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> The vehicle in question does in fact bear the word "Panzer" in its official German designation So does the German word for "bulletproof glass"[0], and that's

> The vehicle in question does in fact bear the word "Panzer" in its official German designation So does the German word for "bulletproof glass"[0], and that's not "a tank" either! [0] https://dict.leo.org/german-english/Panzerglas https://dict.leo.org/german-english/Panzerglas

brazzy 4y ago
The difference is that the base noun is at the end. "Panzerglas" literally translates as "armored glass" "Glaspanzer" would be a "glass tank" And the Gepard's official designation is "Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer" - "anti-air cannon tank"
- logifail 4y ago
  > The difference is that the base noun is at the end The German [base]noun "Panzer" cannot simply be translated to the English "tank"[0] without context, and specifically the noun "Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer" shouldn't be translated to any kind of tank. Unless of course one thinks any vehicle with tracks and a gun is a tank(?) > The Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard ("anti-aircraft armoured fighting vehicle 'Cheetah'", better known as the Flakpanzer Gepard) is an all-weather-capable German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG)[1] Like the Bradley[2], it's an armoured fighting vehicle.[3] [0] https://dict.leo.org/german-english/panzer https://dict.leo.org/german-english/panzer [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flakpanzer_Gepard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flakpanzer_Gepard [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Fighting_Vehicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Fighting_Vehicle [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armoured_fighting_vehicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armoured_fighting_vehicle
  - brazzy 4y ago
    Yes - it's a translation mistake because (as is often the case the words in different languages) the words do not cover exactly the same concepts. Therefore I see little reason to assume that it's "deliberate misdirection" as you wrote in your original comment.

brazzy 4y ago

The difference is that the base noun is at the end. "Panzerglas" literally translates as "armored glass" "Glaspanzer" would be a "glass tank" And the Gepard's official designation is "Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer" - "anti-air cannon tank"

logifail 4y ago
> The difference is that the base noun is at the end The German [base]noun "Panzer" cannot simply be translated to the English "tank"[0] without context, and specifically the noun "Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer" shouldn't be translated to any kind of tank. Unless of course one thinks any vehicle with tracks and a gun is a tank(?) > The Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard ("anti-aircraft armoured fighting vehicle 'Cheetah'", better known as the Flakpanzer Gepard) is an all-weather-capable German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG)[1] Like the Bradley[2], it's an armoured fighting vehicle.[3] [0] https://dict.leo.org/german-english/panzer https://dict.leo.org/german-english/panzer [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flakpanzer_Gepard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flakpanzer_Gepard [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Fighting_Vehicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Fighting_Vehicle [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armoured_fighting_vehicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armoured_fighting_vehicle
- brazzy 4y ago
  Yes - it's a translation mistake because (as is often the case the words in different languages) the words do not cover exactly the same concepts. Therefore I see little reason to assume that it's "deliberate misdirection" as you wrote in your original comment.