panzer
Wehrmacht's armored vehicle
A panzer is a German tank, especially from World War II.
The word comes from German for "armor" and appears most often in historical contexts discussing Nazi Germany's armored divisions: Rommel's panzers swept across North Africa.
In gaming and military history discussions, panzer often modifies other nouns: panzer division, panzer corps, panzer tactics.
Nazi Germany's armed forces
- TigerFierce personal name
- PantherFierce team moniker
- Afrika KorpsGerman expeditionary force, Libya
- Iron CrossGerman military bravery decoration
Protruding fortified structure
- cannonLarge mounted gun
- tracksMarks showing passage
- hullOuter covering or frame
- periscopeAngled optical viewing tube
sprocket · suspension · torsion bar · transmission · loader · gunner · commander · radio operator
Mid-sized military unit
Carbon-hardened iron alloy
- platingSurface metal application
- glacisFortification's outer slope
- mantletMobile defensive barrier
- hardenedMade tough or unfeeling
composite · reactive · penetration · ricochet · thickness · protection · side skirts
Surrounding enemy forces completely
- spearheadLead an effort
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- pincerGrasping claw organ
- combined armsCoordinated use of military branches
Wehrmacht
Nazi Germany's armed forces
- TigerFierce personal name
- PantherFierce team moniker
- Afrika KorpsGerman expeditionary force, Libya
Rommel · Iron Cross · Stuka · U-boat · Third Reich · Maybach · Krupp
turret
Protruding fortified structure
periscope · sprocket · suspension · torsion bar · transmission · loader · gunner · commander · radio operator
battalion
Mid-sized military unit
steel
Carbon-hardened iron alloy
hardened · composite · reactive · penetration · ricochet · thickness · protection · side skirts
encirclement
Surrounding enemy forces completely
- spearheadLead an effort
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- pincerGrasping claw organ
combined arms · flanking · exploitation · deep penetration · mobile warfare
- World War IIAllies, Nazi, Hitler, Axis, Third Reich
- Axis MilitaryWehrmacht, Luftwaffe, Afrika Korps, Waffen-SS, infantry division
- France 1940Dunkirk, Maginot Line, Ardennes, Luftwaffe, German invasion
- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
- armorbody armor, plate armor, chainmail, chain mail, breastplate
- warriorsfighter, knight, footsoldier, barbarian, samurai
panzerinfantry
Ground combat troops
foot soldier · light infantry · cavalry · marines · rifleman
panzerunarmored
Lacking protective covering
light vehicle · exposed · vulnerable · unprotected · scout car
panzerSherman tank
American WWII battle vehicle
T-34 · French Resistance · partisan · Red Army · anti-tank gun
- panzer divisionGerman armored military formation