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Right. People might use the word "Panzer" and have MBTs in their mind. Because that is the most famous kind of armored vehicle. But as the word "Panzer" is used
by _ph_ 4y ago
Right. People might use the word "Panzer" and have MBTs in their mind. Because that is the most famous kind of armored vehicle. But as the word "Panzer" is used for any kind of armor, it is pretty obvious, that it doesn't describe an exact vehicle type and all precise terms are compound words containing Panzer, like Kampfpanzer (MBT), Flugabwehrpanzer (anti air tank), Schützenpanzer (APAC). There is even the category of the Radpanzer, which means wheeled tank.
But my favorite by far is the Brückenlegepanzer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EdJcObHIPo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EdJcObHIPo which can lay a 20m bridge in 5 minutes without any support and also pick it up again.
- schroeding 4y agoAnd there is overlap, like the TPz Fuchs[1]: It's a Transportpanzer (=> TPz), because it can transport troops, but also a Radpanzer, because it has wheels. On the other hand, the MTW M113[2] was not called Schützenpanzer (APAC) in the german army, but Mannschaftstransportwagen (=> MTW), lit. squad transport vehicle. No hint in there that it's a armoured, tracked vehicle. However, the swiss called them Schützenpanzer. German in the military is quite complicated :D [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TPz_Fuchs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TPz_Fuchs [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M113_armored_personnel_carrier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M113_armored_personnel_carrier
- _ph_ 4y agoAnd of course, the new Schützenpanzer Puma, while still being an APAC, has grown quite an impressive cannon. With its 35mm gun, it probably could hold itself well against the older russian MBTs, against everything else anyway.