Dimensions:  
Combat weight: 69,8 to.
Train loading weight: 66.3 to
Crew: 5
   
Total length:  
With barrel in front: 10,29 m
With barrel backward: 9,97 m
Armour hull: 7,38 m
Barrel in front over armour hull: 2,91 m
Total width over track covers: 3,76 m
Total height: 3,09 m
Total width with tracks:  
Cross-country tracks: 3,63 m
Loading tracks: 3,27 m
Ground contact length with tracks: 4,12 m
Height of armour hull: 1,86 m
Firing altitude above ground: 2,26 m
Ground clearance: 0,5 m
   
Armour:  
Frontplatte oben: 150 mm / 50°
Frontplatte unten: 100 mm / 50°
Side wall, upper: 80 mm / 25 °
Side wall, lower: 80 mm / 0°
Hull roof: 40 mm / 90°
Hull bottom: 40 mm front, 20 mm rear
   
Chassis:  
Ground pressure:  
Cross-country track: 1.02 kg/cm2
Loading track: 1.23 kg/cm2
Road wheels:  
Wheel arrangement: overlapping
Road wheel type: Double steel wheel with intermediate

rubber layer

Road wheels per side: 9 double wheels
Load per road wheel: 3,61 to
Distance between centers of wheel hubs: 0,52 m
Play between road wheel and track guide: 2 mm
   
Suspension:  
Material of bearing bushing: Novotex
Suspension: Torsion bars
Number of torsion bars: 18
Diameter of torsion bars: 60 mm / 63 mm
Length of torsion bars:  
total: 1,96 m
Effective torsion length: 1,8 m
   
Drive train:  
Engine manufacturer: Maybach Motorenbau
Engine type: HL 230 P 30
Engine performance: 700 HP / 3000 rpm,   600 HP / 2500 rpm
max. Torque: 1810 Nm / 2100 rpm
Engine weight: 1,3 to
Number of cylinders: 12
Bore: 145 mm
Stroke: 130 mm
Displacement: 23 l
Compression ratio: 1 : 6,8
Engine dimensions: L / H 1100 mm / 685 mm
   
Transmission: Combined hydraulic drive / steering gear
Manufacturer: Maybach und Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen
Type: OG 40 12 16 B
Weight: 1,2 to
Foreward gears: 8
Reverse gears: 4
Speed at 3000 upm:  
1. Gear: 2,57 km/h
2. Gear: 3,83 km/h
3. Gear: 5,62 km/h
4. Gear: 8,33 km/h
5. Gear: 12,75 km/h
6. Gear: 18,95 km/h
7. Gear: 27,32 km/h
8. Gear: 41,5 km/h
Reverse gears:  
1. Gear: 3,39 km/h
2. Gear: 5,11 km/h
3. Gear: 7,50 km/h
4. Gear: 11,12 km/h
Manufacturer steering gear: Henschel & Sohn
Type of steering gear: Zwei-Radien-Lenkgetriebe L 801
Reduction ratio of steering gear: 1 : 1,295
Smallest turning circle: 2,08 m
Largest turning circle: 114 m
Final drive reduction ratio: 1 : 12.56
   
Turret:  
Turret weight: 13,5 to
Weight of empty turret shell: 8 to
Turret height: 1,22 m
Diameter of inner turret ring: 1,85 m
   
Armament:  
Gun type: 8,8 cm KwK. 43 (L/71)
Shells on board: 84
Machine guns: 3 MG 42
MG-ammunition: 5850
MP: 1
MP-ammunition: 192
Explosive shells: 3
   
Road performance:  
Sustained speed:  
Street: 38 km/h
Cross-country: 15 – 20 km/h
Range :  
Street: Ca. 170 km
Cross-country: Ca. 120 km
Trench crossing: 2,50 m
Climbing ability:  
Vertical: 0,85 m
Slope: 35 °
Wading depth: 1,60 m
Gas demand:  
Street: ca. 500 l/100 km
Cross-country: ca. 700 l/100 km
   
Filling volumes:  
Number of reservoirs: 7
Total gas volume: Ca. 860 l
Engine oil:  
Engine overhaul: 42 l
Oil lube: 27 l
Cooling system: 148 l
Drive and steering gear box:  
After basic overhaul: 38 l
Oil lube: 35 l
Fluid drive: 6 l
Bevel gear at fluid drive: 0,3 l
Spur gear at fluid drive: 0.3 l
Final drive: 2 x 7 l
Turret traverse: 4 l
Angular gear beneath fans: 2 x 1.5 l
2 Air cleaners: 2 x 1.5 l waste oil
Shock absorbers: 4 x 1.7 l

Related to technical specifications of Henschel & Sohn of september 1944 for vehicles with serial turret