panzer
noun
pan·zer
ˈpan-zər 
ˈpän(t)-sər
ˈpän(t)-sər
: tank sense 2
specifically
: a German tank of World War II
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Germans had the formidable panzer, a line of tanks with nicknames such as Panther and Royal Tiger that repeatedly outgunned the Americans.
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Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 1 May 2025
The Heer operated an impressive 12 combat divisions, including five panzer (armored) and four panzergrenadier (mechanized infantry) divisions, as well as several reserve mechanized brigades, for a total of 5,135 tanks.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2023
Yet their suffering had been caused less by cold than by Hitler’s orders to hold on there and the inability of German panzers with their narrow tracks to counterattack in the snow.
—Antony Beevor, Foreign Affairs, 29 Dec. 2022
By mid summer 1944, the Allied forces had 4,500 Sherman tanks in France, representing more than three times the size of the German panzer (tank) force facing them.
—Jeremy Hsu, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2014
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Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 1 May 2025
The Heer operated an impressive 12 combat divisions, including five panzer (armored) and four panzergrenadier (mechanized infantry) divisions, as well as several reserve mechanized brigades, for a total of 5,135 tanks.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2023
Yet their suffering had been caused less by cold than by Hitler’s orders to hold on there and the inability of German panzers with their narrow tracks to counterattack in the snow.
—Antony Beevor, Foreign Affairs, 29 Dec. 2022
By mid summer 1944, the Allied forces had 4,500 Sherman tanks in France, representing more than three times the size of the German panzer (tank) force facing them.
—Jeremy Hsu, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2014
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“Panzer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/panzer. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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