Reports on tank and StuG numbers - a tale of attrition and priorities.
"Attachment to the Gen. Dept. report No. III 012076/44, Tank and StuG allocation." Report details the allocation of tanks and SPGs between different different Army Groups on 15.6.1944, from top to bottom left, Army groups are detailed in order : South-Ukraine, North-Ukraine, Middle, North, and other theaters Norway + Denmark, West, South-West and South-East. Vehicles are divided into types, from (Panzer)II to VI, or Tigers, and categories: e. = einsatzbereit - ready-for-action i. = Instandsetzung - in repair z. = Zuführung - supplied, or rather allocations. It can be clearly seen that at this point in time, Army Group West is clearly favored over every other formation which is, in light of D-day, understandable. Relatively low numbers of the eastern formations, even more glaring considering that this report was made a few days before Operation Bagration. This is largely epxlained by the fact that Ostheer sustained massive losses in the early year and spring of 1944,