panzers
Wehrmacht armored vehicles
Panzers are German tanks or armored vehicles, particularly those used in World War II.
The word comes from German for "armor" and appears most often in historical contexts about the war: Rommel's panzers swept across North Africa.
Panzer divisions were armored military units that formed the backbone of Germany's blitzkrieg tactics.
Nazi Germany's armed forces
- blitzkriegFast, overwhelming military campaign
- TigerFierce personal name
- PantherFierce team moniker
- Afrika KorpsGerman expeditionary force, Libya
Rommel · Eastern Front · Operation Barbarossa · Kursk · Ardennes · World War II · Third Reich · Stalingrad
Fast, overwhelming military campaign
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- flankingAt the sides of
- spearheadLead an effort
combined arms · mobile warfare · pincer movement · exploitation · pursuit · deep penetration · shock tactics · counterattack
Protruding fortified structure
- cannonLarge mounted gun
- armorProtective combat covering
- tracksMarks showing passage
- steel platingProtective alloy covering
hull · glacis · mantlet · cupola · hatches · periscope · armor-piercing · riveted
Mid-sized military unit
- regimentColonel-led military unit
- brigadeLarge military unit
- corpsMilitary unit or group
- platoonSmall infantry formation
company · squadron · armored column · formation · spearhead · combined arms · motorized · mechanized
Wehrmacht
Nazi Germany's armed forces
- blitzkriegFast, overwhelming military campaign
- TigerFierce personal name
- PantherFierce team moniker
Rommel · Afrika Korps · Eastern Front · Operation Barbarossa · Kursk · Ardennes · World War II · Third Reich · Stalingrad · Normandy
blitzkrieg
Fast, overwhelming military campaign
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- flankingAt the sides of
spearhead · combined arms · mobile warfare · pincer movement · exploitation · pursuit · deep penetration · shock tactics · counterattack
turret
Protruding fortified structure
steel plating · hull · glacis · mantlet · cupola · hatches · periscope · armor-piercing · riveted · welded
battalion
Mid-sized military unit
platoon · company · squadron · armored column · formation · spearhead · combined arms · motorized · mechanized · tank corps
panzersinfantry
Ground combat troops
foot soldiers · ground troops · riflemen · light infantry · horse cavalry
panzersbunkers
Fortified underground chambers
trenches · pillboxes · Maginot Line · anti-tank guns · bazookas
panzersMaginot Line
French interwar border fortifications
trench warfare · fortifications · defensive positions · bunkers · entrenchments
- panzer divisionGerman armored military formation