During World War II, the Allies produced between them over 165,000 fighting tanks. The USA produced over 88,000 tanks, the British about 25,000 and the Soviet Union well over 52,000. Against them, the estimated German WW II Tank Production between 1933 and 1945 is shown below. These are estimates only. Because of the poor quality of war-time records, figures vary.

Main Battle Tanks (1933 to 1945)

Battle Tanks	Number	1933-1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	Totals
Panzer I	SdKfz 101	1000	500	-	-	-	-	-	-	1500
Panzer II	SdKfz 121	800	700	200	200	100	-	-	-	2000
Panzer III	SdKfz 141	100	200	1400	1600	1800	400	-	-	5500
Panzer IV	SdKfz 162	200	200	1000	1200	2000	2000	1700	300	8600
Panzer V Panther	SdKfz 171	-	-	-	-	-	2000	4500	300	6800
Panzer VI Tiger	SdKfz 181	-	-	-	-	-	650	630		1280
Panzer VI(B) King Tiger	SdKfz 182	-	-	-	-	-	-	377	107	484
Total	2100	2100	1600	1500	3200	4000	6000	7100	707	26164

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Tank Destroyers, Assault Guns & Self-Propelled Artillery (1940 to 1945)

Tank Destroyers	Number	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	Totals
PzJag I	SdKfz 135	100	100	-	-	-	-	200
StuG III/IV	SdKfz 142	40	500	1000	3000	5000	700	10240
Marder II	SdKfz 132	-	-	200	350	-	-	550
Marder III	SdKfz 138	-	-	280	400	500	-	1180
Hornisse/Nashorn	SdKfz 164	-	-	-	200	300	-	500
PzJag IV	SdKfz 162/1	-	-	-	700	1000	300	2000
Brummbar	SdKfz 166	-	-	-	200	100	-	300
Wespe	SdKfz 124	-	-	-	400	270	-	670
Elefant/Ferdinand	SdKfz 184	-	-	-	88	-	-	88
Sturm Tiger	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	20
Hummel	SdKfz 165	-	-	-	-	560	100	660
Hertzer	-	-	-	-	-	2000	500	2500
Jagd Panther	SdKfz 173	-	-	-	-	350	32	382
Jagd Tiger	SdKfz 186	-	-	-	-	50	30	5500
Total	140	140	600	1480	5338	10150	1662	19370

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