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What does Landser mean?

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What does Landser mean?
02-15-2010, 06:31 PM,
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What does Landser mean?
Is that the English word for the Germans?
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02-15-2010, 06:58 PM, (This post was last modified: 02-15-2010, 07:27 PM by Hedgehog.)
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RE: What does Landser mean?
(02-15-2010, 06:31 PM)Maarten Wrote: Is that the English word for the Germans?

It's not English at all, at least not dictionary terms, unless it's a slang word, never heard of it my self
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02-15-2010, 07:58 PM,
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RE: What does Landser mean?
He i asked it to someone and he said it's the German word of soldier of the Wehrmacht.
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02-15-2010, 10:07 PM,
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RE: What does Landser mean?
(02-15-2010, 07:58 PM)Maarten Wrote: He i asked it to someone and he said it's the German word of soldier of the Wehrmacht.

From what I've read it (landser) is the German term for an infantryman.
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02-15-2010, 11:43 PM,
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RE: What does Landser mean?
It means "infantryman, grunt, ground pounder."

It comes from "Landstreitkräfte," which means ground fighting forces or army.
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