Panzer-Giganten

The Panzer-Giganten is a Nazi creation from the Dark of the Moon portion of the live-action film continuity family.

The Panzer-Giganten is a mechanical beast, powered by human lives and possessing sentience enough to make it a formidable weapon. Constructed from a combination of technology native to Earth and reverse-engineered from Jetfire, the Nazi creation could well turn the tide of the war against the Allies.

Fiction

IDW Dark of the Moon comics

Following Jetfire's capture by Nazis during World War II, he was imprisoned in Castle Neuschwanstein so that scientists could study and reverse-engineer new weapons from his technology. The ultimate result was the Panzer-Giganten, powered by the bodies of three men. The Allies launched a mission to investigate the Nazi possession of a Transformer. As Bill Simmons and Lupton broke into the castle using a captured laser tank, they discovered what the result of the Nazis' work was when the Panzer-Giganten was activated. The pair, all that remained of the mission, were confronted by the creature which proceeded to destroy the tank, killing Lupton. It followed Simmons upstairs, batting aside a satchel of explosives he threw at it, only for the explosives to free Jetfire. Jetfire was outraged at what had been done and attacked the Panzer-Giganten, ripping out the three men powering it. He followed this up by helping Simmons tear down the castle and killing anyone he found, ending the entire project. Weapon

Notes

• "Panzer-Giganten" translates to "the armored giants", even though the name refers to only one creature.