Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front, 1941-1942: Schwerpunkt

Appendix VI Tank Production, 1942

Tank Engines: Friedrichshafen (Maybach Motorenbau: Maybach HL 120 TRM and Maybach HL210); Berlin (Norddeutsche Motorenbau).

New tanks:

• Pz.III Ausf L with 5-cm KwK 39 L/60 introduced in June 1942, improved Pz.III Ausf M introduced in October 1942.

• Pz.III Ausf N with 7.5-cm KwK 37 L/42 howitzer introduced in June 1942.

• Pz.IV Ausf F2 with 7.5-cm KwK 40 L/43 introduced in April 1942.

• Pz.IV Ausf G with 7.5-cm KwK 40 L/48 introduced in June 1942.

• Pz.VI Tiger with 8.8-cm KwK 36 L/56 introduced in August 1942.

Manufacturing Centers: CTZ, Chelyabinsk (KV-1); STZ, Stalingrad (T-34); Zavod 112, Gorky (T-34); Zavod 183, Nizhniy Tagil (T-34); Zavod 174, Omsk (T-34); GAZ, Gorky (T-60, T-70); Zavod 38, Kirov (T-60, T-70); Zavod 37, Sverdlovsk (T-60, T-70).

Tank Engines: V-2 Diesel engine (CTZ, Chelyabinsk).

New tanks:

• T-34/76 Model 1942 introduced in January 1942.

• T-70 with 45mm 20K Model 1938 L/46 introduced in March 1942.