Automatische Übersetzung. Originaltext in: EN - Original anzeigen In December 1907, Robert Garbe presents the initial design of the G 10 to the Prussian locomotive committee. The G 10 is fundamentally a tank locomotive, combining the chassis of the T 16 tank locomotive with the boiler of the P 8 locomotive. The committee critiques the chassis of the T 16, specifically noting the side-shifting third axle, and requests a version with shorter connecting rods, utilizing the third axle as a driving axle instead of the fourth. Garbe responds by refining the design and presents the revised version to the committee in December 1908, which features a new chassis with only movable end axles and employs the third axle as a driving axle*.

The first G 10 locomotives are constructed by Henschel in 1910, with additional manufacturers following suit. Notably, some manufacturers build locomotives specifically for export to Romania (Class 50.100). The majority of these locomotives are produced by Henschel, Hanomag and Krupp. By 1925, a total of 2651x locomotives have been delivered to the German railways, with 2589x units allocated to the Prussian State Railways and subsequently to the Deutsche Reichsbahn. The production also includes 35 units for the Reich Railway in Alsace-Lorraine, identified as Alsace-Lorraine G 10, and 27 units designated for the railways of the Saar region. Additionally, over 300 locomotives are supplied to foreign railway administrations, including the Austro-Hungarian k.u.k. military railway, as well as to Turkish, Romanian, Polish, Lithuanian and Italian state railways.

* This chassis design is later utilized for the T 16, leading to the creation of the T 16.1. / Quellen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussian_G_10, https://reichsbahn.nl/wp/index.php/br-57/