Re: [FH] What do you call in Drop Troops the NSL

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>  However, I'd expect the
> unexpected, as my admittedly limited experience suggests
> Russian-coined terms can tend towards 'quirky'. ;->=

Also russify shamelessly from other european languages (e.g. "Tank") :)
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Sort of the anti-Francophones...

I was thinking the weird fascination with 'rocket' that seems to rival
the
usage of 'cosmos'. While we'd think of 'rocket troops' as missle firing,
I'm not sure the Russian-dominant ESU space forces wouldn't use it in
their
terms for space troops.

On the other other hand, there's always MIR, which is both peace and
universe...

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>Assault-Landing Battalions [desantno-shturmovyy
>batalion, DShB]

Thank you for all the names, but especially this one.
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Small aside, the Sh in Russian is one letter: sort of a squared-off W.
With
thirty-three characters in their alphabet, they have doubles on most of
the
vowels, with half starting with a 'y' sound. Sh-Ch is one character,
looking like the Sh with a small tail.

Helps to explain John's 'DShB'; I remember, as a kid, taking years
before I
accepted that CCCP was es-es-es-er. ;->=

The_Beast