panzer
noun
pan·zer ˈpan-zər 
ˈpän(t)-sər
ˈpän(t)-sər : tank sense 2
specifically : a German tank of World War II
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web 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 Under his agency the ball is no longer a soft rainbow in the sky, it has been weaponized into a bazooka rocket, a panzer-buster, trailing exhaust. Stephen Hunter, National Review, 22 Aug. 2019
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 Under his agency the ball is no longer a soft rainbow in the sky, it has been weaponized into a bazooka rocket, a panzer-buster, trailing exhaust. Stephen Hunter, National Review, 22 Aug. 2019 Word History
Etymology
German Panzer tank, armor, coat of mail, from Middle High German panzier, from Old French panciere, from pance, panche belly — more at paunch
First Known Use
1938, in the meaning defined above