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Germany's Panzerkampfwagen IV, SdKfz 161, Production:

  Manufacturer Date #
Panzerkampfwagen IV A Krupp-Gruson4 1936 - 19378, October 1937 - March 19384,5 351,2,4,7
Panzerkampfwagen IV B Krupp-Gruson4 April 1938 - September 19384 422,4,5, 451
Panzerkampfwagen IV C Krupp-Gruson4 September 1938 -August 19394 1344,5, 1401
Panzerkampfwagen IV D Krupp-Gruson4,5 October 1939 - May 19414,12 2294,5, 2481
Panzerkampfwagen IV E Krupp-Gruson4,5 September 1940 - March 19414, April 1941-5 2234,5,8, 1505
Panzerkampfwagen IV F1 Krupp3, Krupp-Gruson5, Vomag5, Nibelungenwerke4,5 April 1941 - March 19424 3936, 4375, 4624 (25 converted to Ausf F24), 9751
Panzerkampfwagen IV F2 Krupp3, Krupp-Gruson, Vomag, Nibelungenwerke.4 March 1942 - July 19424 1754 (25 converted from Ausf F14)
Panzerkampfwagen IV G Krupp-Gruson, Vomag, Nibelungenwerke.4 May 1942 - June 19434 1,6874
Panzerkampfwagen IV H Krupp3, Krupp-Grusonwerk5, Vomag5, Nibelungenwerke4,5 April 1943 - July 19444 3,7744,5
Panzerkampfwagen IV J Nibelungenwerke4,8 June 1944 - March 19454 1,7584, 2,3921
Tauchpanzer   July 1940 - ?4 42 converted4
PzBefWg   March 1944 - September 19441,4 97 converted1,4,8
PzBeobWg   July 1944 - March 19454 90 converted1,4,8
Brückenleger IV Krupp, Magirus.4 February 1940 - May 19404 201,4

Production

1936 351  
1937 42, 451  
1938 1401  
1939 45  
1940 2806  
1941 480  
1942 964, 1,7241 Krupp: 400
Nibelungn works at Steyr-Daimler-Puch Ag in St. Valentin: 165
Prague and Vomag: 399
1943 3,0731  
1944 3,366  
1945 343  
1944-1945 3,1611  

Sources:

  1. German Tanks of World War II, Dr. S. Hart & Dr. R. Hart, 1998
  2. Tanks of World War II, Duncan Crow, 1979
  3. Tank Data, Aberdeen Proving Grounds Series, 1968?
  4. Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World War Two, Peter Chamberlain and Hilary Doyle, 1999
  5. Panzers At War, Michael and Gladys Green, 2005
  6. Armour in Profile #8: PanzerKampfwagen IV (F2), Walter Spielberger, 1967
  7. Airfix Magazine Guide #8 German Tanks of World War 2, Terry Gande and Peter Chamberlain, 1975
  8. The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II, Chris Bishop, 1998