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Welcome to the Military land vehicles task force. If you have any questions about articles or are generally seeking advice, you're encouraged to ask at the main military history talk page, or you can directly approach one of the task force participants below. The coordinators of the Military history WikiProject can be contacted here. Scope This task force covers all military land vehicles, including tanks, tankettes, tank destroyers, SPGs, APCs, IFVs, military trucks, and military light utility vehicles. It can be considered to be a subgroup of the Military science and technology task force. Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding Land-vehicles-task-force=yes or AFV-task-force=yes (or Land-vehicles=yes or AFV=yes) to the {{WPMILHIST}} project banner at the top of its talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax). This will automatically place it into Category:Military land vehicles task force articles.

Open tasks

Attention needed

...to referencing and citation (1,727) • ...to coverage and accuracy (1,302) • ...to structure (304) • ...to grammar (71) • ...to supporting materials (208)

Popular pages

Full list

Cleanup needed

Shorland armoured car • Type 59G(BD) Durjoy

Requested articles

Diamond T 12-ton 6x4 truck (currently a redirect) • Laffly S20 • Leopard 2A4+ • 2A4MCAN • TR-580 (currently a redirect) • Renault ED • White TBC • Rybinsk tank

Expansion needed

Autocanon de 47 Renault • Category:Military vehicle stubs • Kasirga rocket system

Images needed

Autocanon de 47 Renault • LAV-600

Merging needed

Add an article here!

Citations needed

Beutepanzer • VEC-M1 • BRDM-2 • BPM-97 • Fennek •Type 59G(BD) Durjoy • Panzerjäger

Translation needed

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Tagging needed

Category:Military vehicles

Participants

If you approach anyone from this list for advice or help, please check their contributions first to check if they've edited recently. This list may contain people who have not edited Wikipedia in a long time.

1. A D Monroe III (talk · contribs) (first alphabetically, but not otherwise)
2. Cavalryman V31 (talk · contribs)
3. CIB2008 OEF (talk · contribs)(US Army combat vet, Armor School grad, 16 yrs service, 4 yrs GW-11 MIL technician, own technical library, access to military libraries. Can do research, mainly US Cold War era.)
4. Cmrc23 (talk · contribs)(Big interest in IFVs and modern and cold war tanks)
5. DPdH (talk · contribs)
6. Elfalem (talk · contribs)
7. Eloi Montes (talk · contribs)
8. FockeWulf FW 190 (talk · contribs)
9. Hohum (talk · contribs)
10. Thehistorianisaac (talk · contribs)(kinda intresting task force)
11. Jim Sweeney (talk · contribs) (just tagged Future Rapid Effect System for the Military land vehicles task force, so this is our first article)
12. Kierzek (talk · contribs) Japanese tanks and AFV's and German tanks and AFV's of World War II
13. Legosharkdan (talk · contribs)
14. Schierbecker (talk · contribs), wrote main battle tank
15. Mzajac (talk · contribs)
16. Pennsy22 (talk · contribs)
17. Peter.C (talk · contribs)
18. Randomness74 (talk · contribs)
19. SirGents (talk · contribs) (Tank and vehicular warfare)
20. Stratocaster27 (talk · contribs)
21. Sturmvogel_66 (talk · contribs)
22. Target360YT (talk · contribs)
23. Trekphiler (talk · contribs)
24. Tomandjerry311 (talk · contribs)
25. Tylermack999 (talk · contribs) (Focusing on American tanks and lend-lease variants)
26. ZappaOMati (talk · contribs)
27. UNSC Luke 1021 (talk · contribs) (Can do work on tanks, finding images and such.)
28. Jak474 (talk · contribs) (Can do research into tank battles and campaigns.)
29. Osian 2007 (talk · contribs) (Tanks of WWII (mostly Soviet).)
30. Xer0 onPC (talk · contribs) (Can do research and improve articles of lesser known tanks, especially prototypes)
31. 웬디러비 (talk · contribs) (Maybe can help edits about Korean tanks and the Asian ones)

Article statistics

The table to the right shows the current article assessment statistics for this task force. A list of the top 500 most popular articles within our scope, as well as the number of page views each article received over the past month, can be found here. With most of our articles assessed as Stub- or Start-Class, there's a lot of work to be done. However, we also have a number of good, A-Class, and featured articles, which have been assessed as amongst the best Wikipedia has to offer. These article serve as a yardstick for what can be achieved and should be aimed for, and can provide ideas about how to write an article and what sources to consult; they are listed below: Featured articles AMX-30E AMX-30 Leopard 2E Lince (tank) M113 armoured personnel carriers in Australian service Mk VII Tetrarch light tank Panzer I George S. Patton Project Waler Rheinmetall Rh-120 Tanks in the Spanish Army Tanque Argentino Mediano Verdeja A-Class articles 1st Armoured Brigade (Australia) 2nd Armoured Division (United Kingdom) 4th Armoured Brigade (Australia) Arena (countermeasure) M22 Locust M3 Gun Motor Carriage M8 armored gun system M13 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage M15 half-track Sd.Kfz. 10 T30 Howitzer Motor Carriage T48 Gun Motor Carriage Good articles 1st Armoured Brigade (Australia) 2nd Armoured Division (United Kingdom) 2nd Armoured Brigade (Australia) 4th Armoured Brigade (Australia) Ground Combat Vehicle Heinz Guderian LT vz. 34 Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte Light tank Mk VIII M22 Locust M2 light tank M3 Gun Motor Carriage M5 half-track M8 armored gun system M13 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage M15 half-track M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage M19 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage M21 mortar carrier M32 tank recovery vehicle Marmon–Herrington CTLS Panzer 35(t) Sd.Kfz. 8 Sd.Kfz. 9 Sd.Kfz. 10 Sticky bomb T19 Howitzer Motor Carriage T30 Howitzer Motor Carriage T48 Gun Motor Carriage Tanks in the Australian Army Tiger II Véhicule Blindé Léger

Military land vehicles task force assessment statistics Articles Lists FA 13 FL 0 A 12 AL 1 GA 20     B 144 BL 1 C 678 CL 13 Start 1,240 List 51 Stub 182     Total 2,289 Total 66 Other pages Category 311 Disambig 8 Draft 1 File 40 Portal 0 Project 4 Redirect 62 SIA 0 Template 77 User 0 Total 503 Unassessed 0 Statistics ω 10,799 Ω 4.586 category

Article alerts

Categories for discussion

• 27 Nov 2024 – Category:Vehicle weapons (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 23 Oct 2024 – List of foreign vehicles used by Nazi Germany in World War II (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Beutepanzer by ScribeYearling (t · c); see discussion
• 23 Oct 2024 – Beutepanzer (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to List of foreign vehicles used by Nazi Germany in World War II by ScribeYearling (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 13 May 2024 – Mercedes-Benz G-Class (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by A75 (t · c); see discussion
• 03 Dec 2022 – List of anti-tank guns (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by StupidTankNerd (t · c); see discussion
• 03 Sep 2019 – Tanks in the German Army (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by BrownHairedGirl (t · c); see discussion

Awards and templates

Awards

• The Tank Award. This award is the main award of the task force. To award it, paste the following code on the recipient's talk page:
  {{subst:TankAward|1=Put your reason here}}.
• The Raseiniai Award. The Raseiniai Award should be awarded more sparingly than the Tank Award. To award it, paste the following code on the recipient's talk page: {{subst:TheRaseiniaiMedal|1=Put your reason here}}. It is presented to editors who make a significant contribution to the task force or who do especially well in any of the following situations:

• Improving an article;
• Handling edit warring;
• Handling a personal attack;
• Helping to establish the notability of an MLV-related article if it is challenged; or
• Scouting MLV-related articles proposed for deletion.

• The Char Award. The Char Award is presented to those who have made extraordinary contributions to the task force. Use it only in the most exceptional circumstances. To award it, paste the following code on the recipient's talk page: {{subst:Char award|1=Put your reason here}}.

Templates

This user is a member of the Military land vehicles task force of WikiProject Military history.

• Userbox. If you wish to identify yourself as a participant of this task force, simply copy and paste this userbox to your user page: {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Members/User WPMILHIST Military land vehicles task force}}
• Top icon. Members can add top icons to their userpages to show that they are members of the task force. Paste the following code anywhere on your userpage to display the icon: {{MLV task force topicon}}.

Resources

Guides

Listed in this section are six sets of relevant guidelines for writing or improving articles.

• How to create and manage a good lead section. This page covers how lead sections should be written.
• Notability guide. This page covers the notability of all Wikipedia articles.
• Military history notability guide. This page covers the notability of military history articles in general.
• MLV notability guide. This page covers the notability of topics specifically related to this task force.
• Manual of Style. The MoS is a style guide for all Wikipedia articles.
• Military history style guide. This page covers naming conventions, usage and style, sourcing and citation, templates, and categories.

References

Resource	Type	Link	ISBN	Published	Pros	Cons
R. P. Hunnicutt's A History of American Tank Anthology	Books	None	Varying	1990-1997	Extremely comprehensive, covering development histories and specifications.	Consists of several different books (Abrams, Firepower, Patton, Pershing, Sheridan, Sherman, Stuart)

Weapon Systems

• Pretty, R. T.; Archer, D. H. R., eds. (1969). Jane's Weapon Systems 1969–1970 (1st ed.). London: B. P. C. Publishing. ISBN 0-354-00516-2.
• Pretty, R. T.; Archer, D. H. R., eds. (1971). Jane's Weapon Systems 1971–1972 (3rd ed.). London: Samson Low Marston & Co. ISBN 0710607253.
• Pretty, R. T.; Archer, D. H. R., eds. (1972). Jane's Weapon Systems 1972–1973 (4th ed.). London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. ISBN 0-354-00105-1.
• Pretty, R. T.; Archer, D. H. R., eds. (1973). Jane's Weapon Systems 1973–1974 (5th ed.). London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. ISBN 0-354-00118-3.
• Pretty, R. T.; Archer, D. H. R., eds. (1974). Jane's Weapon Systems 1974–1975 (6th ed.). London: Macdonald & Co. ISBN 0-354-00510-3.
• Pretty, Ronald T., ed. (1977). Jane's Weapon Systems 1978 (9th ed.). London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers. ISBN 0-531-03284-1.
• Pretty, Ronald T., ed. (1979). Jane's Weapon Systems 1979 (10th ed.). London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers. ISBN 0-354-00574-X.

Armour and Artillery

See Weapon Systems for AFV/Artillery prior to 1979.

• Foss, Christopher F, ed. (1979). Jane's Armour and Artillery 1979–80 (1st ed.). London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-354-00588-X.
• Foss, Christopher F, ed. (1981). Jane's Armour and Artillery 1981–82 (2nd ed.). London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0727-X.
• Foss, Christopher F, ed. (1982). Jane's Armour and Artillery 1982–83 (3rd ed.). London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0747-4.
• Foss, Christopher F, ed. (1983). Jane's Armour and Artillery 1983–84 (4th ed.). London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0781-4.
• Foss, Christopher F, ed. (1985). Jane's Armour and Artillery 1985–86 (6th ed.). London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0820-9.
• Foss, Christopher F, ed. (1989). Jane's Armour and Artillery 1989–1990 (10th ed.). Surrey: Janes Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-0885-3.
• Foss, Christopher F, ed. (2011). Jane's Armour and Artillery 2011–2012 (32nd ed.). Surrey: Janes Information Group. ISBN 978-0-71062-960-9.

Military Vehicles and Logistics

• Foss, Christopher F, ed. (1979). Jane's Combat Support Equipment 1978–79 (1st ed.). London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers. ISBN 0-354-00571-5.
• Foss, Christopher F, ed. (1981). Jane's Military Vehicles and Ground Support Equipment 1981 (2nd ed.). London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0706-7.
• Foss, Christopher F, ed. (1982). Jane's Military Vehicles and Ground Support Equipment 1982 (3rd ed.). London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0740-7.
• Foss, Christopher F, ed. (1983). Jane's Military Vehicles and Ground Support Equipment 1983 (4th ed.). London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0766-0.
• Foss, Christopher F, ed. (1984). Jane's Military Vehicles and Ground Support Equipment 1984 (5th ed.). London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0794-6.
• Foss, Christopher F, ed. (1994). Jane's Military Vehicles and Logistics 1994–95 (15th ed.). Surrey: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-1162-5.
• Connors, Shaun C; Foss, Christopher F, eds. (1994). Jane's Military Vehicles and Logistics 2010–2011 (31st ed.). Surrey: IHS Global. ISBN 978-0-7106-2910-4.

Misc

• Foss, Christopher F (1983). Jane's Main Battle Tanks (1st ed.). London: Janes Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0277-4.
• Foss, Christopher F (1986). Jane's Main Battle Tanks (2nd ed.). London: Janes Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0372-X.
• Foss, Christopher F (1985). Jane's Armoured Personnel Carriers. London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0354-1.
• Foss, Christopher F (1976). Jane's World Armoured Fighting Vehicles (1st? ed.). London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-354-01022-0.
• Foss, Christopher F (1987). Jane's Armoured Fighting Vehicle Recognition Handbook (1st ed.). London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0432-7.

Recognition guides

• Foss, Christopher F. (1996). Jane's Tank and Combat Vehicle Recognition Guide. London: HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 0-00-4709950.
• Foss, Christopher F. (2006). Jane's Tank Recognition Guide (4th ed.). London: HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 978-0-00-718326-5.