• Xanthrax
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    7 months ago

    Leave it to the Germans to name their weapon after what was used to kill the diety EVERYONE liked. (Balder)

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      197 months ago

      The Germans were notorious for using on-the-nose naming conventions. For example a radio-homing system was called “Odin”, which the British correctly guessed was using one transmitter rather than the usual two because Odin only had one eye.