List of Armoured Cars in Service with the Armed Forces of the Principality

The **List of Armoured Cars in Service with the Armed Forces of the Principality** provides a (hopefully) comprehensive list of armoured cars, which were in service with the Armed Forces of the Principality since 1910.

Generally, the Armed Forces of the Principality differ between three major kinds of armoured cars, excepting Armoured Utility Vehicles:

* Kavalleriewägen (KavWa for short), Cavalry Cars: The Main Purpose of Kavalleriewägen is to provide reconnaissance, raiding, screening and patrolling, like light cavalry of the olden days.
* Dragonerwägen (DraWa for short), Dragoon Cars: Dragonerwägen transport, and to some extent support, mounted infantry. Another mission of Dragonerwägen was to drag the guns of the mounted artillery, as well as their personell, to the place of deployment. This last role, however, vanished more and more with the development of SPGs. They are basically armoured personell carriers or infantry fighting vehicles, depending on the main armament.
* Plänklerwägen (PläWa for short), Skirmisher Cars: Aware of the increasing size and armour thickness of armoured vehicles, the Armed Forces of the Principality began to invest more and more into anti-tank guns on one hand and into the development of a vehicle carrying said anti-tank guns as main armament. In addition to the role of destroying enemy tanks, the Plänklerwägen also had the job of harassing the enemy, acting as flank guards, vanguards and rear guards, although their effective staying power when under assault by heavier vehicles is questionable.

The 'split' into these categories happened gradually in the 1920s and 1930s, a slow process. The first vehicle not designed as a Gepanzerter Wagen (literally armoured car, the term for such vehicles before the 'split' and today a generalized term for all three categories) was the KavWa-1 of 1922.

Armoured cars were initially directly derived from cars and trucks, which had armour and weaponry welded to them. These trucks were usually heavier vehicles, typically 2.5- and 5-ton class trucks. This modification of existing vehicles turned, over the course of the 1920s into building up on the chassis of these vehicles to designing entirely new vehicles.

Since 2015, the Zampano Vehicle Family is in service.

See also:

* Equipment of the Princess' Army in 1940.

## Kavalleriewägen

* KavWa-1, 1922-1926.
* KavWa-2, 1923-1924, prototypes only.
* KavWa-3, 1924-1930, development of KavWa-2.
* KavWa-4, 1928-1936.
* KavWa-5, 1934-194?.
* KavWa-6, 1938-194?.
* KavWa-7, 1940-194?.
* KavWa-8, 1945-1959.
* KavWa-9, 1955-1975.
* KavWa-10, 1970-1990.
* KavWa-11, 1984-2009.
* KavWa-12, 2005-today.

## Plänklerwägen

* PläWa-1, 1924-1929.
* PläWa-2, 1926-1933.
* PläWa-3, 1930-1931, prototypes only.
* PläWa-4, 1930-1937.
* PläWa-5, 1934-194?.
* PläWa-6, 1938-194?.
* PläWa-7, 1942-194?.
* PläWa-8, 1947-1960.
* PläWa-9, 1954-1979.
* HMW Plänklerwagen, 1952, prototypes only.
* Plänklerwagen Leicht, 1960, prototypes only.
* PläWa-10, 1974-2000.
* PläWa-11, 1997-today.

### Future

* PläWa Schmauswaberl/Plänklerwägen Schmauswaberl, license produced Llwynog Armoured Car, introduced in 2045.

## Dragonerwägen

* DraWa-1, 1925-1930.
* DraWa-2, 1929-1939.
* DraWa-3, 1935-194?.
* DraWa-4, 1939-1952.
* DraWa-5, 1950-1975.
* DraWa-6, 1960-1980.
* DraWa-7, 1976-2000.
* DraWa-8, 1980-2010.
* DraWa-9, 1994-2018.
* DraWa-10, 2007-today, known in the Pittenmark as the Schneewiesel Infantry Fighting Vehicle.
* DraWa-11, 2010-today.
* DraWa Pflasterhirsch, 2010-today, technically an MRAP.
* DraWa Schani, 2015-today, technically an MRAP.