Re: Translation

Roger Burton West schrieb:
> On or about Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 11:06:07AM +0200,
> >Yes, I guess so. Apart from the Panzerfaust, there also
> > is the 'Fliegerfaust' man-portable AA rocket (e.g.Stinger).
> 
> That tends to imply that the "Xfaust" formation is
> similar to the English "X-killer" - tank-killer, etc. Oh well.

Literally, 'Faust' means 'Fist', so it's something you use for hitting
hard. 

AFAIK, the Panzerfaust is the first such composite name. 

To my mind Fliegerfaust sounds a bit awkward, but the term was already
used in WWII.

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