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Germany's Miscellaneous Data
| 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 |
| Number of tanks per Panzer Division (rarely did divisions have full complement) |
|
|---|---|
| 1939 | 218-229 |
| 1940 | 150-200 |
| 1941 | |
| 1942 | 170 |
| 1943 | 136-176 |
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PzKpfw |
Command |
Total* |
Total Combat Ready | Total in Panzer Divisions | Total Strumgeschütz |
PzKpfw |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | II | II Flamm | III | III 37 mm | III 50 mm short | IV | 35(t) | 38(t) | ||||||
| Available Sept. 1939 | 1,445 | 1,226, 1,223 | 984 | 2114 | 215 | 3,195, 3,2633 | 2,6903 | 3,1523 | 202 | 59, 78 | ||||
| Losses in Poland | 89 | 83 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 217 | 7 | 7 | ||||||
| Losses in Norway | 8 | 2 | 1** | - | 11 | - | - | |||||||
| Available at front May 1940 | 5001, 5232 | 950, 9551,2 | 3294, 3491,2, 4293 | 2781,2, 280, 2963 | 39, 1352 | 2,5742, 3,379, 3,5053 | 2,5803 | 1061,2 | 2281,2, 229 | |||||
| Losses in France | 182 | 240 | 125 | 97 | 69 | 713 | 62 | 54 | ||||||
| Losses in Yugoslavia | 7 | 10 | 21 | 8 | - | 46 | - | 7 | ||||||
| Total Inventory June 1941 | 8773 | 1,060, 1,0723 | 853 | 1,4403 | 5173, 580 | 3303 | 3,350, 5,2623 | 4,1983 | 3773 | 1873, 190 | 750 | |||
| Available June 1941 against Soviet Union | 1623 | 7743 | 843 | 2863 | 6483 | 4263 | 1983 | 1553 | 6253 | |||||
| In Panzer Divisions | 1333 | 7063 | 03 | 2763 | 6483 | 4233 | 1863 | 1553 | 6253 | |||||
| Losses - June 1941 - September 1941 | 3583 | 2593 | 3543 | 2153 | 473 | 1,7343 | 413 | 4603 | ||||||
| Losses - June 1941 - December 1942 | 4503 | 4923 | 8203 | 3963 | 1163 | 3,2523 | 1553 | 8233 | ||||||
| * Not counting Czech tanks ** Was actually a Neubau-PzKpfw IV. Only 5 were built and they were sent to Norway. "Losses" are total write-offs and can't be repaired in the field workshops. | ||||||||||||||
| German Production By Manufacturer in 1943 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mk III | Mk IV | Mk V | Mk VI | |
| Niedersachsen | 700 | |||
| Henschel | 100 | 200 | 650 | |
| MAN | 500 | |||
| Daimler-Benz | 300 | |||
| MIAG | 225 | |||
| Krupp Gruson | 200 | |||
| Nibelungewerk | 900 | |||
| Unknown Manufacturer | 75 | 1600 | 300 | |
| Total | 400 | 2,700 | 2,000 | 650 |
Sources:
- Tanks of World War II, Duncan Crow, 1979
- Panzer Aces, Franz Kurowski, 1992
- Panzer Divisions: The Eastern Front 1941-43, Peir Paolo Battistelli, 2008
- Airfix Magazine Guide #8 German Tanks of World War 2, Terry Gande and Peter Chamberlain, 1975
