CDRMITTENS to NonCredibleDefenseEnglish · 12 hours agoAlso having a semi auto as the standard issues rifleimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1254arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1243arrow-down1imageAlso having a semi auto as the standard issues rifleCDRMITTENS to NonCredibleDefenseEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecameron_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·12 hours agoThere is another: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistel
minus-squareXanthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-211 hours agoLeave it to the Germans to name their weapon after what was used to kill the diety, EVERYONE liked. (Balder)
minus-squareyesman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·7 hours agoThe Germans were notorious for using on-the-nose naming conventions. For example a radio-homing system was called “Odin”, which the British correctly guessed was using one transmitter rather than the usual two because Odin only had one eye.
There is another: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistel
Leave it to the Germans to name their weapon after what was used to kill the diety, EVERYONE liked. (Balder)
The Germans were notorious for using on-the-nose naming conventions. For example a radio-homing system was called “Odin”, which the British correctly guessed was using one transmitter rather than the usual two because Odin only had one eye.