Re: Israeli APCs

On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Robin Paul wrote:

> Here's a page with pics of a model of the Centurion APC and the T-55
APC:
> http://www.elitegrp.com.lb/modeling/arabisrael/gallery1.htm

wow, great models....really great models...
> 
> The names are "Akhzarit" (ex-T-55, though you'd hardly know it) and
> "Nagmash'ot" (ex-Centurion, and much more recognizable).  Anyone know
what
> the names mean?

Funny, I got curious about the pronunciation and asked a friend of mine 
to look it up. Achzarit (ach-zah-RHEET I think) roughly translates as
the 
masculine form of Cruelty...

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