Panzerkraft

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Panzerkraft is a collective group of sports and activities that involves the use Tanks and Tankettes as a means of play. Being one of the prominent subjects of being a deterrence, Panzerkraft, alongside its other interrelated sports are recognized worldwide and often advocated to the younger generation to participate with.

One of the famous disciplines under Panzerkraft is the well recognized Panzer-Stil, which means "Panzer Style", it is a sport that utilizes the Tanks and Tankette into a combat simulation of a "tank battle".

The term "**Tankers**" is described as participants/athletes of Panzerkraft.

## Etymology

The origins of the word dates back during the 20th century. The word *"Panzerkraft"* is a mixed of two German words; *Panzer* (lit. means tank) and *-kraft* (lit. means power/force), when combined the meaning of the word in English means "Armored Force" or "Tank Power".

The former was used extensively during the early 1920s till 1930s as this was meant for the participants in Military Exercises that mainly uses tanks, only the start of the 1950s in which the former was replaced by the latter as this became the common meaning of the word.

## Overview

Panzerkraft is the first out the four groups to be fully developed into a Recrelympics sport. This was the exemplar product of the successful invention of the Dimiourgoenergy by Petra Dimiourgo, in which it allows a one-of-a-kind group of sports that eventually replaced the orthodox of Military Exercises, Recreational Sports, and Military Sports, altogether.

The first known discipline under the context of Panzerkraft is the German Panzer-Stil and the Russian Put' Tankov. Though the former became prominent than the latter due to its significance to the European Theater during the Cold War Stage, in which Panzer-Stil played a heavy role during its use to the German Military and NATO.

## International Panzerkraft Federation

> "Gold in Peace, Steel in combat" - The official motto of the IPF
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The **I**nternational **P**anzerkraft **F**ederation (abbreviated as "**IPF**") is the international organizing body of Panzerkraft. It affiliates itself with the the **N**ational **P**anzerkraft **A**ssociations (NPAs) and the **R**egional **P**anzerkraft **A**ssociations (RPAs) that recognized by the International Recrelympic Committee (IRC).

The main and authority committee of the IPF is called the "Landship Committee".

The IPF is responsible for carrying out tasks, rules and regulations, promoting the sports, business, participants, and engages itself to the other organizations in order to preserve Peace and maintain the Peace Stagnation.

It was the first International Federation to join the IRF on 1949.

## Panzerkraft and Deterrence

The concept of Panzerkraft being the modern deterrence is dated back after the end of the 1990s where the usage of the sport alongside with the other 3 sports fitted the description of the modern deterrence theory concluded by the **Center for Strategic and International Studies** (**CSIS**) in Washington, D.C. They stated that the balance of power of all nations can correlate to its prowess in the sport of Panzerkraft, Infantry-Craft, Aerial-Aces, and Aquatic Warfare as they made most effective at reducing the threat of non-nuclear attacks by:

* Establishing norms of behavior;
* Tailoring deterrence threats to individual actors;
* Adopting an all of government and society response; and
* Building credibility with adversaries.

## Panzerkraft Hall of Fame (PK: HoF)

The Panzerkraft Hall of Fame (or the PK: Hall of Fame) is the Hall of Fame for Tankers that are recognized for their contribution to Panzerkraft, often these inductees gained their Panzer Ace nicknames from it.

The process of being the inductee of the PK: HoF requires a thorough investigation of the PK's Investigation Committee, it is a Committee that is responsible for acquiring information and the biography of Tankers through inquiries, evaluations, and/or interviews.

Often than not, being an Inductee of the HoF is awarded through having a Panzer Ace nickname, this is different from having a Callsign as Callsigns are only used for identification to that Inductee's affiliated Faction.

## Panzer Aces

Panzer Ace or Tank Ace is a title to describe a skilled Tanker. It is a title to reward to any Tankers who showed an exceptional talent or deeds on the field, either by defeating a series of enemy tanks in a span of a short time, defending a location against many odds, or simply preforming heroic deeds during his/her career.

Each nickname and title may vary depending on the nation, but typically they will be rewarded with a medal alongside with a nickname to distinguish themselves from a normal Tankers.

In order to get the title of Panzer-Ace, one must require to experience the ***Aceship**,* it is a process of evaluating aspiration or the ethos of an individual in both inside and outside matches organized by the IPF and its subsidiaries. Though Aceship can be applied to both Hohei-dō and Sentōki-dō.

### **Nicknames**

There is a difference between a callsign and a nickname in terms of naming Panzer Aces. A callsign are names assigned from a specific person in their team, probably is it their Overall-Commander, their Panzerkraft advisor or they made it up as way to distinguish themselves during combat as the only purpose of it is identification in combat, typically this is shown in the series as team names such as "Anglerfish Team", "Fox Team", "Turtle Team", and etc.

Meanwhile, a nickname is given to a person in recognition for an achievement he/she achieved during Panzerkraft matches. Nicknames may vary from names of popular figureheads to names that resembles their play style, uniform, allegiance, or an animal.

A Panzer-Ace's nickname can be his/her alias.

The committee that is responsible for giving out the nicknames is the *Panzer Aces Committee,* this committee is under the PK's Investigation Committee and part of the Recrelympics Evaluation Commission.

List of known nicknames of Panzer Aces in the Alternaverse
 Miho Nishizumi
 Miamoto Wittmann
 Ayako "Kay"

## List of disciplines of Panzerkraft

* Panzer-Stil
* Sensha-dō
* Tankery
* Put' Tankov
* Tank Biathlon/Tankovthlon
* Jeux de Tank
* Tankathlon
* Tankette-Cross
* Monte Carlo Rally
* British Tankette Style
* Armored Pentathlon
* Armored Derby
* Armored Joust
* Panzerfahren