The German term Panzerfaust (Tank-fist) is a name given to a World War II–era disposable recoilless single-shot light anti-tank launcher, referring to their warheads having a caliber larger than their launcher tube, making them protrude like a fist.

Panzerfaust may also refer to:

The success of the Panzerfaust during WWII popularised the name and may refer to the following:

Military

  • Fliegende Panzerfaust, a very-short-range interceptor developed by Zeppelin during World War 2 to intercept Allied bomber aircraft
  • Operation Panzerfaust (German: Unternehmen Panzerfaust), the German military invasion of Hungary in October 1944

Music

  • Panzerfaust Records, a Minnesota-based white supremacist record label
  • Panzerfaust (album), an album by the Norwegian black metal band Darkthrone
  • Panzerfaust (band), a Canadian black metal band
  • Panzerfaust (song), a song by industrial band KMFDM on its 2011 album WTF?!

Other

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