The famous Panther tank gets a reboot

[Elrood]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTBA5tQsDbE

Fyi. German arms manufacturer Rheinmetal introduced it earlier this year.

I thought some of you might enjoy this. :-)

[Witt]

@elrood nice . Something with a history to protect you from Russia.

[Elrood]

@witt although the naming was criticized for implications to Nazi Germany and atrocitoes of the Wehrmacht (something we do not like to glorify in any way)

[Witt]

@elrood shame it wasn’t called Tiger! Although, that scared the Allies , more than the Russians.
Panther is a good name.

[KaLeu]

‘Panther’ seems a logical successor to the preceding ‘Leopard’, but as far as animals are concerned, ‘panther’ isn’t a separate species - it’s a term often used for black leopards. And the official Latin names of all the big cats start with Panthera, including Panthera tigris. So from that perspective, a Tiger is a Panther.