By the beginning of the Polish Campaign the Germans had produced up to around 220 Panzer IVs - 35 Ausf A, 45 Ausf B and 140 Ausf C.
Panzerwaffe used in Poland up to 210 - 211 of them - up to 28 - 29 in version A, 42 in version B and 140 in version C:
1. Pz.Div. - 56 pieces
2. Pz.Div. - 18 - 17 pieces
3. Pz.Div. - 32 pieces
4. Pz.Div. - 16 / 14 - 12 pieces
5. Pz.Div. - 14 - 12 pieces
10. Pz.Div. - 8 - 7 pieces
Pz.Div. "Kempf" - 9 - 8 pieces
1. Le.Div. - 42 - 41 pieces (Panzer-Regiment 11. - 28; Panzer-Abteilung 65. - 14) - 1 platoon per each btl. was equipped in Ausf B.
2. Le.Div. - 3 pieces
I./23. Pz.Rgt. - 3 pieces
I./10. Pz.Rgt. - 4 pieces
Schliesslehrgang - 5 pieces
Up to 11 pieces were left in garrisons and schools in Reich.
II. Datas – casualties:
1. In total during the Polish campaign at least 76 Panzer IVs were knocked out.
2. Panzer IVs casualties – in the understanding of this word as tanks which were written-off from the statuses of Armies - in period 1st of September – 25th of September – according to Thomas Jentz, “Panzertruppen”, were:
AOK 10:
1. Panzer-Division - 16
1. Leichte-Division - 9
4. Panzer-Division - 6 (2 in Ochota district, 4 in Wola district - Warsaw - 09.09.1939)
AOK 14 - 2. Panzer-Division - 7 (2 from II./PR.3 near Biskupice - 08.09.1939)
AOK 3 - Panzerdivision "Kempf" and I./Panzer-Regiment 10. - 5
AOK 8 - I./Panzer-Regiment 23. - 1
AOK 4 – 0*
3. Irrecoverable losses of Panzer IVs during September of 1939 (write-offs from the status of Panzerwaffe in September) according to the most common German data – 19 Pz-IVs completely destroyed.
III. Photos – describtions:
For the beginning Panzer IVs completely destroyed in Poland in 1939 – wrecks identified so far:
A). For shure from Poland, completely destroyed:
1. Ćwiklice - 02.09.1939 - 5. Panzer-Division - Panzer-Regiment 31. - 4. company.
2. Polskie Łąki - 03.09.1939. - 3. Panzer-Division - Panzer-Regiment 6. *(this is 3. Pz.Div. - on 03.09.1939 it was subordinated to AOK 4 as far as I know, and since 08.09.39 it wasn't subordinated to any AOK but directly to Heeresgruppe Nord - as other units of Guderian's independent XIX Corps)
3. Bzura or Piotrków Trybunalski - after 09.09.1939 or 05.09.1939 - I./Pz-Rgt. 23. or 1. Panzer-Division.
4. Głowaczów - 10.09.1939 – most probably 1. Leichte-Division
5. Mszczonów - 11.09.1939 - 4. Panzer-Division - Panzer-Regiment 36.
6. Battle of Kiernozia - 16.09.1939 - 1. Panzer-Division - Panzer-Regiment 1. - 8. company.
7. Skowroda near Kiernozia - 16.09.1939 or later - 1. Panzer-Division - Panzer-Regiment 1. - 4. company.
8. Sierżniki near Kiernozia - 16.09.1939 or later - 1. Panzer-Division
9. Battle of Kiernozia - 16.09.1939 or later - 1. Panzer-Division - Panzer-Regiment 1. - I. battalion.
10. Pociecha - 18.09.1939 - 1. Leichte-Division - Panzer-Regiment 11.
11. "833" – Poland 1939 - 1. Panzer-Division
12. "814" – Poland 1939
13. "14" – Poland 1939
B). Completely destroyed – it is not shure if the wreck is from Poland / if it is different wreck, not the same as on previous photos:
14. Allegedly it is another Panzer IV destroyed in Głowaczów on 10.09.1939
15. Battle of Kiernozia - 16.09.1939 or later - 1. Panzer-Division
16. Unknown 1
17. Unknown 2
18. Unknown 3
C). It is not shure if it is irrecoverable loss, for shure from Poland 1939:
18. Puławy - September1939
19. Unknown 4 – Poland 1939
20. "833" - 4. Panzer-Division - Panzer-Regiment 36.
21. Unknown 6
22. Opatów - 5. Panzer-Division
23. Ćwiklice - 02.09.1939 - 5. Panzer-Division
D). It is not shure if it is irrecoverable loss, it is not shure if it is from Poland 1939:
24. Unknown 7
IV. Photos:
Photos come from Forum Odkrywca and from Forum DWS:
PS: I am not putting here all photos of each of those wrecks (some of them have got even 10+ different photos – like for example the one from Głowaczów), but only 1 – 2 up to several:
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Allegedly it is the same wreck but I'm not shure:
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9. This is the tank of Major Koppenburg - commander of 1st battalion / Panzer-Regiment 1. - I was really surprised that according to official German data he was neither KIA nor WIA during the Polish Campaign.
But I also found info that Leutnant Jost was one of the crew members of this tank, and he was allegedly KIA:
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Winter (1939 / 1940 or later? – 1940 / 1941) – snow (if it wasn’t neither repaired nor transported to any workshop / factory until the winter, I suppose that it wasn’t repaired at all):
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17. White cross can be seen but there is a strange logo / sign - which allegedly was not being used during the Polish Campaign:
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Here some threads with photos of wrecks of Panzers which were eliminated, destroyed or knocked out, in Poland in 1939:Photos come from Forum Odkrywca and from Forum DWS:
http://www.odkrywca-online.pl/pokaz_watek.php?id=88087
http://www.odkrywca-online.pl/panzer39- ... tml#303695
http://www.odkrywca-online.pl/panzer39- ... tml#559785
http://www.odkrywca-online.pl/panzer39- ... 44359.html
http://www.odkrywca-online.pl/zdjecia-z ... tml#646623
http://www.odkrywca-online.pl/zdjecia-z ... tml#645846
http://www.odkrywca-online.pl/zdobyczne ... tml#644872
http://www.odkrywca-online.pl/niemcy-w- ... tml#320040
Photo of wreck number 3. comes from the album of a German soldier who was serving in I. battalion of Panzer-Regiment 23. during the Polish Campaign:
http://s41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/ ... NZER46.jpg
And here the link to this photo of destroyed Panzer IV - wreck number 3.:
http://s41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/ ... NZER17.jpg