• Berlin (Norddeutsche Motorenbau); Maybach HL 120 TRM
• Berlin-Niederschönewide (assembly plant)
• Berlin (Daimler-Benz AG); Maybach HL 230 P30 V12
• Zwickau (Auto Union AG): Maybach HL 230 P30 V12
New tank models (3):
• April 1943, Pz IV Ausf H with new KwK 40 L/48 gun, improved frontal armor protection up to 80-mm but increased weight by 2.5 ton
• July 1943, Pz V Ausf D with long 7.5-cm KwK 42 L/70 introduced
• August 1943, Pz V Ausf A introduced
New assault gun models (3):
• March 1943, StuH 42 assault gun with 10.5-cm StuH 42 L / 28 howitzer starts mass production. Ten pre-production models were built in November 1942 and sent to Leningrad.
• April 1943, Sturmpanzer introduce with 15-cm StuH 43 L/12 howitzer on Pz IV hull, built by Deutsche Eisenwerke A.G.
• December 1943, StuG IV introduced
New tank destroyer models (2):
• February 1943, Nashhorn tank destroyer equipped with 8.8-cm Pak 43 L/71 on Pz IV chassis. Built by DEW (Deutsche-Eisenwerke AG) in Duisburg
• April 1943, Ferdinand tank destroyer introduced with 8.8-cm KwK 43 L/71 gun, built at Nibelungenwerke
Key Industrial Decisions, 1943
• 21 March 1943, Production of the Su-76 is stopped by GKO after only 170 built due to engine and transmission failures. The improved version, Su-76M, re-enters production in late May or June 1943
• August 1943, Phase-out of KV-1 heavy tank, shift to heavy assault guns and new IS-series heavy tanks
• October 1943, all light tank production programs are cancelled
Primary AFV Manufacturing Centers:
• Sverdlovsk/Plant 37, T-60, Su-76
• Gorky/GAZ Plant, T-70, Su-76
• Nizhniy Tagil/Stalin Ural Tank Factory183, T-34/76
• Chelyabinsk (ChTZ), T-34/76, KV-1, KV-85, IS-1/2, SU-152
• Gorky/Krasnoye Sormovo Plant No. 112, T-34/76
• Omsk/Lenin Plant 174, T-34/76
• Sverdlovsk/UZTM Uralmash, T-34/76, Su-85, Su-122
• Kirov/Plant 38, Su-76
• Mytishchi/Plant 40; Su-76
Tank Engines:
• V-2 Diesel engine (Zavod 75)
New tank models (4):
• July 1943, the T-80 light tank entered service as an improved T-70 with a two-man turret, improved armored protection and better horsepower, but was cancelled three months later.
• September 1943, the KV-85 heavy tank entered service as an interim design until the IS-1/2 heavy tanks were ready for production. Based upon a KV-1S hull, but using a new turret designed for the IS-series tank and armed with the 85-mm D-5T gun, a total of 148 KV-85s were built.
• October 1943, the IS-1 (or IS-85) heavy tank entered service, armed with the 85-mm D-5T gun, but these tanks were later re-equipped with the 122-mm D-25T gun.
• December 1943, the IS-2 heavy tank entered service, armed with the 122-mm D25T gun.
New SP/Assault gun models (3):
• February 1943, the SU-152 self-propelled gun entered service as a replacement for the KV-2. Originally designated as the KV-14, it mounted the 152-mm ML-20S gun-howitzer on the chassis of a KV-1S.
• August 1943, the SU-85 tank destroyer entered service, armed with the 85-mm D-5T gun on a T-34 hull.
• December 1943, the ISU-152 assault gun entered service as an improved replacement for the SU-152. It used the same ML-20S howitzer, but substituted the new IS tank chassis.
Appendix V
Armour Order of Battle, 21 June 1944
German
Heeresgruppe Nord (Generaloberst Georg Lindemann)
16.Armee (General der Artillerie Christian Hansen)
18.Armee (General der Artillerie Herbert Loch)
Armee-Abteilung Narwa (General der Infanterie Johannes Frießner)
• III. SS-Panzerkorps (SS-Obergruppenführer Felix Steiner)
○ schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 103
○ SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division Nordland (SS-Gruppenführer Fritz Scholz)
○ 20.Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (estnische Nr. 1) (Brigadeführer Franz Augsberger)
○ 4.SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Brigade Nederland (SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Wagner)
Under Heeresgruppe Nord controclass="underline"
• 12.Panzer-Division (Generalmajor Gerhard Müller)
Heeresgruppe Mitte (Generalfeldmarschall Ernst Busch)
3.Panzerarmee (Generaloberst Georg-Hans Reinhardt)
2.Armee (Generaloberst Walter Weiss)
4.Armee (General der Infanterie Kurt von Tippelskirch)
• XII Armeekorps (Generalleutnant Vinzenz Müller)
○ 18.Panzergrenadier-Division (Generalleutnant Karl-Ludwig Zutavern){1}
• XXVII Armeekorps (General der Infanterie Paul Volkers)
○ 25.Panzergrenadier-Division (Generalleutnant Paul Schürmann)
• Under Army Controclass="underline" s.Pz.Abt. 501 (Tiger), s.Pzjr.Abt. 655 (Nashorn)
9.Armee (General der Infanterie Hans Jordan)
Under Heeresgruppe Mitte controclass="underline"
○ 20.Panzer-Division (Generalleutnant Mortimer von Kessel)
○ Panzer-Grenadier-Division Feldherrnhalle (Generalmajor Friedrich-Carl von Steinkeller)
○ 5.SS-Panzer-Division Wiking (Gruppenführer Herbert Otto Gille)
Heeresgruppe Nordukraine (Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model)
1.Panzerarmee (Generaloberst Erhard Raus)
• III. Panzerkorps (General der Panzertruppe Dietrich von Saucken)
○ 1.Panzer-Division (Generalmajor Werner Marcks)
○ 7.Panzer-Division (Generalmajor Gerhard Schmidhuber)
○ 8.Panzer-Division (Generalmajor Werner Friebe)
○ 17.Panzer-Division (Generalleutnant Karl-Friedrich von der Meden)
○ 20.Panzergrenadier-Division (Generalleutnant Georg Jauer)
• XXIV Panzerkorps (General der Panzertruppen Walther Nehring)
○ schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 653 (Ferdinand)
4.Panzerarmee (Generaloberst Josef Harpe)
• LVI Panzerkorps (General der Infanterie Johannes Block)
○ 4.Panzer-Division (Generalleutnant Clemens Betzel)
○ 5.Panzer-Division (General der Panzertruppe Karl Decker)
○ s.Pz.Abt.505 (Tiger)
○ Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 237
1st Army [Hungary] (Lieutenant General Károly Beregfy)
○ 2nd Armored Division [Hungarian] Brigadier General Zoltán Zsedényi
Under Heeresgruppe Nordukraine Controclass="underline"
○ 2.SS-Panzer-Division Das Reich
○ 9.SS-Panzer-Division Hohenstaufen
○ 10.SS Panzer-Division Frundsberg
○ 16.Panzer-Division (General-major Hans-Ulrich Back)
Heeresgruppe Südukraine (Generaloberst Ferdinand Schörner)
6.Armee (General der Artillerie Maximilian de Angelis)
• XXX. Armeekorps (General der Artillerie Maximilian Fretter-Pico)
○ 13.Panzer-Division (Generalleutnant Hans Tröger){2}
• XXXXIV Armeekorps (General der Artillerie Maximilian de Angelis)
○ 10.Panzergrenadier-Division (Generalleutnant August Schmidt)
• LII Armeekorps (General der Infanterie Erich Buschenhagen)
○ schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 93 (Nashorn)
• Army Reserve: