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Old May 8th, 2007, 06:26 PM

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Default Re: German nicknames

Hi Even
I think I read somewhere that people thought the priests platform where the 50 cal firer stands resembles a priests pulpit, hence the name. The convention of naming by catagories comes from the british navy
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