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The Panzer I (Sd. Kfz. 101) was not intended as a combat vehicle, but more to familiarise industry and the army with tanks. By the time production had ended in 1937, a total of 1,869 Panzer I hulls had been produced, of which 1,493 were fitted with turrets, and the rest used as command or training vehicles.
Panzer-Bergegerät (recovery vehicle version of the Panther tank) Panzer Selbstfahrlafette 1 (armoured self-propelled mount version of the Panzer II) Panzer Selbstfahrlafette IV (armored self-propelled mount version of the Panzer IV) Panzer Selbstfahrlafette V (armored self-propelled mount version of the Tiger I)
Number built—8,800 The Panzer IV was the workhorse of the German tank force during World War II. It saw combat in all land theaters, with the exception of the Pacific Theater, and was the only tank to remain in production for the entire war. The Panzer IV was originally intended to be an infantry-support tank.
The Panzer IV was the most numerous German tank and the second-most numerous German fully tracked armoured fighting vehicle of the Second World War; 8,553 Panzer IVs of all versions were built during World War II, only exceeded by the StuG III assault gun with 10,086 vehicles.
Tiger I production, 1944. 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.
18 km/h (11 mph) (average road speed) [ 1] Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus (English: 'mouse') is a German World War II super-heavy tank completed in July of 1944. It is the heaviest fully enclosed armored fighting vehicle ever built. Five were ordered, but only two hulls and one turret were completed, the turret being attached before the testing ...
D tanks, 1943. The Panther tank, officially Panzerkampfwagen V Panther (abbreviated PzKpfw V) with ordnance inventory designation: Sd.Kfz. 171, is a German medium tank of World War II. It was used in most European theatres of World War II from mid-1943 to the end of the war in May 1945. On 27 February 1944 it was redesignated to just PzKpfw ...
B) 1 × 2 cm KwK 38 L/55 Ausf. J–L. The Panzer II is the common name used for a family of German tanks used in World War II. [ 2] The official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen II (abbreviated PzKpfw II). [ 2] Although the vehicle had originally been designed as a stopgap while larger, more advanced tanks were developed, it nonetheless ...