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Germany's Miscellaneous Data

German Tank Losses (5K)

 

Cost to manufacture vehicle (excludes weapons and radios) in Reichmarks
PzKpfw III 96,200
PzKpfw IV 103,4624, 103,500
PzKpfw V 117,000
PzKpfw VI 250,000, 250,8004
 

PzKpfw

Command
Tanks

Total*

Total Combat Ready Total in Panzer Divisions Total Strumgeschütz

PzKpfw

I II II Flamm III III 37 mm III 50 mm short IV 35(t) 38(t)
Available Sept. 1939 1,4456,7 1,2236,7   984,7 986   2114,6,7 2156 2,6266, 3,195, 3,2633 2,6903 3,1523 56 1966, 2027 59, 786,7
Losses in Poland       197     447   1477       777 77
Losses in Norway 87 27         17   117          
Available at front May 1940 5001, 5232,5, 1,0776,7,8 950, 9551,2,5,1,0926,7,8   3294, 3491,2,5, 3816,7,8, 4293     2781,2, 280, 2906,7,8, 2963 39, 1352, 2446,7,8 2,5742, 3,0847, 3,4658, 3,5053 2,5803   206 1061,2, 1436,7,8 2281,2, 229, 2386,7,8
Losses in France 1827 2407   1357     977 697 7237       627 547
Losses in Yugoslavia 77 10, 127   217     87   487         77
Total Inventory June 1941 8773,7 1,060, 1,0723, 1,0747 853 1,4403 3507 1,0907 5173,7, 580 3303,7 4,2387, 5,2623 4,1983 3773 1707, 1873, 190 7547
Available June 1941 against Soviet Union 1623 7743 843   2863 6483 4263 1983         1553 6253
* Not counting Czech tanks
"Losses" are total write-offs and can't be repaired in the field workshops.

Sources:

  1. Tanks of World War II, Duncan Crow, 1979
  2. Panzer Aces, Franz Kurowski, 1992
  3. Panzer Divisions: The Eastern Front 1941-43, Peir Paolo Battistelli, 2008
  4. Airfix Magazine Guide #8 German Tanks of World War 2, Terry Gande and Peter Chamberlain, 1975
  5. German Tanks and Armoured Vehicles 1914 - 1945, B. T. White, 1966
  6. Blitzkrieg Armor Camouflage & Markings, 1939-1940, Steven J. Zaloga, 1980
  7. Panzer Truppen 1 The Complete Guide to the Creation & Combat Employment of Germany's Tank Force 1933 - 1942, Thomas L. Jentz, 1996
  8. World War II Data Book The Wehrmacht 1935-1945 The Essential Facts and Figures for Hitler's Germany, Michael E. Haskew, 2011