German Tank Losses (5K)

 

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

 

Number of tanks per Panzer Division
(rarely did divisions have full complement)
1939 218-229
1940 150-200
1941  
1942 170
1943 136-176

 

 

PzKpfw

Command
Tanks

Total*

PzKpfw

I II III IV 35(t) 38(t)
Available Sept. 19391,4451,226, 1,223982112153,19520259, 78
Losses in Poland89832619521777
Losses in Norway82 1**-11--
Available at front May 1940 5001, 5232 950, 9551,2 3491,2 2781,2, 280 39, 1352 2,5742, 3,379 1061,2 2281,2, 229
Losses in France18224012597697136254
Losses in Yugoslavia710218-46-7
Available June 1941-1,0601,440580-3,350190750
* 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 
Henschel100 200650
MAN  500 
Daimler-Benz  300 
MIAG225   
Krupp Gruson 200  
Nibelungewerk 900  
Unknown Manufacturer751600300 
Total4002,7002,000650

 

Sources:

  1. Tanks of World War II, Duncan Crow, 1979
  2. Panzer Aces, Franz Kurowski, 1992
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