CDRMITTENS to NonCredibleDefenseEnglish · 12 hours agoAlso having a semi auto as the standard issues rifleimagemessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1254arrow-down111file-text
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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.
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.