Allied Tank Production
Year Britain

United States

Tanks
Assault Guns
Imports
Total
Total Tanks
Light Tanks Medium Tanks Heavy Tanks Light Medium Heavy Total
1934   3,565                      
1935   3,055                      
1936   4,803                      
1937   1,559                      
1938   2,271                      
1939 9691,3 2,982       2,9501              
1940 1,3991,3 2,794       2,7941,4       325 6   3311,4
1941 4,8411,3 6,590   7,4002 7,4002 6,5904,
6,2741 		1,9071,2 3,0141,2 1,3531,2 2,591 1,461   4,0521,4
1942 8,190,
8,6111,3 		24,446, 24,660,
14,5002 		59,
502, 511 		4,5002 19,0502 24,4464,
24,6391 		9,5531,2 12,5531,2 2,5331,2 10,947 14,049 1 24,9971,4
1943 7,4761,3 19,994,
20,3502 , 24,089 		4,0471, 4,194,
2,5002 		3,6502 26,5002 19,9591,
24,0894 		3,4631,2 15,8121,2 6841,2 8,212 21,250 35 29,4971,4
1944 4,057,
4,6001,3 		16,923, 11,9581, 12,016     17,0251,
28,9634,
16,975,
29,0293 		  14,7232, 14,7731 2,2521,2 4,043 13,468 54 17,5651,4
1945 1,392**3 8,730 6,2671, 6,689     8,9301,
15,4194,
4,384		   18,5302, 7,4301 1,5001,2 2,801 6,793 2,374 11,9681,4
** January - June
Axis Tank Production
Year
German
Italy Japan
Total Tanks
and Self
Propelled
Vehicles 		Total Light Medium Heavy Tanks SP Total
1934   500              
1935   700              
1936   600              
1937   750              
1938   1,560*              
1939 2471,4 1,680             345
1940 1,6431,4 1,459       235     3151, 735
1941 3,7901,4 3,256 9312 2,3252   853 60   5951, 1,190
1942 6,1801,4 4,098, 4,278 5012 3,5192 782 475 195   5571, 1,290
1943 12,0631,4 6,083, 5,966 1642 5,2722 6472 147 271   5581, 780
1944 19,0021,4 8,466, 9,161 1312 7,7302 1,0022       3531, 295
1945 3,9321,4 988, 1,098   8232 1122       1371, 130
* Includes Czech output

Tank Losses

Year Britain German Italy

Japan

Soviet
Union

United
States

1939            
1940            
1941   2,758     20,500  
1942   2,648     15,000  
1943   6,362     22,400  
1944   6,434     16,900  
1945   7,382     8,700  

Sources:

  1. Russian Tanks of World War II Stalin's Armored Might, by Tim Bean & Will Fowler, 2002
  2. Russian Tanks and Armored Vehicles 1917-1945, by Wolfgang Fleischer, 1999
  3. World War Two Tanks, George Forty, 1995
  4. No Simple Victory - World War II In Europe, 1939-1945, 2006, Norman Davies