List of named tanks

Throughout the history of armored warfare, tankers have been known to give nicknames to their tanks. ^[1] This is a list of named tanks.

Canada

Churchill Oke

• Bull ^[2]
• Beetle ^[2]

M4A2 Sherman

• Bomb
• Caribou ^[3]
• Holy Roller

M4(105)

• Cougar

People's Republic of China

Type 97 ShinHōtō Chi-Ha medium tank

• Gongchen tank

Finland

Renault FT

• Koiras ^[4]
• Naaras

T-50 tank

• Niki ^[5]

KV-1

• Klimi ^{[6] [7] [8]}

France

Char B1

• Rhin (Formerly Flandres)
• Rhône

Char B1 Bis

• Eure

Char 2C

• Poitou
• Provence
• Picardie
• Alsace
• Bretagne
• Touraine
• Anjou
• Normandie (Later renamed Lorraine)
• Berry
• Champagne

German Empire

Mephisto on display in Australia

A7V

• Mephisto
• Gretchen ^[9]
• Faust
• Schnuck
• Baden I
• Cyklop (later renamed Imperator)
• Siegfried
• Alter Fritz
• Lotti
• Hagen
• Nixe
• Nixe II
• Heiland
• Elfriede
• Bulle (later renamed Adalbert)
• Herkules
• Wotan
• Prinz Oskar

Nazi Germany

Tiger I

• Tiger 131 ^[10]

Greece

L3/33

• Avenger of Ellie ^{[11] [12]}

Russia

T-80BV

• Alyosha

T-72B3 obr.2022

• Tsar

Soviet Union

T-34

• Fighting Girlfriend

Spain

Renault FT

• INFANTERIA Nº10 ^[13]

United Kingdom

A British Matilda Mk II named "Glenorchy" of Major K.P. Harris, MC, commander of 'D' Squadron, 7th Royal Tank Regiment during Operation Compass displaying an Italian flag captured at Tobruk, 24 January 1941

Mark IV tank

• Black Bess
• Britannia ^[14]
• Fray Bentos ^[15]

Matilda II

• Glenorchy

Sexton MK.II

• Culloden
• Exterminator
• Vindictive

United States of America

T26E3 nicknamed Fireball, knocked out by a Tiger I in an ambush.

M4 Sherman

• Cobra King

M4A1(76)W

• IN THE MOOD

M26 Pershing

• Eagle 7
• Fireball

M48 Patton

• The Grim Reaper

References

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13. Montes, Gareth Lynn (19 January 2022). "Renault FT in the Service of the Kingdom of Spain". Tank Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
14. "The Britannia, the British Tank which saw service in Flanders and took part in the Liberty Loan parade on Fifth Avenue, cruising a limousine in the streets of Toronto, Canada. During the recent victory loan parade". New York Times . 2 December 1917. p. 10. ISSN   1553-8095. OCLC   1645522. Archived from the original on 15 July 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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