User:The Bushranger/Glide

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.

Soviet Union

 * Antonov A-7 (RF-8), 8 troops, 400 (approx) produced
 * Antonov A-40, flying tank, prototype
 * BDP (S-1) glider, 20 troops, 7 built.
 * Gribovski G-11, 11 troops, about 100 built
 * KT-20 glider, 24 troops, 1 or possibly 2 built.
 * SAM-23 glider, 16 troops or a vehicle.
 * TS-25 glider, 25 troops or a vehicle. 6 built.

Sweden

 * AB Flygindustri FI-3, 11 troops, 5 built.

Turkey

 * THK-1 glider, 11 troops, prototype.

United Kingdom

 * Airspeed Horsa, 25 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) 7 tonne 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
 * 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.
 * Pratt-Read LBE
 * Piper LBP
 * Piper LNP
 * Taylorcraft LBT
 * Taylorcraft LNT
 * Pratt-Read TG-32
 * Schweitzer LNS