Comments by "Britta Kriep" (@brittakriep2938) on "wz.35: Poland's Remarkably Misunderstood Antitank Rifle" video.

  1. ​ @Darth-Nihilus1 : No! In civilian context Gewehr is umbrella term for long guns ( Shotguns, rifles, combination guns, lighter punt guns, wall guns, anti material guns, anti tank guns). In Military context a Gewehr was a full sized battle rifle, in contrast to shorter Karabiner ( or Stutzen in Austria). But attention! In older documents Gewehr also could be a bladed weapon , for example a Seitengewehr IS a bayonnet, or a Kurzgewehr was a kind of polearm, which was used by lowrank officers or sergeants long into 18th century. Why? Ge- means ,a lot of' ( Gesang- a lot of singing, Geschrei- a lot of shouting) and Wehr can be either weapon in general or a long knife ( see Bauernwehr). Sich wehren - to defend yourself. So Gewehr means ,a lot of defence ' and can be ( in older time) both a firearm or an edged weapon.
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  2. A question out of context: Why do you call german tanks Panzer? I (german) call every tank of world Panzer.
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  3.  @richardjames1812  : Strange. As noted, in german language every tank is a Panzer. A similar thing is Stahlhelm, in german every military steelhelmet , not only german ones, is a Stahlhelm.
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  4. As longer as war lastet, socalled , Buntmetalle ' , for example copper, zinc, even lead became rarer in Germany. So even church bells had been used as rawmaterial. Brass cartridges had been replaced as much as possible by steel cartridges.
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  5. Frille: For me (german) every tank existing on earth is a Panzer. And swedish stridsvagn is , for reason of being a germannic language no problem . Strid means war ( also once german Streit meaned war, for example a Streitkolben is a mace) and vagn is german Wagen. So a stridsvagn is a Kriegswagen. For reason, that Hussite war waggons are no more in use, similar to russian moving walls, it is clear that a tank / Panzer is meant. Btw., german Streitwagen means a war charriot.
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