This article lists production figures for German armored fighting vehicles during the World War II era. Vehicles include tanks, self-propelled artillery, assault guns and tank destroyers.
Where figures for production in 1939 are given, they refer to September 1939 onwards; that is, they only count wartime production.
Total production
During WWII, Germany also produced: 3,024 reconnaissance vehicles 2,450 other armoured vehicles 21,880 armoured personnel carriers 36,703 semi-tracked tractors 87,329 semi-tracked trucks 347,490 military trucks and lorries 226,337 military cars 97,470 military motorcycles 245,389 train waggons
Notes: Figures include tank production and chassis production used for other variants (for example, Panzer III figures include StuG III assault gun production, etc.). Panzer III figures for 1942 and 1943 excludes 700 Panzer III Ausf N models converted from older variants. Germany also produced 44,259 armored half-tracks and 3,607 armored cars during the war.
Panzer I
Panzer I Pre-war: 1,893 hulls had been produced. 1,867 were fitted with turrets, and the rest used as command vehicles. These lightly armed and armoured tanks were intended as training vehicles but were used in combat as the war came sooner than the military had anticipated.
Panzer II
Panzer II Pre-war: 1,223.
Variants: Panzer II (f) - flamethrower tank (converted from older types) Marder II - 75 mm PaK 40 L/46 or captured Soviet 76.2 mm gun on Panzer II chassis (Sd.Kfz. 131/132) (some converted from older types) Wespe - 105 mm light field howitzer on Panzer II chassis (Sd.Kfz. 124) Sturmpanzer II - 150 mm heavy infantry gun on Panzer II chassis
Panzer 38(t)
The Panzer 38(t) was a pre-war Czech tank design, following the Occupation of Czechoslovakia, the Czechoslovakian industry became an extesnion of Germany's. Pre-war: 78.
Variants: Marder III (7.5 cm PaK 40/3 auf Panzerkampfwagen 38(t), Sd.Kfz. 138)) - mobile anti-tank guns formed by mounting 75 mm PaK 40 L/46 gun on Panzer 38(t) chassis Marder III (Panzerjäger 38(t) für 7.62cm PaK36(r), Sd.Kfz.139) - reworked Soviet 76.2 mm guns on Panzer 38(t) chassis Grille - 150 mm heavy infantry gun on Panzer 38(t) chassis (figures include munition-carrying versions of the Grille) (Sd.Kfz. 138/1) Jagdpanzer 38 (Sd.Kfz. 138/2), "Hetzer") - 75 mm PaK 39 L/48 gun on a widened Pz 38(t) chassis (Sd.Kfz. 138/2)
Panzer III
Panzer III Pre-war: 98.
* not including 173 converted Panzer III.
Totals do not include any Panzer III N models as these were converted from 3 (J), 447 (L), 213 (M) and 37 other Panzer III variants.
Variants: Panzer III A-F - armed with 37 mm gun Panzer III G-J - armed with 50 mm L/42 gun Panzer III J/1-M - armed with 50 mm L/60 gun Panzer III N - armed with 75 mm L/24 gun (converted older types) Panzer III (f) - armed with flamethrower Sturmgeschütz III ausf A-E (StuG III, Sd.Kfz. 142) - Sturmgeschütz III. Assault gun armed with 75 mm L/24 on Panzer III chassis StuG III ausf F-G - Sturmgeschütz 40. Assault gun armed with 75 mm L/43 or L/48 on Panzer III chassis (Sd.Kfz. 142/1) Sturmhaubitze 42 (StuH 42, Sd. Kfz. 142/2). StuG III with 105 mm light field howitzer
Panzer IV
Panzer IV Pre-war: 211.
Variants: Panzer IV A-F1 - Panzer IV with short 75 mm L/24 gun Panzer IV F2-J - Panzer IV with long 75 mm L/43 or L/48 gun StuG IV (Sd.Kfz. 167) - Assault gun. Modified superstructure of Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. G on Panzer IV chassis; armed with 75 mm L/48 gun Jagdpanzer IV (Sd.Kfz. 162) - Tank destroyer with 75 mm L/48 gun on Panzer IV chassis Jagdpanzer IV/70 (Sd.Kfz. 162/1) - Tank destroyer with 75 mm L/70 gun on Panzer IV chassis Sturmpanzer IV ( (Sd.Kfz. 166, "Brummbär") - with 150 mm field howitzer on Panzer IV chassis Hornisse (Sd. Kfz. 164, 88 mm PaK43/1 auf Geschützwagen III/IV, later known as Nashorn) Hummel (Sd.Kfz. 165) - 150 mm field howitzer on Geschützwagen III/IV chassis Möbelwagen (Flakpanzer IV Sd.Kfz.161/3) - Anti aircraft. Single 37mm FlaK 43 gun on Panzer IV chassis Wirbelwind (Flakpanzer IV) - Anti aircraft. quadruple 20mm FlaK 38 guns in armoured turret on Panzer IV chassis, Ostwind (Flakpanzer IV) - Anti Aircraft. Single 37mm FlaK 43 in armoured turret on Panzer IV chassis, with
The Panzer IV was originally armed with a low-velocity short-barreled (L/24) 75 mm gun. In 1942 this was upgraded to a 75 mm L/43 gun, and in 1943 to a 75 mm L/48 gun. For the purposes of the above table, both these guns are classed as "long" and displayed on the same row (Ausf. F2-J).
Panther (Panzer V)