Panzer

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Image:Pzkpfwiausfa.jpg A panzer is a tank, usually a Second World War German model. Panzer also describes armoured forces, as in "panzer division".

Panzer is a loanword from German. The German noun means armour in the sense of protective equipment or armoured forces (today, tank organizations and the tanks themselves). The term gained infamy in English during Germany's successful Blitzkrieg armoured advances of World War II. It is derived from the French pancier ("breastplate", compare English paunch). German pronunciation Template:IPA (Template:Audio), English Template:IPA.

1 German panzers
2 See also
3 Other uses
4 External links

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German panzers

Panzer is also an abbreviation of the WWII German designation for tanks, Panzerkampfwagen ("armoured combat vehicle", abbreviated PzKpfw), used by the German Waffen-SS and Wehrmacht. German panzer models were given designations like Panzer I, or Panzer VI Tiger. For a list, see German armoured fighting vehicles of World War II.

Individual variations of these basic marks were given an Ausführung (version) letter, and consequently the field of Panzer recognition is extremely complex. Great lengths have been gone to explain the differences between a Pz.Kpfw III Ausf. E(U) and a Pz.Kpfw III Ausf. F(U), for example. The word panzer is occasionally confused with the name of the Pzkpfw V Panther tank.

Tank destroyers were Panzerjäger or Jagdpanzer ("hunting tanks"), self-propelled infantry guns were Sturmgeschütze ("assault guns"), while self-propelled artillery pieces were usually referred to as Sonderkraftfahrzeug ("special-purpose vehicle").

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Other uses

In some forms of coalminers' jargon, a panzer is a type of underground conveyor belt for carrying coal, made entirely out of metal.
Erik "Panzer" Hagen

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External links

Detailed information about every aspect of the Panzerkampfwagen VI at the Tiger I Information Center

German armored fighting vehicles of World War II
Tanks
Panzer I \| Panzer II \| Panzer III \| Panzer IV \| Panther \| Tiger I, II \| Panzer 35(t) \| Panzer 38(t)
Self-propelled artillery
Wespe \| Hummel \| Grille \| Panzerwerfer \| Panzerfeldhaubitze 18M \| SIG 33 \| Wurfrahmen 40
Assault guns
StuG III \| StuG IV \| StuH 42 \| Brummbär \| Sturmtiger
Tank destroyers
Panzerjäger I \| Marder I , II , III \| Hetzer \| Jagdpanzer IV \| Jagdpanther \| Nashorn \| Jagdtiger \| Elefant
Armored half-tracks	Armored cars
SdKfz 4 \| 250 \| 251 \| 252 \| 253	Sdkfz 221/22/23 \| Sdkfz 231/32/34/63
Self propelled anti-aircraft
Flakpanzer IV: Möbelwagen, Wirbelwind, Ostwind, Kugelblitz \| Gepard
Prototypes
Maus \| P-1000 Ratte \| E- series \| Panther II \| Waffenträger \| Neubaufahrzeug
Proposed designs
P-1500 'Monster' \| Panzer VII 'Löwe' \| Panzer IX
German armored fighting vehicle production during World War II