Total Write-offs

These numbers describe the number of irretrievable tank losses from September 1939 to March 1942. In addition to these total write-offs, there was a significant number of tanks with extensive damages that were sent to homeland repair in Germany, as well as a large number of tanks with less extensive damage that could be repaired at local workshops.

Month Pz Kpfw I Pz Kpfw II Pz Kpfw 38 (t) Pz Kpfw III Pz Kpfw IV Command tanks Total
1939-09 89 83 - 26 19 5 222
1939-10 - - - - - - -
1939-11 - - - - - - -
1939-12 - - - - - - -
Total 89 83 - 26 19 5 222
1940-01 - - - - - - -
1940-02 - - - - - - -
1940-03 - - - - - - -
1940-04 5 13 - 6 - 1 25
1940-05 145 194 43 110 77 38 607
1940-06 43 46 11 25 20 31 176
1940-07 36 - - - - - 36
1940-08 3 - - - - - 3
1940-09 - - - - - - -
1940-10 - - - - - - -
1940-11 - - - - - - -
1940-12 - - - - - - -
Total 232 253 54 141 97 70 847
1941-01 - 2 - - - 30 32
1941-02 - - - - - - -
1941-03 - - - - - - -
1941-04 - - - - - - -
1941-05 - - - 5 1 - 6
1941-06 39 16 1 30 16 33 135
1941-07 146 117 182 175 111 18 749
1941-08 171 106 183 104 70 12 646
1941-09 8 32 62 116 23 17 258
1941-10 18 65 85 102 55 14 339
1941-11 42 30 149 126 38 6 391
1941-12 33 92 102 227 65 28 547
Total 457 460 764 885 379 158 3103
1942-01 37 76 31 234 48 39 465
1942-02 22 46 8 167 49 20 312
1942-03 16 3 12 57 10 8 106

Sources

  1. Verbrauch an Pz. Kpf. Wg. : Totalverluste. 1942. 1 p. NARA T78 R146.