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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The German eastern front in Poland collapsed under the armored onslaught, once again because the Soviet T-34’s broad tracks could cope with the ice and snow far better than any German panzer.
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Antony Beevor, Foreign Affairs, 29 Dec. 2022
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
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
Its squat shape didn’t have that menacing look of the German panzers.
—Popular Mechanics, 17 Aug. 2023
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
These eyewitness testimonies are significant since few panzer crewmen and infantry combat soldiers would survive subsequent campaigns, particularly those fought in Europe and the Mediterranean.
—Robert Kershaw, WSJ, 29 July 2022
And the German panzer divisions poised only 12 miles from Moscow signaled the imminent collapse of his only other opponent, Russia.
—Arthur Herman, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2022
Still, mud can really give tanks a hard time and bog down attacks, as the German panzers learned when invading the USSR in World War II.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 30 Mar. 2020
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Antony Beevor, Foreign Affairs, 29 Dec. 2022
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
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
Its squat shape didn’t have that menacing look of the German panzers.
—Popular Mechanics, 17 Aug. 2023
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
These eyewitness testimonies are significant since few panzer crewmen and infantry combat soldiers would survive subsequent campaigns, particularly those fought in Europe and the Mediterranean.
—Robert Kershaw, WSJ, 29 July 2022
And the German panzer divisions poised only 12 miles from Moscow signaled the imminent collapse of his only other opponent, Russia.
—Arthur Herman, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2022
Still, mud can really give tanks a hard time and bog down attacks, as the German panzers learned when invading the USSR in World War II.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 30 Mar. 2020
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“Panzer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/panzer. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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