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panzer
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pan·zer  (pnzr, päntsr)
n.
A German armored vehicle, such as a tank, especially of the type used during World War II.
adj.
1. Of or equipped with armored vehicles: a panzer division.
2. Of or relating to an armored division.

[German, short for Panzerdivision, armored unit, from Panzer, tank, armor, from Middle High German panzier, armor, from Old French pancier, armor for the belly, from pance, belly; see paunch.]

panzer [ˈpænzə (German) ˈpantsər]
n
1. (Military) (modifier) of, relating to, or characteristic of the fast mechanized armoured units employed by the German army in World War II a panzer attack
2. (Military) a vehicle belonging to a panzer unit, esp a tank
3. (Military) (plural) armoured troops
[from German, from Middle High German, from Old French panciere coat of mail, from Latin pantex paunch]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.panzer - an armored vehicle or tankpanzer - an armored vehicle or tank          
armored combat vehicle, armoured combat vehicle, army tank, tank - an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads
Deutschland, FRG, Germany, Federal Republic of Germany - a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
Translations
Panzer [ˈpæntsəʳ]
A. N the Panzerslas tropas motorizadas
B. CPDmotorizado
Panzer division Ndivisión f motorizada
panzer [ˈpænzəʳ] npanzer m inv


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Byline: ROGER CLARKE IGET the feeling that if Adolf Hitler, Pol Pot, Idi Amin and Attila the Hun turned up at St James' Park, St Mary's or Meadows Lane or wherever in a Panzer tank to annex, sorry, take over a football club, then they would still be deemed fit and proper people by our football authorities.
Thirty-five thousand of Rommel's Afrika Corps lay siege to the city, backed up by elite panzer tank divisions and waves of dive bombers, whereas the Allies numbered around 26,000 of Australian and British soldiers, with no air support.
Crack units of infantry and Panzer tank divisions were deployed and a full-scale onslaught was launched on February 3.
 
 
 
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