Reading post 576998 in main thread: 17 september 1939
June 8th, 2010  
mkenny
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Panzercracker
According to Jentz all the way to Sept 22 Germany in Poland lost 293 permanently destroyed and 419 damaged in a way that forced them to be withdrawn back to the factories.

Thats 721 tanks lost permanently or inactive for more then two months, this leaves Germany with less than 2000 tanks of all types for both fronts.

Hahn in Waffen und Geheimwaffen des deutschen Heeres 1933-1945” puts the losses to 791 tanks.

These are tanks that are destroyed mind you, either permanently or in a manner that requires them to go back to the factory, Germany also lost 500-700 tanks damaged in various ways that required them to go to depos which means that by mid september Poland seriously decimated German armored forces, French dismissed these reports ofc.

As of 1/9/39 Germany had

Pz I 1026

Pz II 1151

Pz III 87

PzIV 197

Pz Bef. 177

Pz 35t 164

Pz 38t 57



Loss by type
Pz I 89 (1026)

Pz II 83 (1151)

Pz III 26 (87)

PzIV 19 (197)

Pz Bef. 5 (177)

Pz 35t 7 (164)

Pz 38t 7 (57)

Total 2859 of which 300 were lost. (11%)

Losses for 1940 were:

On 10/5 /40 Start total in brackets

Pz I 182(1077)

Pz II 240 (1092)

Pz III 135 (381)

PzIV 97 (290)

Pz Bef. 69 (244)

Pz 35t 62 (143)

Pz 38t 54 ( 238)

All 839 (3465)

Losses 24%



German manpower losses:
Poland 17,000
France 50,000
 
 
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