Tank (armor) Losses

[Yeliseenko]

Hello!

Romanian armor (tank) losses 1941- 23/8/1944 ?

Best reguards from Ice Siberia!

[Victor]

What exactly are you interested in: number of tanks that were written off or all losses, including damaged tanks?

[Yeliseenko]

Good Day!

All Losses and number of tanks that were written off.

Data
Types

Best regards from Ice Siberia!

[Victor]

Sorry for the delay, but I was busy these past few days.

On 28 August 1941, the situation of the R-2 tanks of the 1st Tank Regiment (1st Armored Division) was the following:
- serviceable: 14 (only 10 on the front)
- in need of 1 or 2 months of repairs: 18
- in need of 2 or 3 months of repairs: 19
- in need of 3 or 4 months of repairs: 32
- written off (destroyed): 15

After 28 August, the remaining R-2 company on the front wasn't engaged in action until 16 October, when Odessa was occupied and there were no more losses I believe.

The 2nd Tank Regiment, which operated idependently, had the following situation on 20 August 1941:
- burnt: 8
- damaged: 9
- destroyed: 8
- in need of repairs: 26
- serviceable: 19

I don't know why they made a distinction between 'burnt' and 'destroyed'.

[Yeliseenko]

Hello Victor!

Thank You!

Sorry /// my bad english//


1943 - 1944 years losses? 1 Armor division

Best regards

[Victor]

During the September 1942 - February 1943 campaign, the 1st Tank Regiment lost:
- 81 R-2 tanks
- 10 T.3 tanks (Pz III)
- 9 T.4 tanks (Pz IV)

The majority of them were abandoned during the brakeout of the encirclement in November 1942, because they broke down or ran out of gas.

Between September 1943 - May 1944, the 2nd Tank Battalion organized a tank battalion equipped with T-38 tanks (CKD LT vz 38 or better known as Pz 38(t) ), which operated in the Kuban and the Crimea. I don't know the exact combat losses. They amounted to at least 16 tanks destroyed and 19 abandoned at Sevastopol.

The losses for the battles between 20-23 August 1944 in Moldavia amounted to 34 T.4 tanks and TAs (Stug IIIG)

[Yeliseenko]

Thank You Victor!

[Dénes]

Is the loss date and location on T-4 No. 122810 known? It has a white horizontal band painted arround the turret.

Another similar tank was destroyed at the same time & location. Unfortunately, only parts of the registration number is visible: '3934'.

Gen. Dénes

This post has been edited by Dénes on February 02, 2006 12:05 am

[Victor]

It wasn't in the 1942-43 campaign, when the T.4s had serial numbers smaller than 100,000, but in 1944. AFAIK there aren't detailed loss records for August 1944, because of the situation back then.