List of tracked vehicles of the Wehrmacht
Armored vehicles
Main battle tank
Vehicle no. | designation | Years of construction | Number of pieces built |
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- | Large tractor | 1928-29 | 6 prototypes |
- | Light tractor | 1930 | 4 prototypes |
- | New build vehicle | 1934-35 | 5 prototypes |
Sd.Kfz. 101 | Panzerkampfwagen I | 1934-38, 1942 | 1,659 |
Sd.Kfz. 121 | Panzerkampfwagen II | 1935-43 | 1,942 |
- | Panzerkampfwagen 35 (t) (Czech Škoda LT vz.35) | 1935-37 | 219 (ex Czechoslovakian, taken over by the Wehrmacht) |
- | Panzerkampfwagen 38 (t) (Czech. ČKD-Praga TNH) | 1938-42 | 1.406 |
Sd.Kfz. 141 | Panzerkampfwagen III | 1936-43 | 5,744 |
Sd.Kfz. 161 | Panzerkampfwagen IV | 1936-45 | 8,553 |
Sd.Kfz. 171 | Panzerkampfwagen V Panther | 1942-45 | 5,987 |
- | Panzerkampfwagen V Panther II | 1943 | 1 prototype |
Sd.Kfz. 181 | Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger | 1942-44 | 1,347 |
Sd.Kfz. 182 | Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger II "King Tiger " | 1944-45 | 492 |
- | Panzerkampfwagen VII lion | - | (Project) |
- | Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus | 1943-44 | 2 prototypes |
- | Panzerkampfwagen E-50 | - | (Project) |
- | Panzerkampfwagen E-75 | - | (Project) |
- | Panzerkampfwagen IX | - | (Propaganda project) |
- | Panzerkampfwagen E-100 | 1945? | 1 prototype (tub only) |
Assault guns
Vehicle no. | designation | Years of construction | Number of pieces built | Base vehicle |
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Sd.Kfz. 142 | Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III Ausf. A to E) | 1940-42 | 845 | Panzerkampfwagen III |
Sd.Kfz. 142/1 | Sturmgeschütz 40 (StuG III Ausf. F and G) | 1942-45 | approx. 9,040 + 173 (conversion PzKpfW III) |
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Sd.Kfz. 142/2 | Sturmhaubitze 42 (StuG III with 10.5 cm howitzer) | 1942-45 | 1,299 + 12 conversions | |
- | Assault Infantry Gun 33B | 1941 | 24 conversions | |
Sd.Kfz. 163 | Assault Gun IV | 1943-45 | 1,141 | Panzerkampfwagen IV |
Sd.Kfz. 166 | Assault Tank IV | 1943-45 | 306, of which ~ 60 conversions | |
- | Sturmpanzer VI "Sturmtiger" | 1944 | 18 conversions | Panzerkampfwagen VI |
- | Assault gun M42 (i) (Italian Semovente 75/18 or 75/34) | Carro Armato M13 / 40 and M14 / 41 | ||
- | Assault gun M43 (i) (Italian Semovente 105/25) | Carro Armato M15 / 42 |
Tank destroyers
Vehicle no. | designation | Years of construction | Number of pieces built | Base vehicle |
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Sd.Kfz. 138/2 | Jagdpanzer 38 | 1944-45 | 2,827 | Panzerkampfwagen 38 (t) |
- | Jagdpanzer 38 (d) | ? | Prototypes | Jagdpanzer 38 (t) with a Tatra diesel engine |
Sd.Kfz. 162, Sd.Kfz. 162/1 | Jagdpanzer IV | 1944-45 | 1,976 | Panzerkampfwagen IV |
Sd.Kfz. 173 | Jagdpanzer V "Jagdpanther" | 1944-45 | 413 | Panzerkampfwagen V Panther |
Sd.Kfz. 184 | Panzerjäger Tiger (P) "Ferdinand / Elefant" | 1943 | 91 | Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger (P) |
Sd.Kfz. 186 | Jagdpanzer VI "Jagdtiger" | 1944-45 | 88 | Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger II |
- | Jagdpanzer E-10 | - | (Project) | |
- | Tank destroyer E-25 | - | (Project) |
Tank destroyer
Vehicle no. | designation | Years of construction | Number of pieces built | Base vehicle |
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- | 4.7-cm-Pak 36 (t) on Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf. B - Panzerjäger I | 1940-41 | 202 rebuilt | Panzerkampfwagen I |
- | 4.7 cm Pak 36 (t) on Panzerkampfwagen 35R (f) | 1941 | 174 rebuilt | Renault R-35 |
Sd.Kfz. 135 | 7.5 cm Pak 40/1 on the Lorraine-Schlepper gun car (f) - Marder I | 1942 | 170 rebuilt | Lorraine 37L |
- | 7.5 cm Pak 40/1 on gun carriage 38H (f) - Marder I | 1942-43 | 60 rebuilt | Hotchkiss H-39 |
- | 7.5 cm Pak 40/1 on gun car FCM 36 (f) - Marder I | 1943 | 36 rebuilt | FCM 36 |
Sd.Kfz. 131, Sd.Kfz. 132 | Tank destroyer Marder II | 576 + 332 conversions | Panzerkampfwagen II | |
Sd.Kfz. 139 | Panzerjäger 38 (t) for 7.62 cm Pak 36 (r) - Marder III | 1942 | 344 | Panzerkampfwagen 38 (t) |
Sd.Kfz. 138 | Panzerjäger 38 (t) for 7.5 cm Pak 40 Ausf. H - Marder III | 1942-43 | 275 + 175 conversion | |
Panzerjäger 38 (t) for 7.5 cm Pak 40/3 Ausf. M - Marder III | 1943-44 | 942 | ||
- | Light unit weapon carrier for 8.8 cm PaK 43 - Ardelt | 1945 | approx. 7–10 prototypes | |
Sd.Kfz. 164 | Panzerjäger hornet / rhinoceros 8.8 cm Pak 43/41 on GW III / IV | 1943-45 | 494 | Panzerkampfwagen III and IV |
- | 12.8cm self-propelled gun L / 61 "Sturer Emil" | 2 prototypes | Trial chassis VK 3001 (H) |
Tank artillery
Surname | Total number of pieces |
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Sturmpanzer I - sIG 33 on Pz Ib chassis | 120 conversions |
Sturmpanzer II - sIG 33 on Pz II chassis | 12 conversions |
Sturmpanzer 38 (t) "Grille" - Sd.Kfz. 138/1 - sIG 33 on Pz 38 (t) chassis | 389 + 106 mun. |
Self-propelled howitzer Wespe 10.5 cm le.FH18 on Pz II chassis - Sd.Kfz. 124 | 676 + 159 mun. |
Self-propelled howitzer Hummel 15 cm sFH18 / 1 on GW III / IV - Sd.Kfz. 165 | 705 + 157 Mun. |
10.5 cm self-propelled gun IV A "Dicker Max" 10.5 cm K.18 L / 52 on Panzer IV | 2 prototypes |
Self-propelled howitzer Locust 10 | 3 prototypes |
Heavy mortar "Karl" , different sister guns with different names | 7th |
Anti-tank flak
Surname | Total number of pieces |
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Flak tank I. | 24 |
Flakpanzer 38 (t) "Gepard" - Sd.Kfz. 140 | 141 |
Flakpanzer IV "Möbelwagen" (Sd.Kfz. 161/3), "Wirbelwind" (Sd.Kfz. 161/4), "Ostwind" and "Kugelblitz" | 394 |
Flak tank Coelian (project) | - |
Reconnaissance tanks
Surname | Total number of pieces |
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Panzerspähwagen II "Luchs" - Sd.Kfz. 123 | 131 |
Reconnaissance tank 38 (t) - Sd.Kfz. 140/1 | 70 |
VK 601 | 46 |
VK 1801 | 30th |
VK 901 | 13 |
VK 1601 | 30th |
Leopard based on the VK 1601 in heavy and light versions | k. A. |
Armored personnel carriers
Vehicle no. | designation | Years of construction | Number of pieces built | Base vehicle |
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Sd.Kfz. 250 | light armored personnel carrier | 1941-1945 | approx. 7500 | light towing vehicle 1 t |
Sd.Kfz. 251 | medium armored personnel carrier | 1938-1945 | 15,252 | light towing vehicle 3 t |
Personnel carrier kitten | 1944 | 2 unfinished prototypes | Panzerkampfwagen 38 (t) |
Special designs
Command tank
Surname | Total number of pieces |
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Small tank command vehicle - Sd.Kfz. 265 | 200 |
Panzerbefehlwagen 35 (t) | |
Tank command vehicle 38 (t) | |
Panzer Command Car III |
Observation tank
Surname | Total number of pieces |
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RK 7 observation tank - Sd.Kfz. 254 | |
Observation tank III | |
Observation tank IV | |
Observation tank Panther - Sd.Kfz. 267 |
Flame armor
Surname | Total number of pieces |
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Panzerkampfwagen II "Flamingo" - Sd.Kfz. 122 | 65 |
Flammpanzer III "Flamm" - Sd.Kfz. 141/3 | 100 |
Flammpanzer 38 (t) "Flammpanzer Hetzer" | 20th |
Ammunition tanks
Surname | Total number of pieces |
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Ammunition tank I | 51 |
Ammunition tank II | |
Ammunition tank III | |
Ammunition tank IV | |
Ammunition tractor on chassis PzKpfw 38 (t) | |
Munitionspanzer 38 (t) Ausf. K | |
Ammunition tank on an Sturmgeschütz 40 Ausf G chassis | |
Ammunition tractor PzKpfw IV for device 040/041 Karl-Mörser | |
Ammunition carrier Hummel on GW III / IV | 157 |
Armored recovery vehicles
Surname | Total number of pieces |
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Armored recovery vehicle I. | |
Armored recovery lynx | |
Bergepanzer 38 (t) "Hetzer" | |
Bergepanzer III | 271 |
Bergepanzer IV | |
Bergepanther - Sd.Kfz. 179 | 300 |
Mountain tiger | 13 |
Bridge-laying armor
Surname | Total number of pieces |
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Bridge layer on PzKpfw I Ausf. A | |
Bridge layer on PzKpfw I Ausf B | |
Bridge layer on PzKpfw II Ausf b | |
PzKpfw IV bridge layer | approx. 20 |
Mine clearance tanks
Surname | Total number of pieces |
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Mine clearing vehicle BI | |
Mine clearing car B II | |
Floating mine clearance duck | |
Mine clearing armor clearer | 1 |
Radio armored vehicles and load carriers
Surname | Total number of pieces |
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Goliath - Light Load Carrier (Sd.Kfz. 302 / 303a / 303b) | 7579 |
Funkenkpanzer Springer / Device 680 (NSU) - Medium load carrier (Sd.Kfz. 304) | 45 |
Funkenkpanzer B IV - heavy load carrier (Sd.Kfz. 301) | 1178 |
Land cruiser
Surname | Total number of pieces |
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Panzerkampfwagen P-1000 (draft) | |
Panzerkampfwagen P-1500 (draft) |
Unarmored vehicles
Half-tracks
Vehicle no. | designation | Years of construction | Number of pieces built |
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Sd.Kfz. 2 | Small chain motorcycle | 1941-44 | 8,345 (other source: 10,500) |
Sd.Kfz. 10 | Light towing vehicle 1 t | 1937-45 | approx.17,500 |
Sd.Kfz. 11 | Light towing vehicle 3 t | 1937-45 | approx. 9,000 |
Sd.Kfz. 6th | Medium towing vehicle 5 t | 1935-43 | approx. 3,000 |
Sd.Kfz. 7th | Medium towing vehicle 8 t | 1934-45 | approx. 12,000 |
Sd.Kfz. 8th | Heavy towing vehicle 12 t | 1934-44 | approx. 4,000 |
Sd.Kfz. 9 | Heavy towing vehicle 18 t | 1938-44 | approx. 2,500 (other source: 2,191) |
Sd.Kfz. 3 | "Maultier" truck, 2 t | 1942-44 | approx. 19,700 |
Sd.Kfz. 4th | "Maultier" truck, 4.5 t | 1943-44 | 1,480 |
- | Heavy Wehrmacht tractor | 1943-45 | approx. 1,000 |
Tracked vehicles
Vehicle no. | designation | Years of construction | Number of pieces built |
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- | Crawler tractor east | 1942-45 | approx.25,830 (other source: 28,151) |
Amphibious vehicles
Vehicle no. | designation | Years of construction | Number of pieces built |
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- | Land-water tug, type Rheinstahl | 1939-40 | 21st |
- | Land-water tug, type Magirus | ? | 2 |
literature
- Werner Oswald : Motor vehicles and tanks of the Reichswehr, Wehrmacht and Bundeswehr , Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart, ISBN 3-87943-850-1 .
- Wolfgang Fleischer: German tanks 1935-1945 , Podzun-Pallas Verlag, ISBN 3-79090-555-0 .
- Christopher F. Foss : The tanks of the Second World War , the reference work, Podzun-Pallas Verlag, ISBN 3-79090-345-0 .
- Roger Ford: Panzer - From 1916 to today , Karl Müller Verlag, ISBN 3-86070-676-4 .
- CF Foss, JF Milsom, JS Weeks, G. Tillotson, RM Ogorkiewicz : Tanks and other combat vehicles from 1916 to today , Buch und Zeit Verlagsges. Cologne, special edition.
- Eric Grove: World War II - Panzer , Verlag Wehr & Wissen, Bonn 1976, ISBN 3-80330-250-1 .
- FM by Senger and Etterlin : The German tanks 1926–45 , Bernard & Graefe Verlag, ISBN 3-76375-988-3 .
- Walther K. Nehring : The history of the German tank weapon 1916-1945 , Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart, ISBN 3-87943-320-8 .
- Reinhard Frank: Wehrmacht trucks , Dörfler, ISBN 3-89555-859-1 .