

    • Pz Kw II

    • TK, TKF, or TKS (ex-Polish)

    • TN HP (ex-Czech)

    • 7 TP (ex-Polish)

    • LT 35 S2a (ex-Czech)

    • TNHS 38

    • Light Commanders Tank

  • Light Amphibian

    • F 4 HE (ex-Czech)

  • Medium Tank

    • Pz Kw III

    • Pz Kw IV

    • CZD-V8-H (ex-Czech)

    • French Somua S 1935

    • French Somua S AU 40

  • Heavy Tank

    • Pz Kw V/VI

  • Sturmgeschutz

  • 47-mm Anti-tank Gun on Self-propelled Mount

  • Personnel Carrier

• Armored Vehicles of the Japanese Army

  • Tankette

    • Ishikawajima, M 2592 (1932)

    • M2595 (1935)

    • Ishikawajima, M 2598 (1938)

  • Light Tank

    • M 2592 (1932)

    • M 2593 (1933)

    • M 2595 (1935)

    • M 2599 (1939)

    • Copy of Vickers-Armstrong 6-ton Alternative A (1936)

  • Medium Tank

    • M 2589 (1929)

    • M 2590 (1930) (or 92-1932)

    • M 2594 (1934)

    • 97 (1937)

    • Aichi, 2599 (1939)

  • Heavy Tank

    • Aichi, 2596 (1936)

    • M 2597 (1937)

• Armored Vehicles of the Russian Army

  • Armored Car

    • BA Bronnieford No. 7 4-wheeled

    • BA 27 4-wheeled

    • Bronnieford, 3-axled, 6-wheeled

    • BA Ford Amphibian 6-wheeled

  • Light Tank

    • T-27

    • T-37, Vickers, Carden-Lloyd

    • T-26A and T-26B Vickers MA/30 and MA/31

    • BT (Christie) M/31 (BT-M/A; BT-M/B; BT-M/C; BT-M/D)

  • Medium Tank

    • T-28 (M-I) Vickers-Armstrong/29

  • Heavy Tank

    • T-32 and T-35 (M-II) Vickers

• Armored Vehicles of the Italian Army

  • Scout Car

    • Fiat-Carden-Lloyd

  • Armored Car

    • Fiat M 1934

  • Light Tank

    • Fiat-Ansaldo CV 3/33-35

    • Fiat-Ansaldo 3000B (Old Model)

    • Fiat-Ansaldo 3000B (Late Model)

    • M 1940

    • M-6

    • Carro d'Assalto (M11/39)

  • Medium Tank

    • Ansaldo

    • M-13/40

    • Carro de Rottura

    • Fiat 36

• Armored Vehicles of the French Army

  • Armored Car

    • AMD Panchard-TOE 4-wheeled

    • AMD Panchard 1935 4-wheeled

    • AM Laffley-TOE 6-wheeled

  • Light Tank

    • Renault 1935, AMR

    • F. T.

    • Renault R 1935

    • AMC Renault, 1935

    • H 1935

    • H 1939

    • F C M 1936

  • Medium Tank

    • Light Medium A M X

    • Somua S 1935

    • D-2

    • Somua S AU 40

  • Heavy Tank

    • Char B I

    • B-Bis

  • Infantry Tractor

    • Renault Chenillette

  • Commanders Car

    • Renault

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• 180 pages

• 111 photos

• 101 drawings