Comments by "Britta Kriep" (@brittakriep2938) on "The First Sturmgewehr: The MKb42(H)" video.

  1. What does Gewehr mean? In Military context a Gewehr is a fullsize rifle, in contrast to Karabiner. In Civilian context, every long gun is a Gewehr, so an umbrella term only. But why is bayonnet in german either Bajonett or Seitengewehr, a bladed weapon called Gewehr? Well Ge- means a lot of - ( for example Gewässer/ a lot of water, Gesang/ a lot of singing, Geschrei/ a lot of shouting) and Wehr means weapon ( for example large Bauernwehr knife arround 1500). Sich wehren means to defend yourself. So Gewehr: A lot of defence, in older documents a Gewehr can be both a firearm or bladed weapon.
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  2. But some machines producing 8x57 IS could be used for 8x33, much measurements had been the same.
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  3.  @theblackhand6485  : When you read ,die Wehr' ( das Wehr is something quite different) , mit blanker Wehr', ,die Seitenwehr' ( sidearm, can be pistol or sword) in older texts, then it means a mostly bladed weapon. In case of Wehrmacht, Reichswehr, Bundeswehr or Feuerwehr ( fire brigade) it means a trained unit, which defends against enemies or fire. Btw., i am german.
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  4.  @ElitePraetorianGuard  : In german, we rarely say Panzerkampfwagen, Panzer is enough. Nearly nobody says Lastkraftwagen, Lastwagen ( truck/ lorry) or simply Lkw is used ( But a LKW can be in southern Germany also a Leberkäswecken- meat loaf bread roll) . In context of vehicles there is a great difference between Germans German and Law/ officials/politicians German.
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  5. Also experiments only in Switzerland.
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  6. Führer can be leader, guide and driver , depending on context.
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