Etymology

Panzerschrek

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Today it means: a portable anti-tank rocket launcher developed by the Germans during WW2 Full definition →

German Panzerschreck
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  1. German · derived fromPanzerschreck
  2. English todayPanzerschrek

Misspelled from German Panzerschreck, which was a nickname of the anti-tank weapon officially known as Raketenpanzerbüchse 54.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.