Comparison of the establishment and combat effectiveness of German armored divisions and Soviet tank

German armored divisions are equipped with Leopards, one can be reimbursed on average for about 5 T34s, 50 or so Bt6 or T26. A Tiger, basically abusing more than 10 T34s is not a problem, dealing with Stalin is, and the German armored forces are fully equipped with radios, which is better, so in World War II, it is common for several Type II or III tanks to destroy a Soviet tank, and the Germans do not have much advantage in defensive warfare, after a round of artillery fire, there is basically nothing left, if they attack, one or two heavy tank squads can turn the tide of the battle (in El Alamein, there was a legend of two Tigers tearing apart the British defense).

In terms of establishment, the Soviet army could have nearly 1,000 tanks and 3,000 trucks in an armored army, while the German army was relatively fewer. Late in the battle. With constant attrition, insufficient supplies, loss of air supremacy and many other reasons, Germany was unable to conduct large-scale Panzer Group operations (the last armored formation appeared in the Ardennes counterattack, and the Germans gathered a total of 1500 tanks).

Basically, in the case of the same unit, the German army was completely superior to the Soviet army, but since the Soviet Union produced a total of nearly 70,000 T34s, 6,000 Leopards and 1,500 Tigers were a drop in the bucket.

A German-standard panzer division has an armored regiment under its command.

There were quite a few lightly armored regiments in the early days.

In the later part of an armored regiment (1944) there were two battalions, a battalion of tank No. 4 and a battalion of Leopard tanks.

The first battalion had 5 4 companies, a company of four platoons, and a platoon of five vehicles.

And a couple of battalions of fighters, heavy artillery battalions or something.

An armored regiment has about 450 combat vehicles.

The formation of the Soviet army was complicated, we count 1944, the Panzer Army):

Tank Brigade 3: 1362

Heavy and light assault artillery regiments: 950

Light artillery regiment: 600

Rocket artillery, mortars, anti-aircraft guns: 1000

There are also trivial scraps 200, 300 frames.

It adds up to a total of 3800

Because the Soviet army was an armored army, in order to balance, the number of German troops was multiplied by 33800:1500 (approximately).

The 75mm 60x diameter tank gun of the German Leopard tank in the late goose period, and the 75mm 56x diameter tank gun of the No. 4 tank can penetrate the armor of most tanks of the Great Soviet Army within a distance of 2000m.

The average speed of Soviet tanks was 40 km per hour

2 divided by 40 = 0, 05 hours = 3 minutes.

In 3 minutes, about 1,2 1,5 Soviet tanks can be destroyed.

1400 1,5 is approximately equal to 2300

In 1944, the German army had 2,300 heavy anti-aircraft guns.

The equivalent ratio is 3800:1800

Add to this the destruction rate (3800 divided by 1,5) - 2600 to show that two German armored divisions carrying four Soviet tank brigades were not a problem.

Germany's armored strength was very strong, but by the end of the war, due to the disappearance of many German forces and the consumption of resources, the armored forces were useless.

In a defensive battle, how many Soviet tank divisions could a German armored division fight?

The Katyusha of the Soviet army knocked the Germans away, and what else did they fight.

The German Panzer Division had to show its true might only on the march.

There is a big difference in the establishment of the two, Germany is organized into armored armies, and then with other infantry armies or armies into armies. In the Soviet Union, tank regiments or tank brigades and mechanized brigades were organized into tank armies or mechanized armies, and then tank armies. Generally speaking, the German tank forces are called armored forces (such as armored divisions, armored armies, armored armies), while the Soviet Union is called tank troops, such as tank regiments, tank armies, tank armies, if it must be compared to a fully equipped armored division in terms of quantity, it is equivalent to a tank army, and so on.

The Wehrmacht's Greater German Panzer Division can be called the oldest unit of the German army in World War II. Its predecessors date back to the end of the First World War. At that time, Germany, as a defeated country, was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles, which stipulated that a defeated Germany could only have an armed force of no more than 100,000 men.

However, at this time, the political situation in Germany was turbulent, the domestic revolutionary movement was also rising, and the **** and local ** were also fighting openly and secretly. The Wehrmacht of 100,000 people was simply not enough to defend the entire German territory.

In order to cope with this situation, the German Ministry of Defense, which has a strong tradition of a strong army, began to form an emergency response force. Of course, this force should be prepared under the regime of the Treaty of Versailles. In other words, the army formed by the German Ministry of Defense must be the elite of these 100,000 people.

Only in this way will it be possible to accomplish the task of national defense without opposition from the international community. In 1921, the Berlin garrison came into being, which was the predecessor of the Großdeutsche Division. Although the Berlin garrison has only one regiment of troops, its armed forces are extremely strong, which is not only the strong support of ****, but also related to the fact that the regiment is an elite composition of troops that have infiltrated from the surviving base after World War I.

This division developed from a regimental unit, first as a simple infantry regiment, then into a motorized infantry division, an armored grenadier division, and finally promoted to the Panzer Corps, participated in almost all major battles in Germany in World War II, and was also famous all over the world for its superb combat quality and tenacious fighting will.

In the overall situation of the complete defeat of the German army, the only thing the "Großdeutschland" division could do on the battlefield was to cover the retreat of its brother troops in all directions. In the process, the "Großdeutsch" division still maintained an advantage in the war damage rate over the Soviet troops. In the April-May 1944 Battle of Tergu-Frumos, the "Großdeutschland" division destroyed more than 10 Soviet tanks and 200 armored vehicles with less than 350 tanks, almost paralyzing the armored forces of Konev's Second Ukrainian Front, creating a huge military miracle.

Their combat effectiveness is particularly strong, and they belong to the number one ace elite fighting dust sharp troops, many of whom have won the highest honor in the Wehrmacht, such as 84 people who have won the Knight Zhaopai Medal, these people are very good members of the original army, and their height has reached more than 1.8 meters.

Let's put it this way, Germany swept through Europe at that time, many countries were lost to the Germans, and there were old capitalist countries that were unable to fight against the hermitage and signed treaties of extinction.

The detachment grew from a small detachment to a regiment and eventually to an army, which was directly part of the German Wehrmacht system.

Interesting history, the formation of German armored divisions in World War II, the difference between ideals and reality.

In the early days there were about 250 of them, before the attack on the Soviet Union. On the eve of the attack on the USSR, the size of the armored division was doubled, but the number of equipment was not doubled.

Germany's establishment counts logistics personnel, and it is normal for a division to have 40,000 or 50,000 people. The number of combatants in armored divisions does not even exceed 10,000, while infantry divisions generally only have about 10,000, and the rest are logistics or reserve troops.

German armored divisions are equipped with master formations, with a general number of more than 15,000 men, and the largest supernumerary division is close to 30,000 people. In 1942, the German Army infantry division was established.

Officers: 407 Civilian:

Sergeant 101:

2112 Soldiers:

9197 Total:

400,000 armored divisions! 1.74 million infantry! But not so much later!

The strength of the armored division is 15,600 men, and the total number of tanks is 152,207.