German AFV Production

Vehicleto 193819381939194019411942194319441945Total
Tanks
Neubaufahrzeuge 3







3
Pz Kpfw I 1493







1493
Pz Kpfw I nA




40


40
Pz Kpfw I nA verst




30


30
Pz Kpfw II 332 669 246 9 233 291


1780
Pz Kpfw II nA



3 9


12
Pz Kpfw II nA verst




22


22
Pz Kpfw 35(t)

[244]





[244]
Pz Kpfw 38(t)

153 367 678 198


1396
Pz Kpfw III (3.7cm) 38 33 206 391 (5)




673
Pz Kpfw III (5cm L/42)


467 (53) 1673 (285) 251 (85) (1)

2815
Pz Kpfw III (5cm L/60)



40 1907 22

1969
Pz Kpfw III (7.5cm)




450 213 (29) (8)
700
Pz Kpfw IV (7.5cm L/24) 13 102 141 278 467 124


1125
Pz Kpfw IV (7.5cm L/43 or 48)




870 (25) 3013 3126 385 7419
Pz Kpfw Panther





1768 3749 459 5976
Pz Kpfw Tiger (P)




5


5
Pz Kpfw Tiger I




84 647 623
1354
Pz Kpfw Tiger II






377 112 489
Pz Kptw M13/40 u M14/41(i)





[23]

[23]
Pz Kpfw M15/42(i)





[92]

[92]
Pz Kpfw P40(i)





[5] 100
100 [5]
Totals 1879 804 746 [244] 1512 (58) 3094 (285) 4281 (110) 5663 (30) [120] 7975 (8) 956 29,910 (419) [364]
Command Vehicles
kl Pz Bef Wg 190







190
gr Pz Bef Wg
26 44 34 132 14


250
Pz Bef Wg (5cm L/42)




81 (104)

185
Pz Bef Wg (5cm L/60)




36 14

50
Pz Bef Wg M41 u M42(i)





[16] 41
41 [16]
Totals 190 26 44 34 132 131 14 (104) [16] 41
612 (104) [16]
Vehicleto 193819381939194019411942194319441945Total
Flamethrower Vehicles
Pz Kpfw II(Fl)


44 (43) 39 29


155
Pz Kpfw B2(f) (Flamm)



[8] [52]


[60]
Pz Kpfw III (Flamm)





100

100
StuG III (Flamm)





(10)

10
Jagdpz 38(t) (Flamm)






20
20
Totals


44 (43) 39 [8] 29 [52] 100 (10) 20
232 (53) [60]
Assault Guns
StuG (7.5cm L/24)


184 548 90


822
StuG III (7.5cm L/43 or L/48)




699 3011 3840 (173) 864 8587
StuG IV





31 1006 102 1139
StuG L6 (4.7cm 47/32)





[78]

[78]
StuG M42(i) (7.5cm 75/18 or 75/34)





[159] 135
135 [159]
StuG M43(i) (7.5cm 75/34 or 75/46)






18 22 40
Totals


184 548 789 3042 [237] 4999 (173) 988 10,550 (173) [237]
Assault Artillery
15cm sIG 33B




24


24
StuH 42




10 204 903 95 1212
Stu Pz IV





66 (8) 215 17 306
Stu MrsTiger






(18)
(18)
StuG M43(i) (10.5cm 105/25)





[26] 91
91 [26]
Totals




34 270 (8) [26] 1209 (18) 112 1625 (26) [26]
Tank Destroyers
Pz J”g Ferdinand





90

90
Jagdpanzer 38(t)






1457 1127 2584
Jagdpanzer IV






769
769
Pz IV/70(V)






560 370 930
Pz IV/70(A)






207 71 278
Jagdpanther






226 166 392
Jagdtiger






61 16 77
Totals





90 3400 1873 5363
Vehicleto 193819381939194019411942194319441945Total
Self-propelled Anti-tank Guns
4.7cm PaK(t) auf Pz Kpfw I


(171) (31)



(202)
4.7cm PaK(t) auf Pz Kpfw 35-R(f)



[174]



[174]
5cm PaK38(Sf) auf Pz Sf 1c




2


2
5cm PaK38(Sf) auf Pz Sf 1a




2


2
7.5cmK (L/40.8) auf Pz Sf III


2




2
7.5cm PaK40(Sf) auf Pz Kpfw 38(t)




111 618 (336) 323
1052 (336)
7.5cm PaK40(Sf) auf LrS(f)




[170]


[170]
7.5cm PaK40(Sf) auf FCM(f)





[10]

[10]
7.5cm PaK40(Sf) auf 39-H(f)




[24]


[24]
7.5cm PaK40(Sf) auf m SPW Somua(f)






[16]
[16]
7.5cm PaK40/l(Sf) auf RSO





60

60
7.5cm PaK40/2(Sf) auf Pz Kpfw II




372 204 (75)

576 (75)
7.62cm PaK36(r)(Sf) auf Zgkw 5t



9



9
7.62cm PaK36(r)(Sf) auf Pz Kpfw II




(193) (8)

(201)
7.62cm PaK36(r) (Sf) auf Pz Kpfw 38(t)




344 (39)

344 (39)
8.8cm PaK43/l(Sf) auf Pz Kpfw III/IV





345 133 16 494
10.5cm K 18(Sf) auf Pz Sf IVa




2


2
12.8cm K 40(Sf) auf VK3001(H)




2


2
Totals


2 (171) 9 (31) [174] 835 (193) [194] 1227 (277) [10] 456 [16] 16 2545 (853) [394]
Self-propelled Artillery
10.5cm leFH16(Sf) auf FCM(f)




[12]


[12]
10.5cm leFH18(Sf) auf 39-H(f)




[48]


[48]
10.5cm leFH18(Sf) auf LrS(f)




[12]


[12]
10.5cm leFH18/l(Sf) auf Pz Sf IVb





8

8
10.5cm leFH18/2(Sf) auf Pz Kpfw II





514 162
676
10.5cm leFH18/3(Sf) auf GW B-2(f)




[16]


[16]
15cm sIG33(Sf) auf Pz Kpfw I


(38)




(38)
15cm sIG33(Sf) auf Pz Kpfw II



12



12
15cm sIG33(Sf) auf Pz Kpfw 38(t)




1 215 154 23 393
15cm sIG33(Sf) auf Jagdpz 38(t)







(30) (30)
15cm sFH13/l(Sf) auf LrS(f)




(94)


(94)
15cm sFH18/l(Sf) auf Pz Kpfw III/IV





368 289 57 714
15cm Pz Werfer 42 auf Maultier





248 52 (19)
300 (19)
60cm/54cm Ger”t 040


2 4



6
Totals


2 (38) 16 1 [182] 1353 657 (19) 57 (30) 2109 (87) [182]
Vehicleto 193819381939194019411942194319441945Total
Ammunition Carriers
Mun Schlepper (Pz Kpfw I)

(51)





(51)
Mun fahrzeuge Wespe





104 55
159
Mun fahrzeuge Grille






102
102
Mun tr”ger f¸r Ferdinand (Pz Kpfw III)





(6)

(6)
Mun tr”ger f¸r Karl (Pz Kpfw IV)

1
13 (4)



14 (4)
Mun fahrzeuge Hummel





96 61
157
Mun Schlepper Panther






(2)
(2)
VK302



22 6


38
Sd Kfz 252


54 359



413
Mun Kw f¸r Pz Werfer (Maultier)





232 57
289
Totals

1 (51) 54 394 (4) 6 432 (6) 275 (2)
1162 (63)
Observation Vehicles
Sd Kfz 253


85 200



285
Sd Kfz 254


121 7



128
Pz Art Beob Wg III





(225) (37)
(262)
Pz Art Beob Wg IV






(96)
(96)
Pz Art Beob wg Panther






(10) (31) (41)
Pz Art Beob wg LrS(f)




[39]


[39]
Totals


206 207 [39] (225) (143) (31) 913 (399) [39]
Self-propelled Anti-Aircraft Guns
2cm FlaK 30 or 38 (Sf) auf Zgkw 1t








610
2cm FlaK38 (Sf) auf Pz Kpfw 38(t)





86 (1) 54
141 (1)
2cm Flakvierling 38 (Sf) auf Zgkw 8t








319
2cm Flakvierling 38 (Sf) auf Wirblewind






(87)
87
3.7cm FlaK36(Sf) auf Zgkw 5t








339
3.7cm FlaK36(Sf) auf Zgkw 8t








123
3.7cm FlaK36(Sf) auf FlaKpz IV






205 35 240
3.7cm FlaK43(Sf) auf Ostwind I






(15) 7 (22) 44 (37)
8.8cm FlaK18 (Sf) auf Zgkw 12t or 18t
10 15





25
Totals
10 15


101 (1) + 245 (102) + 42 (22) + 1928 (125)
Vehicleto 193819381939194019411942194319441945Total
Maintenance Vehicles
Instansetzungswagen 107 57






164
Bergeweg III






(150)
(150)
Bergeweg IV






(36)
(36)
Bergeweg Jagdpz IV






26
26
Bergeweg Hetzer






101 80 181
Bergepanther





82 227 (8) 30 347 (8)
Bergetiger (P)





3

3
Bergetiger (H)






(3)
(3)
Totals 107 57



85 354 (197) 110 713 (197)
Bridging Vehicles
Br¸kenleger I

(2)





(2)
Br¸kenleger II

(1) (?)




(1)+
Br¸kenleger IV


20




20
Inf Stu Steg IV


2




2
Totals

(3) 22 (+)




22 (3+)
Demolition Vehicles
Minenr”umer B I
50






50
Ladungsleger I

(100)





(100)
s Ladungstr”ger B IV




238 651 304
1193
le Ladungstr”ger Goliath (E-Motor)




850 1731 69
2650
le Ladungstr”ger Goliath (V-Motor)





2112 2694 123 4929
m Ladungstr”ger Springer






35 15 50
Totals
50 (100)

1088 4494 3102 138 8872 (100)
Semi-tracked Armoured Vehicles
Sd Kfz 250



389 1374 2895 1701 269 6628
Sd Kfz 251

232 337 424 1200 4258 7785 1016 15,252
Totals

232 337 813 2574 1753 9486 1285 21,880
Vehicleto 193819381939194019411942194319441945Total
Reconaissance Vehicles
Kfz 13 147







147
Kfz 14 40







40
Sd Kfz 221 143 46 126 24




339
Sd Kfz 222 72 72 64 52 179 352 198

989
Sd Kfz 223 117
59 71 112 62 108 21
550
Sd Kfz 232 (6-Rad) 123







123
Sd Kfz 232 (8-Rad) 27 29 55 32 94 170 200

607
Sd Kfz 233




9 (10) 100

199
Sd Kfz 234 Fgst






15
15
Sd Kfz 234/1






163 37 200
Sd Kfz 234/2





7 94
101
Sd Kfz 234/3






88
88
Sd Kfz 234/4






25 64 89
Sd Kfz 247 (6-Rad) 10







10
Sd Kfz 247 (8-Rad)



54 4


58
Sd Kfz 260/261


10 171 236 76

493
Sd Kfz 263 (6-Rad) 28







28
Sd Kfz 263 (8-Rad)
64 20
8 108 40

240
Pz Sp Wg Luchs




16 77 (4) 7
104
Aufkl Pz 38(t) (2cm)






70
70
Aufkl Pz 38(t) (7.5cm L/24)






2
2
Pol Pz ADGZ
[27]


25


25 [27]
Pz Sp Wg 178 P(f)


[233]




233
Pz Sp Wg AB41 u AB41/43





20 [37] 90 12 122 [37]
Totals 707 211 [27] 324 189 [233] 618 982 (10) 826 [37] (4) 575 113 4545 (14) [284]
Grand Totals2883 1158 [27] 1362 (154) [244] 2586 (310) [233]5870 (320) [182] 10,750 (313) [467] 24,840 (846) [232] 32,794 (662) [16]5713 (83) 87,956* (2688) [1401**]

Notes: Figures in parentheses are converted from existing vehicles; Figures in brackets are captured vehicles; * includes 1516 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns not shown in annual totals; ** Several hundred French tanks also issued.

The information in Kliment and Francev sometimes differs from Chamberlin and Doyle for Czech-built AFV numbers. I've generally followed Kliment and Francev even though they don't always specify conversions from new production so some vehicles may be listed as conversions rather than new construction and vice versa.

Sources:

Chamberlin and Doyle. Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World War Two; revised edition, 1993 with numerous arithmetic errors partially corrected.
Kliment and Francev. Czechoslovak Armored Fighting Vehicles 1918-1948; Schiffer, 1997


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