"Estonia" - 1918. "Tasuja" - 1919. "Kalewipoeg" - 1919. "Toonela" - 1919. "Wahur" - 1919. "Pisuhänd" - 1919. "Vanapagan" - 1919. "Vambola" - 1920. "Tasuja" - 1920. "Suur Tõll" - 1920. 2 armored gun tractors: "Sorts" and "Puuk". All these names were the "nick names" for the vehicles. |
Six Mk V Composite heavy tanks were sent from the UK in 1919. They were named "Brown Bear", "Brown Bear II", "Captain Cromie", "Deliverance", "First Aid" and "White Soldier". When the war was over, Estonia kept 4 of them with the names: "Uku", "Vahtula", "Valdaja" and "Päälik". The Estonian names do not relate to the English ones listed above. The vehicles were obviously renamed when transfered. The picture on the right is an Estonian Mark V female dated 1941 in the area of Tallin. Note that the machine guns have been changed to Maxims. |
Two Renault FT-17 tanks were loaned to General Judenitsj's Northwest White army from Finland in October 1919. They were returned to Finland in April 1920. 12 Renault FT-17 were bought from France and delivered in 1920. |
Thirteen M1927/28 armored cars were built in two batches in 1925 and 1927. They were built on a 4x2 Crossley truck chassis. Some were armed with 37mm Hotchkiss gun and other swith 7.7mm machine-guns. 2 were used by Estonian Defence League. |
6 Polish TKS tankettes are bought in 1934 and delivered in 1935. |
(no photo) 1 armored car Landsverk L-180 were bought from Sweden in 1937. Used by the Estonian police in Tallinn. |
(no photo) Orders for two batches of 4 wheel chassis for armored cars came in 1925 and 1927 from the Estonia Defense Force. The superstructure for this was designed and built in Estonia with 7mm armour plate from Sweden. Two versions of the car, which was designated M1927/28, were built, seven with 7.7 mm machine guns and six with 37mm Hotchkiss SA guns. A crew of 4 men was carried. The vehicles weighed 4.8 tons and had a maximum speed of 60kph. |
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Last Update: Thursday, February 13, 2003 |
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