Comments by "Britta Kriep" (@brittakriep2938) on "Last of the Czech Mausers: the East German TGF1950 Goes to Ethiopia" video.

  1. In german language of today, ,Gewehr' means ,long firearm' in contrast to Pistole. So a Gewehr can be a Büchse(rifle), Flinte(shotgun) or a combined gun ( Büchsflinte/Drilling/Vierling). In military context Gewehr means a full size rifle in contrast to a shorter Karabiner. In old times, especially before 1800, Gewehr could also be a polearm or bladed weapon, a relict of this time is Seitengewehr, which is a bayonnet. Ge- means in german language simply ,a lot of'. Gewässer- a lot of water/ Gesang- a lot of singing/ Geschrei- a lot of shouting/ Gewehr- a lot of defence.
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