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A

  • Abteilung (Abt) - Detachment/Battalion
  • Abwehr - defence
  • Abwehr - Espionage, Counter-Espionage & Saboatage Service of the German High Command
  • Alkett - Altmaerkische Kettenfabrik GmbH
  • Amt - a main office branch
  • Anhaenger (Ah) - trailer
  • Armee - army
  • Armee-Oberkommando - Army Headquarters
  • Aufklaerung - Reconnaissance
  • Ausfuehrung (Ausf) - Variant or Model

    B

  • Bataillon - Battalion
  • Bataillonfuhrerwagen (BW) - battalion commander’s vehicle
  • Batterie - artillery battery
  • Befehlswagen (Bef.Wg) - Command Vehicle
  • Beobachtungswagen (Beob.Wg) - Observation Post Vehicle
  • Bergepanzer - Armored Recovery Vehicle
  • Beute-Panzer - captured tank
  • BMM - Boehmish-Maehrische Maschinenfabrik

    C

  • CKD - Ceskomoravska Kolben Danek

    D

  • Deutschen Afrikakorps (DAK) - German Africa Corps
  • Durchbruchwagen (DW) - breakthrough vehicle/tank

    E

  • Entwicklung - project/development
  • Ersatz - substitute/replacement

    F

  • Fahrgestell (Fgst) - chassis
  • Fallschirmjaeger - paratroopers
  • Famo - Fahrzeug-und-Motorenbau GmbH
  • Feldgrau - field grey
  • Feldhaubitze (FH) - Field Howitzer
  • Feldkanone (FK) - Field Gun
  • Flakpanzer - anti-aircraft tank
  • Flammenwerfer - Flamethrower
  • Fliegerabwehrkanone (Flak) - Anti-Aircraft Gun
  • Freiwilligen - a volunteer
  • Funk (Fu) - Radio
  • Funklenk - radio controlled

    G

  • Gebirgsjaeger - mountain troops
  • Gepanzert(er) (Gep.) - Armored
  • Geraet - device, equipment, weapon
  • Geschuetze - guns
  • Geschutzwagen (Gw.) - Gun Vehicle / Gun Carriage
  • Granatwerfer (Gr.W) - Mortar / Rocket Projector
  • Grosstraktor - large tank
  • Gruppe - section

    H

  • Haubitze - howitzer
  • Heer - Army
  • Hochleistungsmotor (HL) - High Speed Engine

    I

  • Infanterie - infantry
  • Infanteriegeschuetz (I.G) - infantry howitzer

    J

  • Jagdbomber (Jabo) - fighter bomber
  • Jagdpanzer (Jgd.Pz) - Hunting Tank / Tank Destroyer

    K

  • Kampfgruppe (KG) - Combat/Battle Group
  • Kampfwagenkanone (KwK) - Combat Vehicle Gun (Tank Gun)
  • Kanone (K) - Gun/Cannon
  • Kavallerie - cavalry
  • Klein(er) - Small(er)
  • Kleintraktor - small tank
  • Kompanie - Company
  • Korps - Corps
  • Kreuz - cross
  • Kriegsmarine - German Navy
  • Kurz (Kz.) - Short

    L

  • L/- (kaliber/lange) - Caliber Length
  • Lang (Lg.) - Long
  • Lastkraftwagen (Lkw) - Cargo Truck
  • leicht(er) (le) - light(er)
  • Luftwaffe - German Air Force

    M

  • MAN - Maschinenfabrik Augsburg Nuernberg AG
  • MG (Maschinengewehr) - Machine Gun
  • MIAG - Muehlenbau-und-Industrie AG
  • mittlerer (m) - medium
  • MK (Maschinenkanone) - Automatic Cannon/Gun
  • MNH - Maschinenfabrik Niedersachsen Hannover
  • MP (Maschinenpistole) - Submachine Gun
  • Munition - ammunition
  • Munitions-Panzerwagen (Mun.Pz) - Ammunition Carrier
  • Morser (Mrs.) - Heavy Mortar

    N

  • Nachrichten - signal troops
  • Nahverteidigungswaffe (NbK) - close-in defense weapon
  • Nebelwerfer (Nb.W) - Smoke / High Explosive Ammunition Mortar
  • Neu - new

    O

  • Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres - Command in Chief of the Army
  • Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH) - Germany Army High Command
  • Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW) - German Armed Forces High Command
  • Ostketten - 568mm wide tracks for use in Russia (Spring of 1944)

    P

  • Panzerabwehrkanone (Pak) - Anti-Tank Gun
  • Panzer-Befehlswagen (Pz.Bef.Wg) - Command Tank
  • Panzerbeobachtungswagen - OP Tank
  • Panzergranate (Pzgr) - armor piercing shell
  • Panzerjaeger (Pz.Jag) - Tank Hunter
  • Panzerjaegerkanone (Pjk) - Anti-Tank Gun (itself)
  • Panzerkampfwagen (PzKpfw) - Battle Tank
  • Panzerspaehwagen (PSW) - Armored Car
  • Panzertruppen - Armored Troops
  • Panzertruppenschule - Armored Troops School
  • Personenkraftwagen (Pkw) - Personnel Carrier
  • Pionier - combat engineer

    R

  • Raketenwerfer - mortar firing rocket propelled shells
  • Reichswehr - German Army (before Wehrmacht)
  • Ritterkreuztraeger - Knight’s Cross holder

    S

  • Schule - school
  • Schurzen - Armor Skirts/Aprons (extra protection for the suspension and roadwheels)
  • Schutzenkompanie - Company
  • Schutzenpanzerwagen - Half-Tracked Armored Personnel Carrier
  • Schutzenzug (Zug) - Platoon
  • schwere (s) - heavy
  • Schwimmpanzer - Amphibious / Swimming Tank
  • Selbstfahrlafette (Sf) - Self-Propelled Gun
  • Sonderkraftfahrzeug (SdKfz) - Special Purpose Motor Vehicle
  • Sprenggranate (Spgr) - high-explosive fragmentation shell
  • Sturmgeschuetz (StuG) - Assault Gun
  • Sturm-Infanteriegeschütz (SIG) - Assault Infantry Gun
  • Sturmpanzerhaubitze (StuH) - Assault Howitzer
  • Sturmpanzerkanone (StuK) - Assault Gun (itself)
  • Sturzkampfflugzeug (Stuka) - Dive Bomber

    T

  • Tauchpanzer - submersible tank
  • Tropen - tropical
  • Turm - turret

    U

    V

  • Verband - unit
  • Versuchskonstruktion (VK) - Experimental Construction / Prototype
  • Vollkettenfahrzueg (VK) - Full Tracked Vehicle
  • Vomag - Vogtlandische Maschinenfabrik AG
  • Volkssturm - People’s Storm

    W

  • Waffen SS - The Military Arm of the SS (Schutzstaffel)
  • Waffenamt - Ordnance Department
  • Waffentrager - Weapons Carrier
  • Wagen (Wg.) - Vehicle
  • Wa Pruef - design office
  • Wehrmacht - German Armed Forces
  • Wehrmachtbefehlshaber - Commander in Chief of Occupied Territory
  • Winterketten - 560mm wide tracks for use in Russia (Fall of 1942)

    X

    Y

    Z

  • Zimmerit - anti-magnetic paste/coating
  • Zug - platoon
  • Zugfuehrerwagen (ZW) - platoon commander’s vehicle
  • Zugkraftwagen (Zgkw) - prime mover/semi-tracked vehicle

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