Tank Complement
The tank strength of panzer divisions varied throughout the war. Battle losses, formation of new units, reinforcements and captured enemy equipment all mean that the actual equipment of each unit is rarely known. The following table gives the tank strength of every division on two dates when this was known.
| Unit | Tanks on September 1, 1939 (Invasion of Poland) |
Tanks on June 22, 1941 (Invasion of the USSR) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Panzer Division | 309 | 145 |
| 2nd Panzer Division | 322 | N/Aa |
| 3rd Panzer Division | 391 | 215 |
| 4th Panzer Division | 341 | 166 |
| 5th Panzer Division | 335 | N/Ab |
| 10th Panzer Division | 150 | 182 |
| Panzer Division Kempf | 164 | N/Ae |
| 1st Light Division / 6th Panzer Division | 226 | 245d |
| 2nd Light Division / 7th Panzer Division | 85 | 265d |
| 3rd Light Division / 8th Panzer Division | 80 | 212d |
| 4th Light Division / 9th Panzer Division | 62 | 143d |
| Panzer Regiment 25 | 225 | N/Ae |
| 11th Panzer Division | N/Ac | 143 |
| 12th Panzer Division | N/Ac | 293 |
| 13th Panzer Division | N/Ac | 149 |
| 14th Panzer Division | N/Ac | 147 |
| 16th Panzer Division | N/Ac | 146 |
| 17th Panzer Division | N/Ac | 202 |
| 18th Panzer Division | N/Ac | 218 |
| 19th Panzer Division | N/Ac | 228 |
| 20th Panzer Division | N/Ac | 229 |
| a Did not participate in Operation Barbarossa, transport ships sunk while carrying the Division (1941).
b Arrived on the Eastern Front after Operation Barbarossa. |
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