From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Tue Dec 14 2004 - 18:13:15 PST
Vell, dat iss all veddy interestink, Herr Beattie. Ve tank you zo much for
ze informashun.
APB
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From: "Bruce C. Beattie" <bruce@eecs.berkeley.edu>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 9:09 PM
Subject: [MV] flak--All you wanted to know
> Main Entry: flak Pronunciation Guide
> Variant(s): also flack \flak\
> Function: noun
> Inflected Form(s): plural flak
> Etymology: German flak, from fliegerabwehrkanone antiaircraft gun, from
> fliegerabwehr defense against air attack (from flieger aviator -- from
> fliegen to fly, from Old High German fliogan -- + abwehr defense, from
> abwehren to ward off, from ab off, away -- from Old High German aba -- +
> wehren to restrain, forbid, from Old High German werren to defend) +
> kanone cannon, from Italian cannone -- more at FLY, OF, WEIR, CANNON
> 1 : antiaircraft guns <flak battery> <flak ship>
> 2 : the bursting shells fired from flak <despite heavy flak damage made
> a safe landing>
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