
Armour bit bored of tank puns already
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Thu 2 Aug 2007, 11:28,
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*ahem*
Sorry about that... Turret's syndrome, you know...
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Thu 2 Aug 2007, 11:34,
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Sorry about that... Turret's syndrome, you know...

Panzer being the German word for tank.
Indeed when refering to British tanks German troops would never call them panzers, prefering to use the term "Scheißekasten".
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Thu 2 Aug 2007, 11:26,
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Indeed when refering to British tanks German troops would never call them panzers, prefering to use the term "Scheißekasten".

Modern day terminology "fucked her in the shitbox" is believed to have been derived from the german phrase "zielen Sie für das Absaugventilatorrohr, Sie kann den Treibstoffbehälter schlagen"
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Thu 2 Aug 2007, 11:28,
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aim for the Absaugventilatorrohr, you can strike the fuel container
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Thu 2 Aug 2007, 11:33,
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zielen Sie für den Absaugventilator, Sie kann den Treibstoffbehälter schlagen
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Thu 2 Aug 2007, 11:34,
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Bitte lassen Sie mich in Ihre Kunsthochschule, ich werde sein gut ich verspreche
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Thu 2 Aug 2007, 11:42,
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I used to have loads of Afrika Korps and Tiger Tanks in my bedroom
They were very dusty
and kept shouting "Gott in Himmel" in the middle of the night
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Thu 2 Aug 2007, 11:20,
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They were very dusty
and kept shouting "Gott in Himmel" in the middle of the night