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automitrailleuzen

English translation: Armoured cars

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Dutch term or phrase:automitrailleuzen
English translation:Armoured cars
Entered by: ELisabeth Luhrs

10:45 Oct 29, 2008
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
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Dutch term or phrase: automitrailleuzen
It's part of an extract from a city record on happenings of a day during the war: Here is the entire sentence:
Het zijn twee automitrailleuzen-verkenners, met Amerikaansche militaire bemanning en overtalrijke burgerlijke passagiers.
ELisabeth Luhrs
Australia
Local time: 04:09
Armoured cars
Explanation:
Term coined by the Belgians in WWI. They were one of the pioneers. A Belgian armoured car unit even fought in Russia to assist the Tsarists against the Bolsjeviks.
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Ballistic
Belgium
Local time: 20:09
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Thank you for your help.
Groetjes,
Elisabeth
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4Armoured cars
Ballistic
4armoured car
Chris Hopley


  

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Armoured cars


Explanation:
Term coined by the Belgians in WWI. They were one of the pioneers. A Belgian armoured car unit even fought in Russia to assist the Tsarists against the Bolsjeviks.


    Reference: http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/ww1/WW1.html
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_armoured_cars#...
Ballistic
Belgium
Local time: 20:09
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Native speaker of: Dutch
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Thank you for your help.
Groetjes,
Elisabeth
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Asker: That is very interesting. Thanks so much for you help. You seem to have a lot of knowledge in this field. Bedankt.

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
automitrailleuse, pantserwagen
armoured car


Explanation:
Automitrailleuse is French for armoured car. 'Pantserwagen' is a more common Dutch term. Compare two refs. below.


    Reference: http://url.ie/ue4
    Reference: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automitrailleuse
Chris Hopley
Netherlands
Local time: 20:09
Native speaker of: English
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