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To: PistolPaknMama; panzerkamphwageneinz

While I don’t know much German, I know enough to know they LOVE their uber-long compound words.

So we have panzerkamphwageneinz.

A panzerkampfwagen is a tank. I think literally armored war wagon. The famous Panther tank of WWII was the Panzerkampfwagen V, Pzkw V for short. The Tiger was the Pzkw VI.

Not sure about the -einz ending. Or why h instead of f.

Beyond that, we’ll let him comment.

Well, one more comment. A mashup of Panzerkampfwagen Heinz might be a reference to Heinz Guderian, notable German tank warfare theorist and general.


77 posted on 04/10/2015 7:08:29 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster
panzerkampfwagen

I think literally armored war wagon.

Actually it translates to Armored Combat(struggle) Vehicle.

170 posted on 04/11/2015 6:29:36 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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