19. Fritz Hahn, Waffen und Geheimwaffen des deutschen Heeres 1933–1945 Band 2 (Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe, 1987), 220. The total here for command tanks (Pz.Befelswagen) also includes other types of command vehicles (Pz.Funkwagen and Pz.Beobachtungswagen).
20. “Verbrauch an PzKpfWg: Totalverluste” (Generalinspekteur der Panzerwaffe), NARA RG 242, T-48, R-146, F 77218. These figures include losses in North Africa, which totaled 229 (42 PzKpfw II, 135 PzKpfw III, 34 PzKpfw IV, and 18 PzBefelsWg).
31. The starting point for German tank statistics — including monthly strength, loss, and production — are the tables that first appeared in the Foreign Military Study P-059 by Generalmajor Burkhart Müller-Hillebrand, German Tank Losses (U.S. Army, 1950). These were republished in his later multivolume study, Der Zweifrontkrieg: Das Heer vom Beginn des Feldzuges die Sowjetunion bis zum Kriegsende, Band III (Frankfurt: E. S. Mittler & Sohn, 1969).
33. Thomas Jentz, Panzertruppen Vol. 2 (Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 1996), 43, 110, 252.
37. “Svedeniya Glavrazvedupravleniya nachalniku shtaba BT i MV KA o proizvodstve tankov i gruzovykh avtomashin v Germanii v 1939–1942 goda,” 23 July 1943, in Polonskiy, GABTU Collection, Vol. III, 297.
17. Tank Equipment Situation of British Empire Forces, Dominions, Home Defence and Allies, 30th June 1942 PRO (Now National Archives), WO193/580.
15. Production, strength, and loss figures from Burkhart Müller-Hillebrand, German Tank Losses, Foreign Military Study P-059 (U.S. Army, 1950). Tank strength in Russia from Jentz, Panzertruppen Vol. 2, 110. Operational rates from “Einsatzbereite Pz u. Stu.Gesch. Ost.,” Gen. Qu. Insp.d.Panzertruppen, NARA II, RG 242, T-78, R-145, F 76020.
7. This chart is based on the Burkhart Müller-Hillebrand data for overall tank strength (Bestand) and deployed strength (Frontfähigen). The figures for the Russian Front come from reports by the Generalinspekteur der Panzertruppen; Russian Front deployed strength comes from the chart “Panzerbestand Ost, OKW, Heimat (28 December 1944), NARA RG 242, T-78, R145, F75865; and the operational strength comes from the chart “Einsatzbereite Pz. u. Stu.Gesch.-Ost-, NARA RG 242, T-78, R-145, F 75855-56. It should be noted that there are some anomalies when comparing the two Russian Front data lines, for example the December numbers where deployed strength exceeds operational strength. This is presumably due to differences in the data source (including or not including fringe types such as Befelspanzer) and/or discrepancies in the data dates (1 January 1944 versus 30 January 1944) that are not explained on the charts.
10. These numbers are derived from tables prepared by Gen. Maj. Hermann Burkhart Müller-Hillebrand and can be found in his book Das Heer 1933–1945. Entwicklung des organisatorischen Aufbaues. Band 3: Der Zweifrontenkrieg. Das Heer vom Gebinn des Feldzuges gegen die Sowjetunion bis zum Kriegsende, Band III (Frankfurt: E. S. Mittler & Sohn, 1969); and in his U.S. Army Foreign Military Studies report, P-059: Tank Losses, 1959.
11. “Einsatzbereite Pz u. Stu.Gesch.Ost in % (Nach Gen.Qu),” Records of the OKH, Generalinspekteur der Panzertruppen, NARA RG 242 T-78, R145, F76020 et passim.
18. This chart was compiled from several appendices in OKH files that can be found at NARA in RG 242, T-78, R-145, F76029 et passim. A more convenient compilation can be found in the article: Norbert Baczyk, “Goracy rok Panzerwaffe,” Poligon (May–June 2009): 22–32.
19. Panzerlage O. B. Sudwest Stand 31.1.44, NARA RG 242 T-78, R720.
20. “Panzerbestand Ost, OKW, Heimat” (data is for the first of each month), records of the OKH, Generalinspekteur der Panzertruppen, NARA RG 242 T-78, R145, F75865 et passim.
21. This chart was compiled from several appendices in OKH files that can be found at NARA in RG 242, T-78, R-145, F76029 et passim. A more convenient compilation can be found in the article: Norbert Baczyk, “Goracy rok Panzerwaffe,” Poligon (May–June 2009): 22–32.
29. Annex No. 2 to Annex 14, “Action Against the Enemy A/Action Report, Hq. First US Army, 31 August 1944: Days of Combat, Number of Tanks Operative and Losses for Periods 6–30 June and 1–31 July 1944,” NARA II, RG 338, ETO AFV & Weapons Section.
30. Steven Zaloga, Lorraine 1944: Patton vs. Manteuffel, Campaign Series 75 (Oxford: Osprey, 2000).
31. Data is from the twentieth of each month. Final Historical Report, AFV & Weapons Section, HQ ETO USA, NARA Record Group 338.
32. Ibid.
39. Figures are for unit holdings. The 21st Army Group also had substantial holdings of reserve tanks in depots. Figures are from various 21st Army Group AFV Status reports provided by the British historian Peter Brown, or from U.S. reports in NARA Record Group 331, SHAEF G-3 (Box 182).
40. Buckley, British Armour, chapter 5, “The Tank Gap,” 105–34.
41. Figures cover tanks of all units in 21st Army Group and so include Canadian and Polish units as well as British. Figures for August 1944 from Appendix G to 21 Army Group RAC Liaison Letter No. 2: Operation Overlord Net Tank Wastage; figures for November 1944 from Appendix A to 21 Army Group RAC Liaison Letter No. 3.
42. Appendix C to 21 Army Group RAC Liaison Letter No. 2: Estimated Enemy Tank Casualties Since D-Day.
43. This chart was compiled from several appendices in OKH files that can be found at NARA in RG 242, T-78, R-145, F76029 et passim. A more convenient compilation can be found in the article: Norbert Baczyk, “Goracy rok Panzerwaffe,” Poligon (May–June 2009): 22–32. There are small discrepancies between both sources, mainly in regard to sub-variants such as command tanks.
11. “Anlage.4 zu Gen. Insp. d Pz Tp/Führ St Nr F 129/45 g.Kdos vom 10.3.45,” Führer-Vorträge Der Generalinspekteur der Panzertruppe Abteilung Organization H.16/159, NARA RG 242 T-78, R-720.
14. Führer Vorträge H.16/159 Der Generalinspekteur der Pz.Tr.Abt.Org. (10 March 1945), NARA RG 242, T-78, R720.
15. Derived from data in Jentz, Panzertruppe Vol. 2, 247–248.
16. Panzerlage Zusammenstellung, Stand 10.4.45, OKH Records NARA II RG 242, T-78, Roll 621, F530.
17. Data is from the twentieth of each month. Final Historical Report, AFV & Weapons Section, HQ ETOUSA, NARA Record Group 338.
18. Ibid.
19. Figures are for unit holdings. The 21st Army Group also had substantial holdings of reserve tanks in depots. G Figures are from various 21st Army Group AFV Status reports provided by the British historian Peter Brown, or from U.S. reports in NARA Record Group 331, SHAEF G-3 (Box 182).
20. Figures cover tanks of all units in 21st Army Group and so include Canadian and Polish units as well as British. Figures for August 1944 from Appendix G to 21 Army Group RAC Liaison Letter No. 2: Operation Overlord Net Tank Wastage; figures for 1945 from Half-Yearly Reports of the Progress of the Royal Armoured Corps: Total Tank Losses 21st Army Group.
30. Panzerlage Zusammenstellung, Stand 10.4.45, OKH Records NARA II, RG 242, T-78, Roll 621, F530
31. “Spravka komanuyushchego BT i MV KA v upravlenie operativnogo okruzhnogo tyla GSh KA o sostoyanii tankovogo parka, 3 yunya 1945g.,” in GABTU Collection, Vol. IV, 536.