Panzerwaffe

Armored forces
Panzerwaffe
Active	1936–1945
Country	Germany
Branch	Army

A column of tanks and other armoured vehicles of the Panzerwaffe, near Stalingrad, 1942.

Oberst Richard Koll, commander of battle group, army group North in special uniform.

Panzerwaffe, later also Panzertruppe (German for "Armoured Force", "Armoured Arm" or "Tank Force". Waffe: [combat] "arm") refers to a command within the Heer of the German Wehrmacht, responsible for the affairs of panzer (tank) and motorized forces shortly before and during the Second World War.