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"Panzerkampfwagen" -> Panzer alias

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BUR #19279 has been approved by @evazion.

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create alias panzerkampfwagen_i -> panzer_i
create alias pzkpfw_i -> panzer_i
create alias panzerkampfwagen_ii -> panzer_ii
create alias pzkpfw_ii -> panzer_ii
create alias panzerkampfwagen_iii -> panzer_iii
create alias pzkpfw_iii -> panzer_iii
create alias panzerkampfwagen_iv -> panzer_iv
create alias pzkpfw_iv -> panzer_iv
create alias panzerkampfwagen_panther -> panther_(tank)
create alias panzer_v_panther -> panther_(tank)
create alias pzkpfw_v_panther -> panther_(tank)
create alias panzer_vi_tiger_i -> tiger_i
create alias pzkpfw_vi_tiger_i -> tiger_i
create alias panzer_vi_ausf_b_tiger_ii -> tiger_ii
create alias pzkpfw_vi_ausf_b_tiger_ii -> tiger_ii
create alias panzerkampfwagen_vii_lowe -> lowe_(tank)
create alias pzkpfw_vii_lowe -> lowe_(tank)
create alias panzer_vii_lowe -> lowe_(tank)
create alias panzerkampfwagen_viii_maus -> maus_(tank)
create alias pzkpfw_viii_maus -> maus_(tank)
create alias panzer_viii_maus -> maus_(tank)

For some reason, the guy who first tagged German World War II tanks decided to use the full "Panzerkampfwagen" designation for all mainline German tanks but the Tiger I and Panther I, despite all of these tanks were simply known as "Panzer (designated number)" or by their designated name. These tags were awfully inconvenient and seems like a pedantic approach at best.

So I proposes renaming all the mainline Panzer tanks without official names into "Panzer (roman numeral)" instead, as it is what it was commonly known, while the later Panzer tanks that did got their own names (such as the Maus) would be renamed into their actual name instead. In addition, I would like to implement the shothand form of "Panzerkampfwagen" ("Pzkpfw") as another utility alias.

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