List of foreign vehicles used by Nazi Germany in World War II


Many foreign vehicles were used by the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. The German terms Beutepanzer and Beutefahrzeug were a general application for those vehicles. Whilst the majority were captured, vehicles produced by occupied countries are also included.

Designation format

The Wehrmacht re-designated captured vehicles with a structured formula. With some of the elements being optional and depending on the overall vehicle type or intended use, the following elements could be utilized:
SeriesGermanEnglish
200PanzerwagenArmored Cars
300HalbkettenfahrzeugeHalf-tracks
400Gepanzerte HalbkettenfahrzeugeArmored Half-tracks
600Vollketten-ArtilleriezugmaschinenFully-tracked Artillery Tractors
630Gepanzerte ArtilleriezugmaschinenArmored Artillery Tractors
700PanzerTanks
800Waffenträger
Selbstfahrlafetten		Self-propelled Artillery
Self-propelled Guns

Letter codeGermanEnglish
amerikanischAmerican
belgischBelgian
dänischDanish
englischEnglish
französischFrench
griechischGreek
holländischDutch
italienischItalian
jugoslawischYugoslavian
norwegischNorwegian
österreichischAustrian
polnischPolish
russischRussian
schweizerischSwiss
tschechischCzechoslovakian
ungarischHungarian

Captured vehicles

List of some captured equipment used by the German forces on the Russian front and others areas. Certain models were modified in factories or army workshops for infantry support, armed reconnaissance, antitank or antiaircraft units or as self-propelled guns or tank destroyers and many other operative or utility uses.

Captured tanks and tank destroyers