Talk:Battle of Stalingrad

German tank losses: infobox says 1,500, Casualties section says 500

The infobox and the Casualties narrative section give irreconcilably different figures for German tank losses at Stalingrad.

Infobox (German losses): "1,500 tanks destroyed"

Casualties section narrative: "The Germans lost 900 aircraft (including 274 transports and 165 bombers used as transports), 500 tanks and 6,000 artillery pieces."

A factor-of-three difference (1,500 vs 500 tanks) is not a rounding artifact — these are citing genuinely different figures for the same quantity. Both cannot be right.

For context, the same Casualties section also notes that Soviet forces captured "1,666 tanks" among other equipment, which is closer to the infobox's 1,500 figure than the narrative's 500. It is possible the infobox is including captured tanks alongside destroyed ones, or conflating totals from different phases of the battle; but the article does not say so, and the narrative's Bergström citation (2007, pp. 122–123) supports 500 destroyed.

The discrepancy should be resolved with consistent sourcing: the infobox figure needs a citation and an explanation of what it includes, or it should be corrected to match the narrative. Rome (talk) 17:48, 5 May 2026 (UTC)