Prestige is the currency of Panzer General, and it is awarded based on success in combat seizing objectives, taking cities, villages, and airfields, destroying enemy units, and beating out a particular scenario with time to spare all add a prestige bonus. Panzer General for PC: Prestige and the Successful Panzer General This allows the player to build an army suited to taste, and offers a quality versus quantity dynamic that becomes very important in a number of scenarios.

All Panzer General units gain experience as they fight, but Core units are carried over from one scenario to the next. Core units are those that given to the player in the first campaign scenario, plus those purchased thereafter that fall within the Core unit cap - a limit that progressively increases throughout the game. One highly unique aspect of Panzer General that was not common to PC strategy titles of the time is the concept of “Core” units. Naval units are present as well, although they are assigned only in certain missions and cannot be purchased. There are Aircraft available as well, in three primary types: Level Bombers, Tactical Bombers, and Fighters. Units are classified by type - Tanks, Infantry, Anti-Tank, Air Defense, Artillery, and so forth. Panzer General for PC maintains an operational focus, and so the units controlled correspond roughly to brigade or regimental sized formations, perhaps even divisions for some units.

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