Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf H (SdKfz 161/2)
|
|||
Technical data and statistics:
|
|||
| Type |
medium tank
|
||
| Engine |
Maybach HL120TRM with 300 hp at 3,000 rpm
|
||
| Gearbox |
6 forward, 1 reverse
|
||
| Crew total |
5
|
||
| Turret crew |
3 (with 360° Commanders cupola)
|
||
| Length |
7.02 m
|
||
| Width |
2.88 m
|
||
| Height |
2.68 m
|
||
| Weight |
25 tons
|
||
| Maximum speed |
23.6 mph
|
||
| Cross-country speed |
12 mph
|
||
| Fuel consumption per 100 miles |
400 litres on road,
600 litres cross-country |
||
| Fuel |
470 litres
|
||
| Road radius |
110 miles
|
||
| Cross-country radius |
75 miles
|
||
| Vertical obstacle |
0.60 m
|
||
Trench crossing
|
2.30 m
|
||
| Fording depth |
0.80 m
|
||
| Turning circle |
6 m
|
||
Gradient
|
30 °
|
||
| ARMOUR |
mm / angle
|
||
| Turret front |
50 / 10 °
|
||
| Turret side |
80 / 10 °
|
||
| Turret rear |
30 / 15 °
|
||
| Turret top |
15 / 84-90 °
|
||
| Superstructure front |
80 / 10 °
|
||
| Superstructure side |
30 / 0 °
|
||
| Superstructure rear |
20 / 11 °
|
||
| Superstructure top |
12 / 85-90 °
|
||
| Hull front |
80 / 14 °
|
||
| Hull side |
30 / 0 °
|
||
| Hull rear |
20 / 8 °
|
||
| Hull bottom |
10 / 90 °
|
||
| Gun mantlet |
50 / 0-30 °
|
||
| ARMAMENT |
7.5cm KwK40 L/48
with 87 rounds |
||
| Traverse |
360° (electric),
Elevation -8° to +20° |
||
| Muzzle velocity |
Pzgr: 790 m/s
Pzgr40: 990 m/s (available only in limited numbers) |
||
| Shell weight |
Pzgr: 6.8 kg
Pzgr40: 4.1 kg |
||
| Penetration 100 yds at 30° |
Pzgr: 106 mm
Pzgr40: 143 mm |
||
| Penetration 500 yds at 30° |
Pzgr: 96 mm
Pzgr40: 120 mm |
||
| Penetration 1000 yds at 30° |
Pzgr: 85 mm
Pzgr40: 97 mm |
||
| Penetration 1500 yds at 30° |
Pzgr: 74 mm
Pzrg40: 77 mm |
||
| Penetration 2000 yds at 30° |
Pzgr: 64 mm
|
||
| Secondary armament |
one 7.92mm MG34 coaxially to gun, one 7.92mm MG34 in front hull,
one 7.92mm MG34 on commander's cupola, together 3,150 rounds
|
||
| Radio |
FuG5 (2.5 miles range)
|
||
| Telescopic sight |
TZF5f/1 (2.5 miles aiming)
|
||
| Production |
from April 1943 to July 1944
|
||
| Combat delivery |
immediately after production delivery
|
||
| Price per tank |
115,962 RM (Ausf G)
= 52,183 $ = 11,056 £ |
||
| Total production figure |
3,774
|
||
Service statistics of all Panzer IV variants
|
|||
| Available | Production | Losses | |
| before 1939 |
-
|
115
|
-
|
| 1939 |
211 (1.9.)
|
141
|
?
|
| 1940 |
280
(10.5.) |
278
|
?
|
| 1941 |
517
(1.6.) |
467
|
369
|
| 1942 |
513
(1.1.) |
994
|
502
|
| 1943 |
1,077
(1.1.) |
3,013
|
2,352
|
| 1944 |
1,668
(1.1.) |
3,126
|
2,643
|
| 1945 |
1,684
(1.1) |
385 (Jan-March)
|
287 (Jan.)
|
| Total (losses only for January 1941 - January 1945, production until March 1945) |
-
|
7,419
|
6,153
|
No comments:
Post a Comment