SOURCES

The primary source of this page is Die Landstreitkräfte der NVA (Kopenhagen 2003) (Image 1, Image 2, Image 3) where it says:

This is backed up by a War Thunder forum page on the IS-2 in East German Service, which gave some details on it's service (LINK) and references another book “Kampfpanzer der NVA” (Siegert and Hanske 2011).

Further information came from “The Minatures Page”: DDR NVA Vehicles, When and How Many (LINK).

Basic Organization

Panzer-Regiment (1956)

The first Panzer Regiments of the NVA were created from the Panzer und SFL regiments, and composed of the following:

5 x Tank Companies (each with 10 x T-34/85)
1 x Motorized Rifle Company
1 x Reconnaissance Company
2 x SFL Batteries with 7 x SU-100 each
1 x Flak Battery

Reference
http://panzerregiment4.de/?p=153

KETTENFAHRZEUGE
[Tracked vehicles]

Selbstfahrlafetten (SFL)
[Self-Propelled Guns]

SFL SU-76M:

1955 – 209
1968 – 67
1969 – 0

NOTES: The Hauptverwaltung Ausbildung (HVA) had 19 x SU-76M which were used for training purposes at three “Artillery Panzerjäger” schools – later reduced to a single school by the end of 1950.

In May-June 1952, another 150 x SU-76M began to arrive, making East German quantities of the type 169 units.

By August-September 1952, another 40 vehicles had arrived, bringing numbers to 209 total. These vehicles went to the newly formed Kaserniete Volkspolizei (KVP).

In 1953, the KVP had two territorial districts (Pasewalk and Leipzig) which later became the NVA's Military District Command III and V (MB-III and MB-V). Each of these KVP districts had two “state of readiness” police divisions and one mechanized readiness police division.

Each infantry police division was composed of the following:

1 x Sfl auf Panzer Regiment (with 1 battalion of three SFL companies)
3 x Infantry Regiments (each with 1 SFL company of 6 x SU-76M)

The Mechanized Readiness Police Divisions also had a single SFL regiment as well,. Additionally, the MRPDs also had 23 x SU-100 and 46 x SU-85.

Actual doctrinal use of the SU-76M in the KVP/NVA was in a direct file role to:

Replace missing tanks
Fill out the OOB
Fill anti-tank companies

When the NVA was created out of the KVP in 1956, the new Infanteriedivision tank regiment (which was called a Panzer/Selbstfahrlafetten-Regiment) consisted of two SU-76M batteries and five Panzer companies.

Despite the NVA switching over from the short-lived Infantriedivision to the new Motorized Schützendivision following Soviet example in 1956, which replaced the hybrid tank/SPG regiment with a pure Panzer regiment, the SU-76M still continued to be used for a few more years, with 204 out of 209 original vehicles continuing to be used by the NVA in 1957.

SFL SU-85

1955 – 46
1962 – 0

SFL SU-100:

1955 – 23
1964 – 0.

Fliegerabwehr-Selbstfahrlafetten (Fla-SFL)

ZSU 57/2:

1957 – 11, ansteigend bis 128
1984 – 37

ZSU 23/4

1968 – 10
1984 – 132
1988 – 123

Panzer

IS II (Modernized 1943 and 1944 Models)

1955 – 47
1961 – 47
1964 – 17 (reserves)
1965 – 8 (reserves)
1968 – 4 (reserves)
1969 – 0 (reserves)

NOTES: The Kaisernierte Volkspolizei (Barracked People's Police) (KVP) requested 144 x IS-2s from the Soviet Union as part of a plan to form heavy tank and self propelled gun regiments, each of which would consist of 47 IS-2s and 22 x SU-100s.

Due to only 47 IS-2's being supplied by the Soviet Union, only a single heavy tank regiment could be fully equipped; composed of:

Heavy Panzer Battalions (21 tanks)
consisting of
4 x Heavy Panzer Companies (5 tanks)

With the founding of the KVP's successor, the Nationale Volksarmee (NVA), the tanks were passed on to the NVA's 14th Panzer Regiment (7th Panzer Division) and the 21st Panzer Regiment (9th Panzer Division), with each Panzer Regiment deploying a single Heavy Panzer Battalion of 19 tanks each.

The remaining nine IS-2s were shared amongst training units and schools.

From 1963 onwards, they were retired from front line NVA service to the reserves.

T-10 / Schwerer Panzer X

NOTES: At the same time the NVA was created in 1956, it was intended to replace the obsolete IS-2Ms with more modern T-10 heavy tanks, designated internally as “Schwerer Panzer X” or “Panzer X”.

Around 1959, the plan was to order 121 T-10/Panzer X along with 7,000 rounds of ammunition, with a further 140,000 rounds being ordered the following year.

References:
War Thunder Forum (LINK)
http://www.militaertechnik-der-nva.de/Tagebuch/ProjektT10/ProjektT10.html (dead, retrieved via internet archive)

T-34/76:

1955 – 119
1963 – 21
1964 – 0

T-34/85 (Models 1944 and 1945)

1954 – 316
1955 – 516
1956 – 646
1957 – 946
1958 – 1,146
1975 – 710
1984 – 66 (Reserve)
1987 – 60 (Reserve)
1988 – 35 (Reserve)

T-54:

1957 – 210
1984 – 208
1989 – 202

T-54A

1959 – 30
1964 – 148
1984 – 278
1988 – 144

T-54AM

1962 – 75
1963 – 150
1964 – 340
1984 – 278

T-55

1964 – 2
1967 – 376 (davon 55K1/K2) [including 55K1/K2]
1988 – 372
1989 – 267

T-55A

ab 1975 (aus CSSR. Zunehmend) [From USSR, increasing]
1980 – 1,389
1984 – 1,357
1989 – 1,070

T-55A(P)

1975 – 331
1984 – 330
1989 – 225 (P-für Polen) [P for Poland]

T-72

1978 – 35
1981 – 66
1984 – 133
1989 – 549 (davon: T 72 aus SU 64 Stück, CSSR 134. Polen 85; T 72M SU 69. CSSR 30, Polen 31; T72M1 CSSR 96. Polen 40).

The 1989 T-72 force level of 549 tanks was broken down by supplier and model as:

T-72 from Czechoslovakia – 64
T-72 from Soviet Union – 134
T-72 from Poland – 85
TOTAL T-72: 283

T-72M from Czechslovakia – 69
T-72M from Soviet Union – 30
T-72M from Poland – 31
Total T-72M: 130

T-72M1 from Soviet Union – 96
T-72M1 from Poland – 40
Total T-72M1: 136

Schwimmpanzer
[Amphibious Tank]

PT-76

1956 – 35
1963 – 131
1974 – 130
1984 – 101
1989 – 92

PT-76B

1964 – 10
1967 – 54
1984 – 54
1989 – 54

Schützenpanzerwagen Kette (SPW)

SPW-50PK (BTR-50PK)

1961 zunehmend
1965 – 284
1973 – 262
1984 – 251
1986 – 243
1988 – 224

MRF (50PK)

1986 – 8
1987 – 20
1988 – 27

Führungsstelle SPW 50PU [command center]

1961 zunehmend
1975 – 5
1984 – 53
1988 – 53.

Schützenpanzer (Spz)
[Armored Personnel Carrier]

BMP-1SP1

1968 – 2 Erprobungsmuster [test samples]

BMP-1SP2

1970 zunehmend [increasing]
1984 – 878
1988 – 926.

BMP-1P

1988 – 187

BMP-2

about 1983
1985 – 24

NOTE: By 1990, all of the BMP-2s in NVA service were in the 9th Panzer Division, specifically in the:

9th Motorized Schützenregiment “Rudolf Renner”
   1st Battalion, 1st Company (10 vehicles)
   2nd Battalion, 4th Company (10 vehicles)

Both companies (and most of the regiment) were stationed in Torgelow-Drögeheide, on Pasewalker Chaussee.

The remaining four vehicles were reserved for training and technical demonstrations.

Aufklärungspanzer
[Reconnaissance Tanks]

BRM-1K

1988 – 12 (Basis: BMP-1)

Artillerieschlepper
[Artillery Tractor]

MT LB

1971 – 1
1976 – 31
1984 – 486
1986 – 506
1987 – 526
1988 – 545 (davon 16 als Sanitätsfahrzeuge) – [16 as ambulances]

Fahrzeuge der technischen Hilfe auf Basis MT LB

MTP LB

1986 – 150
1988 – 174 (davon für technische Hilfe BMP 37. SPW: 92. MT LB 45)

Artillerie-Funkmeßstation/Führungsstelien
[Artillery Radio Measurement Stations / Command Stations]

AFMS 10

1986 – 26
1987 – 28
1988 – 30 (Basis: MTLB).

1W12

1986 – 15
1987 – 17
1988 – 17 (Basis; MTBLu).

Funkstelle
[Radio Station]

R330P:

1986 – 2
1988 – 3

Brückenlege-Panzer
[Bridgelaying Tanks]

T-34 – Brücke

1958 – 1
1964 – 0

MTU (T-54)

1962 – 12
1981 – 0

BLG 60

1969 – 42 steigend bis
1984 – 187

BLG 60M2

1988 – 171

Berge- und Kranpanzer
[Salvage and Recovery AFVs]

GW 1 (GW 1: gepanzerte Werkstatt 1 umgerustete SFL SU 76)

1957 – 1
1958 – 4
1959 – 16

SPK 5 (Kranpanzer auf T 34/85-Wanne).

1964 – 6
1974 – 4
1977 – 2
1978 – 0

T-34T

1955 – 15

1961
46 – Umbau SFL SU 85
21 aus T 34/76

1962
28 aus T 34/76
1 aus T 34/85

1966 – 201
1984 – 84 als Reserve
1988 – 33

T-54T

1965 – 20
1988 – 20 als Reserve.

T-55T

1967 – 2
ab 1968 zunehmend
1974 – 126
1982 – 250
1984 – 248
1988 – 244

T-55TK

1968 – 1
ab 1971 zunehmend.
1978 – 119
1984 – 119
1988 – 119

T-72TK

1989 – 3 geplant aber storniert 1990 + 9

Fahrausbildungspanzer

FAP 500U (Basisfahrzeug Fla-SFL ZSU 57/2)

1982 – 40
1984 – 43
1988 – 43

575U Basisfahrzeug GM 575 (Fla-SFL ZSU 23/4).

568U Basisfahrzeug GM 568 (Aufklärungs- und Raketenleitstation Fla-Raketensystem Kub).

Basisfahrzeuge
[Basic Vehicles]

German Terminology for items are:

Fla-Raketensystem = Flak-Raketensystem = Flak Missile System
Fla-Rakete = Flak Rakete = Flak Missile

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

2S1 (122-mm-SFL-Haubitze auf Fahrgestell MT LBu) [122mm SFL Howitzer on MT LBu chassis]

1985 – 266
1988 – 368

NOTES: The 2S1 Gvozdika did not begin to arrive in the NVA until 1981. Before this, the NVA used mainly towed artillery pieces (“Die Panzer der Nationalen Volksarmee: Typenatlas NVA”)

2S3M (152-mm-Haubitze auf Fahr-gestell 2S3M).

1986 – 78
1988 – 96

NOTES: The 2S3 Akatsiya did not begin to arrive in the NVA until 1979. Before this, the NVA used mainly towed artillery pieces (“Die Panzer der Nationalen Volksarmee: Typenatlas NVA”)

123 (Startrampe 2P24 für Fla-Rakete Krug) [SA-4 GANEF (2K11 Krug) Launch Vehicle]

1988 – 42

124 (Raketenleitstation 1S32M für Fla-Raketensystem Krug) [SA-4 GANEF (2K11 Krug) Guidance Vehicle]

1986 – 16
1988 – 15

578 (Startrampe 2P25M1 für Fla-Rakete Kub) [SA-6 GAINFUL (2K12 Kub) Launch Vehicle]

1988 – 107

1S12 (426u) (Aufklärungs-und Zielzuweisungstation 1S12A für Fla-Raketensystem Krug) [SA-6 GAINFUL (2K12 Kub)]

1986 – 11
1988 – 11

568 (Aufklärungs-und Raketenleitstation für Fla-Raketensystem Kub) [SA-6 GAINFUL (2K12 Kub) Control Vehicle]

1988 – 27

9P31M (9M31M Strela-1M (SA-9B GASKIN Mod 1) on SPW 40P2).

1987 – 16
1988 – 14

9A34M (9М37М Strela 10M (SA-13 GOPHER) on MT LB chassis without passive radio direction finder).

1988 – 27

9A35M (9М37М Strela 10M (SA-13 GOPHER) on MT LB chassis with passive radio direction finder)

1988 – 9

RBS 40 (426u) (Aufklärungs- und Zielzuweisungs-Station für automatisches Führungssystem Truppenluft-abwehr).

1986 – 14
1988 – 14

RADFAHRZEUGE
[Wheeled Vehicles]

Panzerspähwagen
[Armored Scout Car]

BA-64

1955 – 207
1956 – 119
1957 – 19
1958 – 0

Schützenpanzerwagen (SPW)
[Armored Personnel Carrier]

SPW 152

1953 – 268
ab 1961 stark abnehmend,
1965 – 86
1966 – 0.

SPW-152E (mit 14.5-mm-Zwilling. später abund umgebaut)

1957 – 80
1965 – 80
1966 – 0

SPW 152W (erste Ausführung mit Reifendruckregclung. Außenliegend).

1957 – 15
1958 – 154
1965 – 23
1968 – 0

SPW 152K

1961 – 63
1974 – 15
1984 – 14
1988 – 14 (oben geschlossen). [closed above]

SPW 152W1 (zweite Ausführung, Druckregelanlage innen an den Rädern)

1959 – 125 zunehmend. [increasing]
1968 – 943
1984 – 753
1988 – 749

SPW 152N (mit hohem. geschlossenen Aufbau Funkstelle für Stäbe ab Division. Exponat im Miluarhistorischen Museum Dresden).

1959 – 10
1961 – 48
1977 – 28
1978 – 0

152 Ksan (zum Sanitätsfahrzeug umgebaute SPW 152K) [SPW 152K converted to a medical vehicle]

1971 – 8
1984 – 49
1988 – 49

SPW-40 (Aufklärung)

1957 – 35
1958 – 149
1964 – 204
1980 – 42
1981 – 0

SPW-40A (Abbau 14.5-mm-Zwiliing, zu SPW 40 umgerüstet).

1957 – 21
1963 – 21
1964 – 0

SPW-40Ch (KBC-Aufklärung).

1958 – 6
1970 – 6
1971 – 0

SPW-40P (Aufklärung).

1965 – 327
1984 – 327

SpSPW 40P

1961 – 144
1964 – 327
1984 – 325
1988 – 322 (Spezialausführung: Träger PALR usw.).

SPW-40P2

1961 – 58
1974 – 741
1984 – 1,468
1988 – 1,580 (Aufklärung/Spezialaus-führung).

SPW60PA

1963 – 2
1966 – 262
1984 – 259
1988 – 259 (mot. Schützen).

SPW 60PB

1967 – 64
zunehmend bis 1983
1984 – 1,633 (mot. Schützen und viele Spezialaufgaben).

SPW 70

1979 – 2
ab 1981 zunehmend
1984 – 319, davon 33 SPW-70S.
1988 – 958 (mot. Schützen. 70S: Führungsfahrzeug).

Führungsfahrzeuge (Rad)
[Command Vehicles, Wheeled]

SPW-40P2UM

1970 – 10
1974 – 94
1975 – 106
1984 – 106.

R145BM (Basis: SPW 60).

1971 – 2
1974 – 42
1983 – 384
1988 – 384

PU 12 (Basis: SPW 60PB)

1987 – 71
1988 – 83

Startfahrzeuge für Panzerabwehrlenkraketen (PALR)
[Anti-Tank Guided Missiles – Launch Vehicles]

9P110 (9M14M Malyutka-M (AT-3B SAGGER B) on SPW 40PM).

1987 – 79

9P122 (9M14M Malyutka-M (AT-3B SAGGER B) on GAZ 41-06 / SPW-40P2)

1988 – 54

9P133 (9M14P / 9M14P-1 Malyutka-P (AT-3C SAGGER C) on GAZ 41-06 / SPW-40P2)

1988 – 156

9P148 (9M113 Konkurs (AT-5 SPANDREL) and 9M111-2 Fagot (AT-4B SPIGOT B) on GAZ 41-08 / SPW-40P2)

1986 – 9
1987 – 19
1988 – 46

Nachrichtenmittel auf SPW 60PB mit Stand 1988

Ab 1986 in Zusammenarbeit zwischen Chef Nachrichten und Chef Panzerdienst im MfNV modifiziert und in Kooperation zwischen der Nachrichtenwerkstatt 2 und der Panzere erkstatt 2 Großenhain hergestellt.

R137BM (Funkgerätesatz UKW):     19

R140BM (Funkgerätesatz KW):       9

R409BM (Richtfunkgerätesatz):       8

P238BT (SAS-Fernschreibgerätesatz):   2

P240BT (S AS-Fernsprechgerätesatz):   8

P241BT (SA-Femschreibgerätesatz):   6

R156:

1987 – 25
1988 – 25