SPECIFICATIONS CHART

This table will help explain the abbreviations in the specifications chart for each AVF, armoured fighting vehicle.

ABBREVIATIONS:

  1. Pzkw
    • Panzerkampfwagan
    • armoured fighting vehicle

  2. StuG
    • Strümgeshultz
    • assult gun

  3. JagdPz
    • Jadgepanzer
    • tank hunter

  4. Panzerbefehlswagan
    • command tank

  5. Flammpanzer
    • flame-trower tank
    • Followed by a roman numeral, I-VI which indicates the design type (arabic numerals are used to denote foreign designs) and further followed by a letter, A-N, which indicates the model (this was often prefixed by the word Ausführung-Ausf. meaning model)

  6. SdKfz
    • Sonderkraftfahzeug
    • special purpose motor vihicle
    • This prefix is used for numbering the machines in the ordnance inventory.

    This defines the guns primary nature.
  7. KwK
    • Kampfwagonkanone
    • battle vehicle canon

  8. Stuk
    • Stürmgeschultzkanone
    • assault gun canon

  9. StuH
    • Stürmhaubitze
    • asssult howitzer

  10. PaK
    • Panzerabwehrkanone
    • tank defence gun

    The calibre of the gun is shown in cm's. L/(plus No.) shows the number of rounds carried. Some guns have shown after their designation the year of their induction, for example Pak39.
    Length of vehicle excludes the gun.

TYPE WT. L W H MAIN
ARMAMENT/
AMMUNITION
MG's
7.92mm
ROUNDS
ARMOUR
MAX/MIN mm
CREW ENGINE
BHP/rpm
MAX SPEED
MPH
RADIUS OF ACTION
IN MILES
Pzkw I
Sdkfz
Ausf A 1934
5.4 13'2" 6'10½" 5'8" --- 2/3125 13/7 2 Krupp M105
4-cylinder
60/2500
25 90
Pzkw II
F,G and J
1939
9.5 16'0½" 7'8" 6'9" 2Cm KwK/180 1/2550 32/20 3 Maybach HL 62
TRM 6-cylinder
140/2600
25 125
Next Two tanks;
March 15, 1939, the PzKw 35(t) and PzKwK 38(t) fell into German hands from Czechoslvakia. By July 1, 1941, the German Army possessed 763 PzKpfw 38(t)'s. Although long obsolete by mid 1944, there were still 220 instock. PzKw 38(t)'s took the place of the PzKpfw III's in the newly formed 7th and 8th Panzer Divisions during the invasion of France.

During the 1940/41 the Pzkpfw 38(t) formed 25% of the Panzer Force.

The "(t)" being an abbreviation of tscheche, the German for Czech.

Pzkpfw 35(t)
Czech LTM
9'9 14'8" 7'0" 7'2" 3.72 Cm kwk
L/40/90
2/2700 50/12 4 Skoda T-11
6-cylinder
120/1800
25 120
Pzkpfw 38(t)
TNHP-S
8'5 14'9" 6'7" 8'8" 3.72 Cm kwk
L/47.8/90
2/2700 50/15 4 Skoda T-11
6-cylinder
150/2600
35 125
Pzkw III
Sdkfz 141
A 1937
15 18'11" 9'4" 7'9" 3.7 Cm kwk
L/47.8/150
3/4500 14.5/10 5 Maybach HL 108
TR V.12
230/2600
20 100
Pzkw III
Ausf. F 1939
Ausf. G 1941
20.3 18'0" 9'9" 8'1" 5 Cm kwk
L/42/99
2/2000 30/18 5 Maybach HL 120
TRM V.12
300/3000
25 110
Pzkw III
Ausf. L 1942
22.3 21'4" 9'10" 8'4" 5 Cm kwk
L/39/78
2/4950 50+20/18 5 Maybach HL 120
TRM V.12
300/3000
25 110
Pzkw III
Ausf. M 1942
N 1943
22.3 21'4" 9'10" 8'4" 5 Cm kwk
L/24/64
2/3450 50+20/18 5 Maybach HL 120
TRM V.12
300/3000
25 110
Pzkw IV
SdKfz 161
Ausf. A 1937
17 18'8" 9'4" 8'7½" 7.5 Cm kwk
L/24/80
2/2700 20/8 5 Maybach HL 108
TR V.12
250/3000
18.5 93.5
Pzkw IV
Ausf. B 1938
17 19'3½" 9'4" 8'7½" 7.5 Cm kwk
L/24/80
1/2700 30/8 5 Maybach HL 108
TR V.12
320/3000
25 125
Pzkw IV
Ausf. C 1939
20 19'6½" 9'4" 8'7½" 7.5 Cm kwk
L/24/80
1/2700 30/8 5 Maybach HL 108
TR V.12
300/3000
25 125
Pzkw IV
Ausf. D 1940
20 19'8½" 9'6½" 8'11" 7.5 Cm kwk
L/24/80
2/2700 30/8 5 Maybach HL 108
TR V.12
300/3000
25 125
Pzkw IV
Ausf. E 1941
21 19'8½" 9'6½" 8'11" 7.5 Cm kwk
L/24/80
2/2700 30+30/10 5 Maybach HL 108
TR V.12
300/3000
27 125
Pzkw IV
Ausf. F1 1941
22.3 19'9" 9'7" 8'11" 7.5 Cm kwk
L/24/80
2/3150 50/10 5 Maybach HL 108
TR V.12
300/3000
27 125
Pzkw IV
Ausf. F2 1942
23.6 22'1" 9'7" 8'11" 7.5 Cm
kwk 40
L/43/87
2/3150 50/10 5 Maybach HL 108
TR V.12
300/3000
25 125
Pzkw IV
Ausf. G 1942
23.6 22'1" 9'7" 8'11" 7.5 Cm
kwk 40
L/43/87
2/2250 50/10 5 Maybach HL 108
TR V.12
300/3000
25 125
Pzkw IV
Ausf. H 1943
25 23'4½" 11'0" 8'11" 7.5 Cm kwk
L/48/87
2/3150 50/10 5 Maybach HL 108
TR V.12
300/3000
23½ 125
Pzkw IV
Ausf. J 1944
25 23'4½" 11'0" 8'11" 7.5 Cm kwk
L/48/87
2/3150 50/10 5 Maybach HL 108
TR V.12
300/3000
23½ 187
Pzkw V Panther
Ausf. D SdKfz 171
1943
43 22'11" 11'5" 9'10" 7.5 Cm
kwk 42
L/70/79
1/2500 110/15 5 Maybach HL 230
P30 V.12
650/3000
34 105
Pzkw V Panther
Ausf. A SdKfz 171
1944
45.5 22'11" 11'5" 10'4" 7.5 Cm
kwk 42
L/70/79
3/4500 110/15 5 Maybach HL 230
P30 V.12
700/3000
34 110
Pzkw V Panther
Ausf. G SdKfz 171
1944
44.8 22'11" 11'5" 10'0" 7.5 Cm
kwk 42
L/70/79
3/4500 110/15 5 Maybach HL 230
P30 V.12
700/3000
34 110
Pzkw VI Tiger
Ausf. E SdKfz 181
1942
56 20'8" 12'5" 9'6½" 8.8 Cm
kwk 36
L/56/92
2/3920 110/26 5 Maybach HL 230
P45 V.12
700/3000
23½ 73
Pzkw VI Tiger II
Ausf. B SdKfz 182
1944
68.7 24'2½" 12'6" 10'3½" 8.8 Cm
kwk 43
L/71/84
3/5850 150/25 5 Maybach HL 230
P30 V.12
700/3000
25½ 106
Stjrgeshütz II
SdKfz 142
1940
22 18'3½" 9'10" 6'5½" 7.5 Cm
Stuk 37
L/24/44
--- 50/16 4 Maybach HL 120
TRM V.12
300/3000
25 100
Sturmgeshütz II
SdKfz 142
1941
22 18'3½" 9'10" 6'5½" 7.5 Cm KwK
L/33
--- 50/16 4 Maybach HL 120
TRM V.12
300/3000
25 100
Sturmgeshütz II
SdKfz 142/1
1942
--- 18'3½" 9'10" 6'5½" 7.5 Cm
Stuk 40
L/43
--- 50/16 4 Maybach HL 120
TRM V.12
300/3000
--- ---
Sturmgeshütz II
SdKfz 142/2
1942
23.9 18'7½" 9'10" 7'2" 10.5 Cm
StuH 42
L/25.3/36
1/600 50/16 4 Maybach HL 120
TRM V.12
300/3000
--- ---
JagdPz 38(t)
Hetzer
1944
16 16'3" 8'9" 7'0" 7.5 Cm
Pak 39
L/48/40
1/600 60/8 4 Praga EPA AC
6-cylinder
150/2600
25 110
JagdPz IV
SdKfz 162/1
1943
25 20'1" 10'7" 6'2" 7.5 Cm
Pak 39
L/48/79
1/600 80/12 4 Maybach HL 120
TRM V.12
300/3000
25 125
JagdPz V
Jagd Panther
SdKfz 173
1944
45.5 22'11" 10'11" 9'1" 8.8 Cm
Pak 43/3
L/71/60
1/600 80/17 7 Maybach HL 230
P30 V.12
700/3000
28 130
JagdPz VI
Jagd Tiger
SdKfz 186
1944
71.7 26'0" 12'1" 9'3" 1.28 Cm
Pak 44
L/55/38
1/2925 250/30 6 Maybach HL 230
P30 V.12
700/3000
22½ 105


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