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offensive grenade

German translation: Spreng(hand)granate


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English term or phrase:offensive grenade
German translation:Spreng(hand)granate
Entered by: David Seycek
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09:59 Feb 1, 2007
English to German translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Military / Defense / Granaten
English term or phrase: offensive grenade
Kennt jemand die korrekte deutsche Bezeichnung dieses Granatentyps?
Danke!
transactionbel
Local time: 11:11
Spreng(hand)granate
Explanation:
...wäre auch eine Möglichkeit.
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David Seycek
Austria
Local time: 11:11
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Danke!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1Angriffshandgranate
Steffen Walter
4AngriffsgranateDavid Moore
3Spreng(hand)granate
David Seycek


Discussion entries: 2





  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Angriffshandgranate


Explanation:
... wenn ersichtlich ist, dass es tatsächlich um eine Handgranate geht.

Siehe z. B. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/VP-Bereitschaft
"Angriffshandgranate RGD-5 und Verteidigungshandgranate F1"

In der u. a. Wörterbuchquelle findet sich:
Angriffshandgranate=offensive grenade




    Reference: http://deutsch-englisch.englisch-infos.info/da10.htm
Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 11:11
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 20

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agree  David Seycek: Angriffshandgranaten: starke Druckwelle, wenig Splitter
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Spreng(hand)granate


Explanation:
...wäre auch eine Möglichkeit.

David Seycek
Austria
Local time: 11:11
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in CzechCzech
PRO pts in category: 16
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Danke!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Angriffsgranate


Explanation:
Since there are all sorts of grenade launchers, I don't think the "hand" bit would necessarily be correct there...

Have a look here:

[PDF] Void – Waffenkammer
Dateiformat: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - HTML-Version
Void – Waffenkammer. Übersetzt aus dem Englischen vom Voidlegion Übersetzungsteam. 2 / 2. Inhalt:. Angriffsgranaten (Assault Grenades) . ...
www.voidlegion.de/download/waffenkammer211102.pdf


David Moore
Local time: 11:11
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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