Re: Ship Prefix's

At 01:55 PM 7/29/97 +0200, you wrote:
>
>The translation for hovertank would probably be "Luftkissenpanzer".
>("Hovercraft" at least is translated as " Luftkissenboot")
>But "Schwebepanzer" is valid to, since "to hover" means "schweben" in
german.
>The difference between the two terms is that "Luftkissenpanzer"
describes
>a vehicle which is gliding on a cushion of compressed air as todays
hovercrafts
>do, whereas "Schwebepanzer" is a more general term and can be used for
>gravtanks as well.

Thanks, Steffen. Looks like Mikko and I were BOTH right. I'll use
"Luftkissenpanzer" for Hammer's Slammers style hovertanks, and
"Schwebepanzer" for grav tanks.

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