Hube's 1st Panzer Army

[Commissar D, the Evil]

Does anyone have an idea of how much armor 1st Panzer Army was able to bring out of the pocket in 1944?

Best Regards,
DCC

[Kamen Nevenkin]

Not so much:

1.PzD (17.4.44) – 2 Marders
6.PzD (11.4.44) – 3 Wespe
7.PzD (21.4.44) –1 BefPz, 7 PzIV, 1 T-34, 7 Wespe, 2 Hummel
16.PzD (21.4.44) – operational: 1 BefPzIII, 8 PzIV, 1 BefPzV, 4 PzV, 1 StuG, 1 Wespe, 1 Hummel
17.PzD – n/a
19.PzD (1.5.44) –1 PzIII, 4 Wespe/Hummel
25.PzD – no armor at all

A huge quantity of materiel was left behind. For instance the 61st Guards Tank Brigade, which some 9 months later would shot to pieces an entire King Tiger Abteilung, captured 72 Panzers (including 49 Tigers) in Kamenets Podolsk.

Kamen

[Commissar D, the Evil]

Excellent Work Kamen! I've never seen this quantified so well before. But I wonder if there were any Army Corps armor assets (s.Pz. Abt., s.Pz.Jg. Abt., etc.) that may have made it through?

Best Regards,
David

[duncan]

In relation to the breakout -
In the Armee-Tagesbefehl dated 9 April 1944 (Easter Sunday) Hube writes:

Es wurden erbeutet, oder venichtet: nach bisherigen Zahlungen 358 Panzer, 190 Geschutze, 29 Sturmgeschutze, 4 Sfl, 2Spw, 57 Panzerbuschen, 174 MG, und zahlreichen Handfeuerwaffen.

Duncan