German nicknames

[PanzerBob]

chuckfourth said:
Sorry cant resist posting this,
The Russians called the M3 lee "coffin for 5 comrades".
Chuck.

Actually it was "A coffin for 7 Brothers"

Cheers, Bob

[TreadHead]

Here's some more links. These two are specific to vehicles:

http://www.totalmodel.com/workshop/p...shop_284.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...les_of_Germany

This one is a laundry list of terms:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossar...military_terms
(repeated from above, but with complete link)

This one has some interesting statements on common "facts":

http://www.panzerworld.net/facts


Ross