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- Japan Army Navy
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- Sweden
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- United States
- See also
- References
This is a complete list of Second World War military gliders. Only vehicles that reached at least the prototype stage are included in this list. Australia- DHA-G1 and G2, experimental transport gliders.[1]
Germany- Blohm & Voss BV 40, (1944) fighter prototype.
- Blohm & Voss BV 246, glide bomb. not used operationally
- DFS 230, light transport, 10 troops.
- DFS 331, heavy freight glider prototype, 1 built.
- Gotha Go 242, (1941) transport, 23 troops. 1,528 built.
- Gotha Go 244, Motorised version of Go 242, 43 built and 133 Go 242B converted
- Gotha Ka 430, transport, 12 troops. 12 built.
- Messerschmitt Me 321, (1941) heavy transport 120 troops. 330 built.
- Messerschmitt Me 323 (1942) motorised development of Me 321, 211 built
- Junkers Ju 322, (1941) heavy transport prototype, 140 troops. 2 built.
India- Hindustan Aircraft Limited G-1, prototype glider [1]
Italy- Aeronautica Lombarda AL.12P, 12 troops, 16 built (other source claims 2 prototypes, 6 on order, no delivered).[1]
- C.A.T. TM-2 glider, 20 troops (other source claims 10 troops), 1 built.[1]
JapanArmy- Maeda Ku-1-I Type 2, troop transport, 8 passengers and 2 crew
- Kayaba Ku-2, tailless single seat, prototype [2]
- Kayaba Ku-3, tailless single seat, prototype [2]
- Kokusai Ku-7 Manazuru "Buzzard", heavy transport, 32 passengers
- Kokusai Ku-8-II "Goose", troop transport 18 passengers and 2 crew [3]
- Yokosuka Ku-13, Experimental "Shusui" Light/Heavy Glider
Navy- Yokosuka MXY-5
- Yokosuka MXY-6, testing Motor Glider
- Yokosuka MXY8"Akigusa", unpowered trainer for Mitsubishi J8M
Soviet Union- Antonov A-7 (RF-8), 8 troops, 400 (approx) produced [1]
- Antonov A-40, flying tank, prototype
- BDP (S-1) glider, 20 troops, 7 built.[1]
- Gribovski G-11, 11 troops, about 100 built[4]
- KT-20 glider, 24 troops, 1 or possibly 2 built.[1]
- SAM-23 glider, 16 troops or a vehicle.[1]
- TS-25 glider, 25 troops or a vehicle. 6 built.[1]
Sweden- AB Flygindustri FI-3, 11 troops, 5 built.[1]
Turkey- THK-1 glider, 11 troops, prototype.[1]
United Kingdom- Airspeed Horsa, 28[5] passengers and 2 crew or equivalent weight of cargo including small vehicles. 3,655 built.
- Baynes Bat, (1943) experimental glider for testing design of a tank carrying glider
- General Aircraft Hamilcar, (1942) {{convert|7|tonne|LT|abbr=on}} of cargo and 2 crew. 412 built.
- General Aircraft Hamilcar Mk. X, Motorised version with 2x Bristol Mercury 31 of 965 hp. 22 examples converted
- General Aircraft Hotspur, trainer 8 passengers and 2 crew. more than 1,000 built.
- Slingsby Hengist, 15 passengers and 1 crew. 18 built.
United States- Allied Aviation XLRA
- Cornelius XFG-1, fuel carrier, 2 prototypes
- St Louis CG-5 prototype only
- Waco CG-3
- Waco CG-4A Hadrian, 13 troops and 2 crew. More than 12,000 built., known in US Navy service as "Waco LRW-1"
- Waco CG-13A
- Waco CG-15
- General Airborne Transport XCG-16A
- Bristol XLRQ Amphibious assault glider[6]
- Douglas XCG-17 - prototype based on de-engined C-47 Skytrain.
- Laister-Kauffman XCG-10A "Trojan Horse" - Large Transport Glider. Some confusion as to the differences between the XCG-10 and the XCG-10A. 2 prototypes built and flown.[7]
- Pratt-Read LBE
- Piper LBP
- Piper LNP
- Taylorcraft LBT
- Taylorcraft LNT
- Pratt-Read TG-32
- Schweitzer LNS
See also- List of Gliders
- List of aircraft of World War II
- Glider snatch pick-up technique
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 {{cite book|title=History of the World's Glider Forces|first=Alan|last=Wood|ISBN=978-1852602758|year=1990|publisher=Patrick Stephens Limited}} 2. ^1 Japanese flying wings,Wooldridge, E.T. 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.dutcheastindies.webs.com/japan_paratroop.html |title=The Japanese paratroopers in the Dutch East Indies, 1941-1942 |last=Donaldson |first=Graham |year=2000 |accessdate=2007-04-29 |work=The Netherlands East Indies 1941-1942 |publisher= |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708104829/http://www.dutcheastindies.webs.com/japan_paratroop.html |archivedate=2015-07-08 |df= }} 4. ^{{cite book |title= The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875-1995|last=Gunston|first=Bill|year=1995 |publisher=Osprey (Reed Consumer Books Ltd) |location=London |isbn= 1 85532 405 9|page=82}} 5. ^http://d-dayrevisited.co.uk/d-day/pegasus-bridge.html 6. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=vSYDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA125&dq=popular+science+june+1941&hl=en&ei=cT2TTNqUB9Ofnwfn49ywCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=true Popular Science, May 1943, An Amphibian Glider] 7. ^Daves WarbirdsAero Web
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