German Armor Tactical Numbers

During combat it is important for commanders to maintain an overview of the troops under their command. In armored combat, where units may move quickly and all tanks of a given type look the same, this can become especially difficult.

In the mid-thirties, the first German armored units used a variety of one-, two-, and three-digit numbers to indicate where in the unit organization each tank belonged. These were painted onto the hull or turret of the tank, often in combination with different figures.

Single-digit number on a Pz Kpfw I in the mid-thirties.

By 1937, Panzer-Regiment 2 was already using a three-digit number system. In addition, the battalion number was written in Roman numerals in a rhomboid next to the number.

Standardized Identification Numbers, 1938

On 4 June 1938, the Oberkommando des Heeres (Army high command)Look up term issued an order to introduce identification numbers on a trial basis on tanks in all tank regiments and tank battalions. The stated reason was, to ease the command technique, fire control, and disciplinary monitoring […].1

For tanks that were not in staff sections a three-digit number was used denoting companyKompanie
Look up term, platoonZug
Look up term, and individual tank. For staff section tanks the identification number started with a letter representing the command level, followed by a two-digit number of the tank with a leading zero where necessary.

The numbers were to be placed on metal shields in the shape of a parallelogram. These were to be placed on both sides and the rear of the tank. Even-numbered regiments were to have yellow numbers and odd-numbered regiments were to have white numbers.

The order refers to a sketch of the size, style, and location of the metal shields, but the sketch is no longer located with the order in the archive records. However, period photographs give some idea of the style and reveal that the shields were attached using wingnuts allowing easy removal.

Tank identification numbers as ordered by the Army high commandOberkommando des Heeres
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Example	Role
	Fourth tank of the divisionDivision Look up term staff.
	Third tank of the brigadeBrigade Look up term staff.
	Seventh tank of the regimentRegiment Look up term staff.
	Second tank of the second battalionAbteilung Look up term staff. First battalionAbteilung Look up term would use a single I instead of two.
	Fifth tank of the third platoonZug Look up term of the second companyKompanie Look up term.

Example of the numbering scheme of a 1938 light tank company numbered according to the June 1938 order.34

The company troop is equipped with a kleiner Panzerbefehlswagen (101), a Pz Kpfw II (102), and two Pz Kpfw I (103 and 104).
First, second, and third platoon are equipped with one Pz Kpfw II (111, 121, and 111, respectively) and four Pz Kpfw I (112-115, 122-125, and 132-135, respectively).
Fourth platoon is equipped with five Pz Kpfw II (141-145).

Rear tactical number shield of a Pz Kpfw I from 1. leichte Division. Notice the two wingnuts allowing the shield to be easily attached and removed.

Pz Kpfw IV from 1. leichte Division in Poland, 1939. While the first tank of the third company was intended to be 301, this tank has been given number 300.

While specific tanks are sometimes referred to by their number, each tank regiment would have the same number sequence. Furthermore, as tanks were knocked out, replacement tanks were given the same number. Thus, while using the number can be a handy reference at a specific time and place, it is not a reliable general identifier.

In the 1938 order, the identification numbers were referred to as Kennzeichen; the same term used for license plates. Later the numbers were referred to in multiple sources as taktische Nummern (tactical numbers).

Unit experiences

In November and December 1938, following the annexation of the Sudetenland, experience reports were received from Panzer-Regiment 11, Panzer-Regiment 25, and 6. Panzer-Brigade (reporting through Panzer-Regiment 25), as summarized below.5

Panzer-Regiment 11

For regimental exercises, the tank identification numbers have proved satisfactory in terms of the size of the shields, their interchangeability, and the style of the identification numbers.

Less satisfactory is the avoidance of confusion with vehicles from other regiments. The yellow and white colored text do meet the requirements of a brigade. However, they failed when the regiment was employed on the Czech front in close cooperation with Panzer-Abteilung 65 and Panzer-Regiment 1.

The regiment suggests that each tank has the number 11 painted on its armor shield or, when this is not possibly for reasons of secrecy, that another regimental symbol is assigned. Otherwise, in case of an emergency, the troops will pick such a symbol themselves. So it was during the World War and also at the Sudeten border.

Panzer-Regiment 25

The experimental identification numbers of the tanks offer a welcome relief for the platoon and company commander in regard to command technique, fire control, and disciplinary monitoring of their units. For the commanders at the battalion level and above, the identification numbers offer no advantages as they are only readable at close distances.

During peacetime exercises they are a valuable aid for the referees.

The style and method of placing the interchangeable identification numbers has generally been satisfactory.

6. Panzer-Brigade

The current method is an improvement over having no identification numbers at all. However, it would be advantageous to increase the size of the numbers and to have an additional identification mark in the company color, such as a dot, on the rear of the turret.

In addition, the third-to-last paragraph of the Army high commandOberkommando des Heeres
Look up term order dated 4 June 19381This refers to the instruction to paint the numbers of even- and odd-numbered regiments in yellow and white, respectively. should be changed to account for the fact that the regiments of a brigade are not always differentiated by even and odd numbers.

Compared to the method previously introduced by 4. Panzer-Brigade of a three-part turret identification number with numbers in the company colors, the current method represents a step back, especially for peacetime training. While the details are not currently available to the regiment, whether this method of the 4. Panzer-Brigade, which has been a significant help to the battalion commanders, needs to be changed for wartime use is yet to be proven.

Comments to reports

It is not clear whether the suggestion by Panzer-Regiment 11 to introduce unit insignia influenced the decision to introduce unit insignia on tanks in November 19396.

The remark about the system developed by 4. Panzer-Brigade, as well as the three-digit numbering scheme used by Panzer-Regiment 2 shown above, could indicate that the June 1938 order standardized a practice already in use by some units.

Wartime style

It is not clear whether the order to use metal shields was officially rescinded. During the invasion of Poland, however, most divisions painted identification numbers directly onto the tank.

Pz Kpfw II number 541 and Pz Kpfw IV number 814 from Panzer-Regiment 1 and Pz Kpfw II number 211 from Panzer-Regiment 2 in Poland, 1939. While the June 1938 order used color to differentiate regiments, 1. Panzer-Division used a line to indicate the first regiment.

Some units continued to use the metal shields for some time. 1. leichte Division used them during the invasion of Poland in 1939. After the division was renamed 6. Panzer-Division it still used them during the invasion of France in 1940. By the time of the invasion of the Soviet Union, 6. Panzer-Division had switched to numbers painted directly onto turrets. However, some units still used metal shields were as late as 1941 as seen in the two photographs below.

Pz Kpfw IV in North Africa in June 1941.

Pz Kpfw IV Ausf. E from 2. Panzer-Division in 1941.

After 6. Panzer-Division stopped using metal shields for their tactical numbers, they continued to use relatively small tactical numbers painted onto the turret, such as on this Pz Kpfw 35 (t).

Numbering scheme and style

Most divisions used a three-digit number system. While there is a lack of proper documentation to confirm it, the general assumption is that these numbers followed the pattern prescribed in the June 1938 order.

The most common deviation was a two-digit number instead of a three-digit number, but single-digit numbers were also used. In addition, there are multiple variations in the use of letters for staff unit tanks.

Multiple tanks of Panzer-Regiment 7 with a combination of single-digit numbers on the side of the turret and three-digit numbers on the side of the hull.

While the three-digit scheme was common with the majority of divisions the style of the numbers varied greatly. Most numbers were painted on turret, but there are examples of numbers being painted on the hull. The size of the numbers varied from being about the same size as the ones on the metal shields to being almost the full height as the turret. Solid numbers were the most common, but some units used outlined numbers.

While it is not possible to reliably determine color from black-and-white photographs, original color photographs show most numbers to be either white or yellow. These colors match the June 1938 order and provides the greatest contrast against the early-war dark camouflage. Some units did have more colorful numbers, such as 3. Panzer-Division, which had large red numbers with white borders.

Non-tank Unit Guidelines, April 1944

The order to use tactical numbers originally only applied to tanks. On 24 April 1944, the Generalinspekteur der Panzertruppen (Inspector General of the Armored Forces)Look up term issued an order to expand the use of tactical numbers to the following vehicles:7

Armored personnel carriers in a armored infantry regimentPanzergrenadier-Regiment
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All armored vehicles in a armored reconnaissance battalionPanzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung
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All armored vehicles in a tank destroyer battalionPanzerjäger-Abteilung
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All armored vehicles of the armored artilleryPanzer-Artillerie
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All armored vehicles in an armored engineer battalionPanzer-Pionier-Bataillon
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Numbering scheme

The numbering scheme was similar to the one used for tanks, with the second and third digit representing the platoon and vehicle, respectively. Depending on the type of unit, the first digit could represent the company, battalion, or regiment. The number 1 in the third digit was reserved for command vehicles.

The order included several examples, which are shown below.

Panzergrenadier-Regimentarmored infantry regiment
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Tactical number examples for a Panzergrenadier-Regiment (armored infantry regiment)Look up term. For staff vehicles, units were allowed to pick numbers arbitrarily, but were instructed to pick numbers greater than 20 to avoid confusion with non-staff vehicles.8
Number	Role
Staff vehicles
3701	Regimental commanderRegimentskommandeur Look up term
3702, etc.	Regimental staff vehicles
3721	Platoon leaderZugführer Look up term of the staff companyStabskompanie Look up term of the regiment signals platoonNachrichtenzug Look up term
3722, etc.	Signals platoonNachrichtenzug Look up term vehicles
2701	Battalion commanderBataillonskommandeur Look up term
2702, etc.	Battalion staffBataillonsstab Look up term vehicles
2711	Section leaderStaffelführer Look up term of the signals sectionNachrichtenstaffel Look up term of the first battalionBataillon Look up term (when using the Panzer-Division 43 organization)
2712, etc.	Nachrichtenstaffelsignals section Look up term vehicles (when using the Panzer-Division 43 organization)
2703	Section leaderStaffelführer Look up term of the signals sectionNachrichtenstaffel Look up term of the first battalionBataillon Look up term (when using the Panzer-Division 1944 organization)
2704, etc.	signals sectionNachrichtenstaffel Look up term vehicles (when using the Panzer-Division 44 organization)
Combat unit vehicles
101	First companyKompanie Look up term, company headquartersKompanietrupp Look up term, company headquarters leaderKompanietruppführer Look up term
111	First companyKompanie Look up term, first platoonZug Look up term, platoon leaderZugführer Look up term
131	First companyKompanie Look up term, third platoonZug Look up term, platoon leaderZugführer Look up term
202	Second companyKompanie Look up term, company headquartersKompanietrupp Look up term
243	Second companyKompanie Look up term, fourth platoonZug Look up term, second (heavy machine gun) squadGruppe Look up term
312	Third companyKompanie Look up term, first platoonZug Look up term, first squadGruppe Look up term
401	Fourth (heavy) companyKompanie Look up term, company headquartersKompanietrupp Look up term, company commanderKompanieführer Look up term
424	Fourth (heavy) companyKompanie Look up term, second platoonZug Look up term, second squadGruppe Look up term
901	Ninth (heavy) gun companyGeschütz-Kompanie Look up term, company headquarters leaderKompanietruppführer Look up term, company commanderKompanieführer Look up term
933	Ninth (heavy) gun companyGeschütz-Kompanie Look up term, third platoonZug Look up term, second gunGeschütz Look up term
1001	Tenth armored infantry engineer companyPanzergrenadier-Pionier-Kompanie Look up term, company headquartersKompanietrupp Look up term, company commanderKompanieführer Look up term (only third platoon was armored)
1031	Tenth armored infantry engineer companyPanzergrenadier-Pionier-Kompanie Look up term, third platoonZug Look up term, platoon leaderZugführer Look up term
1035	Tenth armored infantry engineer companyPanzergrenadier-Pionier-Kompanie Look up term, third platoonZug Look up term, second squadGruppe Look up term

Sd Kfz 251 number 001 from SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 26 on 19 April 1944, pre-dating the order to use tactical numbers on armored personnel carriers.

Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilungarmored reconnaissance battalion
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Tactical number examples for the staffStab
Look up term of a Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung (armored reconnaissance battalion)Look up term. The number structure of the combat companies followed the structure of the armored infantry regimentPanzergrenadier-Regiment
Look up term. Armored divisions organized according to the Panzer-Division 43 table of organization and equipment only used two digit numbers, with the signals platoon tactical numbers starting with a 1.9
Number	Role
Staff vehicles
01	Battalion commanderAbteilungskommandeur Look up term
02, etc.	Battalion staffAbteilungsstab Look up term vehicles
Staff companyStabskompanie Look up term vehicles
001	Company commanderKompanieführer Look up term of the company headquartersKompanietrupp Look up term
002	Company headquartersKompanietrupp Look up term vehicles
011	Platoon leaderZugführer Look up term of the first platoonZug Look up term
043	Fourth (heavy) platoonZug Look up term, third vehicle

Panzerjäger-Abteilungtank destroyer battalion
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The armored vehicles of the tank destroyer battalionPanzerjäger-Abteilung
Look up term followed the general three-digit guidelines. If a battalionAbteilung
Look up term had only one company, it was to be given the company number 1. If additional companies were added later would be incrementally numbered.

The engineer platoonPionier-Zug
Look up term of the staff companyStabskompanie
Look up term of a Jagdpanther tank destroyer battalionPanzerjäger-Abteilung
Look up term was numbered as the second platoonZug
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This Marder 38T from 243. Infanterie-Division knocked out in Normandy in July 1944 has a three-digit tactical number that seems to match the style of the April 1944 order.

Number style and placement

The order specified that the tactical numbers were intended to be visible with binoculars at 800 meters. To achieve this, the style of the numbers was ordered to be:

In the DIN 1451 typeface.
30 centimeters tall.
Five centimeters thick, with a three centimeter black center and a one centimeter white border.

DIN 1451 numbers in black with white border, as defined in the April 1944 order.

The location of each vehicle model was specified as follows:

Prescribed location of tactical numbers by vehicle type.10
Vehicle	Location
Sd Kfz 250 Ausf. A	Both sides: Near the rear edge of the rear upper armor plate. Rear: Horizontally centered and at the same height as the number on the sides.
Sd Kfz 250 Ausf. B	Both sides: On the upper armor plate, with the center of the number approximately 200 centimeters from the rear edge of the vehicle, above the Balkenkreuz. Rear (Ausf. A to Ausf. C): At the center of the upper armor plate, above the Balkenkreuz. Rear (Ausf. D): Horizontally centered and at the same height as the number on the sides, above the Balkenkreuz.
Sd Kfz 251
Armored reconnaissance cars	On both sides of the rear of the turret.
Sturmgeshütz III	Both sides: On the superstructure behind the Balkenkreuz. Both sides (Schürzen): Horizontally centered on the upper half of the Schürzen, above the Balkenkreuz.
Jagdpanzer 38	Both sides: On the center of the superstructure, with the Balkenkreuz on the Schürzen. Rear: On the center of the superstructure, above the Balkenkreuz.
Jagdpanzer IV	On the center of the superstructure on both sides, with the Balkenkreuz on the Schürzen.
Jagdpanther	On the center of the superstructure on both sides and the rear, above the Balkenkreuz.
Elefant
Marder I	On the center of the superstructure on both sides and the rear, above, in front of, or behind the Balkenkreuz. If there was nowhere on the rear on which the tactical number could be placed, it should only be placed on the sides.
Marder II (7,62 cm Pak 36)
Marder II (7,5 cm Pak 40/2)
Marder 38T
Nashorn	On the center of the superstructure on both sides and the rear, above the Balkenkreuz.

The style of the tactical numbers of this Sturmgeschütz III and Sd Kfz 252 photographed in August 1944 follow the three-digit outlines numbers of the April 1944 order.

Tactical Number Guidelines, August 1944

On 18 August 1944, an order was issued by the Inspector General of the Armored ForcesGeneralinspekteur der Panzertruppen
Look up term on the style and scheme of tactical numbers on tanks and armored vehicles.11

The color of the numbers was standardized. The first Abteilungbattalion
Look up term or Bataillonbattalion
Look up term was ordered to have red numbers with a five millimeter white border, while the second Abteilungbattalion
Look up term or Bataillonbattalion
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Number style for the first and second Abteilungbattalion
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The tactical number scheme was to be decided at the regimental or battalion level, after which other parts of the unit were to be informed of the scheme. However, the order did emphasize that the purpose of the numbers was to ease command during combat, without allowing the unit organization to be deduced from the scheme. In addition, the order emphasized that experience showed that the digits 0 and 1 were not suited for command vehicles.

While the order indicates that the numbering scheme had previously been fixed, the January 1944 scheme used by 12. SS-Panzer-Division described below shows that this was not always followed.

Tactical Number Examples

Unit-specific instructions

1. Panzer-Division, November 1943

On 8 November 1943, an order was issued by the division command of 1. Panzer-Division to change the tactical numbers of the division's tank regiment's command tanks.12 The reason for the change was due to experiences that command tanks could be identified from their numbers, which resulted in them coming under fire.

Only the tactical numbers of the command tanks were changed, while the numbering of the other tanks was kept as is was. Because these numbers are still illustrated in the order, the order also confirms that the standard three-digit structure had been used by the division until then.

See the 1. Panzer-Division tactical number article for a full breakdown of the number structure.

12. SS-Panzer-Division, January 1944

On 4 January 1944, an order was issued to the tank regiment of 12. SS-Panzer-Division. This order specified both the numbering scheme and style of the regiment's tactical numbers, which was to be applied after the tanks received new camouflage. The digits were to be 35 centimeters tall and 22 centimeters wide, and were to be painted as a one centimeter wide black outline with an inner width of four centimeters. The numbers were to be painted on both sides and the rear of the turrets.13

The scheme was to follow the pattern described below. This scheme does retain some aspects of the original three-digit pattern but there are also some deviations. Notably, the individual vehicle numbers avoid using the digits 1 and 2.

Tactical number structure of SS-Panzer-Regiment 12.14
Role	Tactical number
Regimental staffRegimentsstab Look up term
Regimental commanderRegimentskommandeur Look up term	055
Regimental adjutantRegimentsadjutant Look up term	054
OrderlyOrdonnanzoffizier Look up term	053
Reconnaissance platoonAufklärungszug Look up term	056-060
Battalion staffAbteilungsstab Look up term, 1st battalionAbteilung Look up term
Battalion commanderAbteilungskommandeur Look up term	155
Battalion adjutantAbteilungsadjutant Look up term	154
Signals officerNachrichtenoffizier Look up term	153
Reconnaissance platoonAufklärungszug Look up term	156-160
1st CompanyKompanie Look up term, 1st battalionAbteilung Look up term
Company commanderKompanieführer Look up term	105
Company headquarters leaderKompanietruppführer Look up term	104
Platoon leaderZugführer Look up term, 1st platoonZug Look up term	115
1st platoonZug Look up term	116-119
Platoon leaderZugführer Look up term, 2nd platoonZug Look up term	125
2nd platoonZug Look up term	126-129
Platoon leaderZugführer Look up term, 3rd platoonZug Look up term	135
3rd platoonZug Look up term	136-139
Platoon leaderZugführer Look up term, 4th platoonZug Look up term	145
4th platoonZug Look up term	146-149
2nd CompanyKompanie Look up term, 1st battalionAbteilung Look up term
Company commanderKompanieführer Look up term	205
Company headquarters leaderKompanietruppführer Look up term	204
Platoon leaderZugführer Look up term, 1st platoonZug Look up term	215
1st platoonZug Look up term	216-219
Platoon leaderZugführer Look up term, 2nd platoonZug Look up term	225
2nd platoonZug Look up term	226-229
Platoon leaderZugführer Look up term, 3rd platoonZug Look up term	235
3rd platoonZug Look up term	236-239
Platoon leaderZugführer Look up term, 4th platoonZug Look up term	245
4th platoonZug Look up term	246-249

Photographs from the division's actions on the Western Front show that the style of the numbers differed from those in the order, having a lightly colored outline with a solid color center. This later style matches the one described in the guidelines for non-tank units from April 1944, though it is not clear whether this is coincidental.

Three-digit numbers

This knocked-out Pz Kpfw I from 4. Panzer-Division has a tactical number in what is most likely yellow paint. The center of the early Balkenkreuz has been painted in what appears to be the same color. The outline of a number shield can be seen on the side.

Large number with outline on a Pz Kpfw II from 3. Panzer-Division in Rahachow, Belarus in 1941.

Very visible number on a Pz Kpfw IV from 7. Panzer-Division in France, 1940.

Carefully painted number of a Pz Kpfw II from 1. Panzer-Division.

This Pz Kpfw IV from 1. SS-Panzer-Division in Milan in September 1943 has a tactical number with an atypical double outline, as well as having its Balkenkreuz between the digits.

A rare example of a three-digit tactical number on an Sd Kfz 232.

Non-standard numbers

Number of digits

Pz Kpfw III from 10. Panzer-Division with a large single-digit number on the Eastern Front in 1941.

Pz Kpfw III from 11. Panzer-Division with a two-digit number in Russia, 1941. Notice that the number on the extra turret stowage bin has been altered. Only some of the division's tanks had a K after the number, with another example being 1K.

Color photographs of the same tank show that the number is yellow and the rhomboid white. There is also an example of a rhomboid that appears to be a darker color. It is possible that different colored rhomboids were used instead of a third digit to indicate the company.

Two Pz Kpfw III from 24. Panzer-Division with two-digit turret numbers in Voronezh, Russia in 1942.

Sturmgeschütz III from Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 192 with a two-digit number.

Two Bückenleger IV with tactical numbers 43 and 31.

Pz Kpfw IV in Italy in 1943 with a four-digit tactical number.

Letters

Pz Kpfw II number IN3 from 4. Panzer-Division on the Dutch-German border in 1940. While the capital I would usually indicate a vehicle from the first battalion staff it is not clear what the N signifies.

Pz Kpfw II number RAI from 21. Panzer-Division in North Africa. The R would usually indicate a regimental staff tank, but the remaining number does not match the standard pattern. Also note that the style of the letters is not consistent.

Pz Kpfw II number S4 from 2. SS-Panzer-Division.

Notes

This refers to the instruction to paint the numbers of even- and odd-numbered regiments in yellow and white, respectively. Back

References

Übungs- und Ausbildungsabsichten 1939. Back
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