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What is PAK in the artillery designation

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Posted by Rob Gronovius on Saturday, September 1, 2012 9:54 PM

T26E4


Rob: I never thought about that. It makes perfect sense.

I took a couple semesters of typing in high school. The first semester was manual typewriters and the second semester was electric. There was a whole list of commonly mis-typed words that you often mis-typed even if you were looking for the word.

"Teh" instead of "The" is probably the most common. Another common mis-typed word is the word "its". Most people add the apostrophe which makes the word the contraction of "it is".

It should be, "Give the dog its bone" and not "Give the dog it's bone".

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Posted by redleg12 on Saturday, September 1, 2012 9:36 PM

wing_nut

Huh!  And all this time I thought it was earschplittenloudenboomer.

NO....it is more like tinytankpeashooter 

Real artillery is putting a projectile beyond visual range, hitting a target a long way off, and when the projectile explodes, it has a kill radius of half a football field.

Hitting tanks with a small bore gun ( less than 100mm) or firing a fly swatter is not REAL artillery

When you pull the lanyard (the string that make it go boom) and you feel like you have just been chest bumped and you smell the muzzle blast....that Artillery.

I guess I am biased

PS...here is some info on artillery modeling

http://www.redleg2scale.com/RBMI%20Info/Artillery%20Modeling.pdf

Rounds Complete!!

"The Moral High Ground....A Great Place to Emplace Artillery."

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Posted by T26E4 on Saturday, September 1, 2012 2:59 PM

How about this?


Rob: I never thought about that. It makes perfect sense.

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Posted by terry35 on Saturday, September 1, 2012 12:48 PM
I am at present almost ten years working at engraving, I can tell everyone now that you do not know how bad your spellings is until you realize it can or be erased. That applies to everybody no matter what your qualification or level of education.

Have fun,

Regards,

Terry.

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Posted by Rob Gronovius on Saturday, September 1, 2012 12:36 PM

T26E4

That's why if you ever see the word "flack" used, you should know it should be "Flak".  But it's not nearly as bad as when I see people write/say "turrent" when they mean turret.  Where did that ever come from?

That's a typo comon to anyone who has ever taken typing classes. Basically muscle memory due to the combination "-ent" being a common ending to many English words. You think a word and the fingers do the rest.

My last name is most commonly misspelled by adding a third "o". I'd often get a call saying my email bounced. I'd tell the caller to remove the third letter "o" in the email address and resend. It's because "-ious" is likewise a common ending to many English words. Most people wonder how I knew they added an extra "o". I tell them about half my certificates from the Army have my name misspelled as do most of my children's school achievement certificates.

While "turrent" is a true typo (meaning the writer knows how to spell "turret" and would properly spell it out if handwriting it or orally spelling it), I am amazed at how many people cannot spell the word "vinyl" correctly.

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Posted by wing_nut on Saturday, September 1, 2012 9:19 AM

Huh!  And all this time I thought it was earschplittenloudenboomer.

Marc  

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Posted by T26E4 on Friday, August 31, 2012 11:31 PM

That's why if you ever see the word "flack" used, you should know it should be "Flak".  But it's not nearly as bad as when I see people write/say "turrent" when they mean turret.  Where did that ever come from?

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Posted by tenthumbs on Friday, August 31, 2012 7:34 PM

seen that one also   thanks I appreciate the help.

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Posted by Phil_H on Friday, August 31, 2012 7:31 PM

Another one you may come across in reference to German weapons is "KwK" - Kampfwagenkanone or "Fighting Vehicle gun/cannon"

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Posted by tenthumbs on Friday, August 31, 2012 6:50 PM

thank you !, that is exactly what I was trying to find out. anything I have in the way of books or could google walked all the way around it without actually stating what it meant.

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Posted by Phil_H on Friday, August 31, 2012 6:40 PM

Panzer Abwehr Kanone - simply translates to "Anti-tank gun", as "Flak" (Flieger Abwehr Kanone) translates to "Anti-aircraft gun"

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Posted by terry35 on Friday, August 31, 2012 6:28 PM

Sorry the predictive text got it wrong it's panzer abhwer kanonen

Again sorry for that

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Posted by tenthumbs on Friday, August 31, 2012 6:24 PM

thank you. I take it that is just a name without reference to powder charge, barrel length etc?

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Posted by terry35 on Friday, August 31, 2012 6:11 PM

Panzer abhwer kanknen

Terry

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What is PAK in the artillery designation
Posted by tenthumbs on Friday, August 31, 2012 6:07 PM

I have been trying to find what pak means in the german artillery pieces.  I can't seem to find it in books or on the web sites how it is used.?.. Dan

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