M18
Hellcat Tank Destroyer World War Two Production Statistics
This page added 11-13-2019.
Serial Number 2295 is show on display at the
Virginia Museum of Military Vehicles, Nokesville, VA in September 2016.
Author's photo.
Buick
Division of General Motors M18 Production Statistics
Serial Numbers 1-6 were
pilots. Serial Number 7 was the first production unit
built.
A third order number T-13762 of 693 units was never built after
production stopped early at 1,507 units of the original 1,800 on
Order T-9167. If all the M18s had been built as originally
planned, the total built would have been 3,493.
Information in this table courtesy of Joe DeMarco. |
Date |
Monthly Production |
Serial Numbers |
USA Registration Numbers |
Purchase Order |
7-1943 |
6 |
7-12 |
40108110-40108115 |
T-6641; 1,000
units |
8-1943 |
83 |
13-95 |
40108116-40108198 |
|
9-1943 |
112 |
96-207 |
40108199-40108310 |
|
10-1943 |
150 |
208-357 |
40108311-40108460 |
|
11-1943 |
267 |
358-624 |
40108461-40108727 |
|
12-1943 |
194 |
625-818 |
40108728-40108921 |
|
1-1944 |
188 |
819-1006 |
40108922-40109109 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1-1944 |
62 |
1007-1068 |
40144883-40144944 |
T-9167, 1,800
ordered, 1,507 built |
2-1944 |
218 |
1069-1286 |
40144945-40145162 |
|
3-1944 |
170 |
1287-1456 |
40145163-40145332 |
|
4-1944 |
150 |
1457-1606 |
40145333-40145482 |
|
5-1944 |
150 |
1607-1756 |
40145483-40145632 |
|
6-1944 |
150 |
1757-1906 |
40145633-40145782 |
|
7-1944 |
150 |
1907-2056 |
40145783-40145932 |
|
8-1944 |
150 |
2057-2206 |
40145933-40146082 |
|
9-1944 |
150 |
2207-2356 |
40146083-40144632 |
|
10-1944 |
157 |
2357-2513 |
40146233-40146389 |
|
Total |
2,507 |
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