List of Panzer V variants

This is a list of Panzerkampfwagen V Panther variants, including prototypes, conversions and projected designs.

Production models

Data from:[1]

Ausf.D
The first production series, (despite the designation), built by MAN, Daimler-Benz, MNH and Henschel. 850 built between January to September 1943.
The restored Panther Ausf A on display at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.
Ausf.A
Panther I / VK3002 / (Sd.Kfz.171)
The second production series, (despite the designation), built by MAN, Daimler-Benz, Demag and MNH. 2,000 built between August 1943 to May 1944.
Ausf.G
The third production series, (despite the designation), built by MAN, Daimler-Benz, MNH. 3,126 built between March 1944 to April 1945.
Panzerbefehlswagen Panther Ausf. A (Sd.Kfz. 267) of the Panzergrenadier-Division Großdeutschland photographed in southern Ukraine in 1944.
Panzerbefehlswagen mit 7.5 cm KwK42 L/70
Panzerkampfwagen Panther (Sd.Kfz.171) (als Pz.Bef.Wg.) / Panzerbefehlswagen Panther Ausf. A (Sd.Kfz. 267)
329 converted with extra radio equipment and reduced ammunition storage.
Panzerbeobachtswagen Panther
This artillery observation tank was converted from Panther Is by removing the main armament and fitting a dummy gun with a ball fitting for a machine gun on the blanked off turret front. 41 were converted late 1944 - early 1945.
Jagdpanther (Sd.Kfz.173)
Panzerjäger für 8.8cm PaK43 auf Fgst Panther I
A tank destroyer based on the Panther chassis with a 8.8cm PaK43 L/71 fitted to a fixed superstructure in a limited traverse mounting. 392 built by MIAG and MNH from January 1944 to March 1945.
Bergepanther on display at Saumur armour museum
Panzer-Bergegerät (Panther I) (Sd.Kfz.179)
Bergepanther
Armoured recovery vehicles using the Panther I chassis. 347 built or converted by Henschel, MAN and Demag.

Pilot models, prototypes and experimental designs

Data from:[1]

VK3001(DB)
A prototype for the Panther from Daimler-Benz, closely following the T-34. The MAN design, however, was selected for production.
VK3002(DB)
A second prototype for the Panther from Daimler-Benz. The MAN design, however, was selected for production.
Ausf.F
Pz.Kpfw.V neuer Art
Development of the Schmalturm (small turret) was underway at the end of the war with prototype turrets completed. The Schmalturm was to have been fitted to the Ausf.F and the Panther II.
Model of Panther II (with 80 cm diameter Tiger II wheels and transport tracks) with proposed Schmalturm, with a stereoscopic sight bulge on each turret side
Panzerkampfwagen Panther II
Panther II
An up-armoured Panther with revised suspension. Only two prototypes were completed before the end of the war and the Panther II was superseded by the E-50.
Geschützwagen Panther für sFH18/4 (Sf)
Gerät 811 / GW Panther
A weapon carrier / self-propelled artillery with de-mountable 15cm sFH18/4 heavy field howitzer. The sole prototype was completed by Daimler-Benz just before the war ended in 1945.
Jagdpanther Starr
A tank destroyer with rigidly mounted 8.8cm PaK43/1 L/71 under development by Krupp at war's end.
Sturmpanther
A projected assault tank mounting a 15cm StuH43/1. Production was not started before the war ended.
Flakzwilling 3.7 cm auf Panzerkampfwagen Panther
Gerät 554 / Flakpanzer Coelian
A flakpanzer project started in December 1943 mounting a double 3.7cm FlaK43 in an armoured turret. At least one wooden mock-up was completed but production was delayed repeatedly.[2]

Flakwilling 5.5cm Coelian "Mammut" A upgrade to the Flakpanzer Coelian mounting a dual 5.5 cm Flakwilling.

Gerät 5-1028
A Rheinmetall waffenträger design mounting a 10.5 cm leFH 18 on a chassis derived from the Panther.
Gerät 5-1211
A Krupp waffenträger design mounting a 12.8cm K43.
Gerät 5-1213
A Rheinmetall waffenträger design mounting a 12.8cm K43
Gerät 5-1228
A Krupp waffenträger design mounting a 15cm sFH18 .
Flakpanther 8.8 cm
designs were laid for a Flakpanther mounting an 8.8cm FlaK 41 in an armoured turret.

References
  1. Peter Chamberlain; Hilary L. Doyle (1993). Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World War II. Arms and Armour. pp. 119–133. ISBN 1-85409-214-6.
  2. "Panzerkampfwagen V Panther Sd. Kfz. 171". Achtungpanzer.com. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
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