Panzer Unit (Anime)

The Panzer Unit (パンツァー隊) was a special unit of the Marleyan military, which operated the artillery attached to the Cart Titan. They served in the Marley Mid-East War and the Raid on Liberio, the latter of which was where every member except for Pieck was killed.

Chain of command
The Panzer Unit was a small unit consisting of five Marleyan soldiers, lead by Pieck as the Cart Titan. They accompanied her in the battlefield, operating the artillery attached to her Titan, the machine guns that proved to be extremely effective in killing multiple Mid-East soldiers in Fort Slava and in Liberio against the Eldian forces from Paradis Island.

Group bond
Even though they had an Eldian as a superior officer, the five men treated her as a trusted comrade without looking down on her status as one, and Pieck herself seemed to have developped a special bond with them, being deeply affected by their deaths. The Marleyans in the Panzer Unit admired her so much that they seemed to be in love with Pieck, obeying every single one of her orders without questioning. Their deeply positive bond was reinforced by the fact that group and solo photos of Pieck taken by the unit were plastered inside the gun turrets of one of the unit's member, Carlo.

Equipment
The members operated inside an armour made for the Cart on her back consisting of four individual gun turrets accomodated for each soldier. Inside every turret, there was a machine gun faced outwards in order to be used in action.

Uniforms
The Panzer Unit members were given the standard all white uniform given to the soldiers of the Marleyan army, and put on top of that a special dark gear for soldiers operating machine guns. Outside of battle, the members still wore the uniform without the gear, and were also seen wearing the military's beige trenchcoat. The commanding officer of the small unit, Pieck Finger, as an Eldian, wore her red armband and the special uniform given to Subjects of Ymir to differentiate her from the others.

Marley arc
Pieck's Cart Titan and the Panzer Unit are present at the battle of Fort Slava during the climax of the Marley Mid-East War. After one of the Mid-East armoured train has been destroyed, the Cart Titan is able to go into action, and the Panzer members use their machine guns to kill many enemy soldiers in the trenches. During the Scout Regiment's attack on Liberio, Pieck orders the Panzer Unit to prepare the Cart Titan's machine guns and uses them to fend off the attackers. The machine gun proves effective against the Scouts' omni-directional mobility gear maneuvers and the crew is able to save the Jaw Titan from being finished off. However, when the Beast Titan is suddenly brought down by Levi Ackermann, the Panzer Unit is caught off-guard by a wave of soldiers overhead. In the chaos, Sasha Braus carefully snipes Carlo in the forehead from across the rooftop, distracting the others of the Panzer Unit shortly before the rest are annihilated by a barrage of Thunder Spears.

Trivia

 * Panzerkampfwagen are a series of battle tanks in Germany that were produced during WW2.