Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Werferführer
English translation:
Mortar crew leader
Added to glossary by
Mackert (X)
Sep 16, 2004 14:34
19 yrs ago
German term
Mackert (X)
Werferführer
German to English
Other
Military / Defense
US-English. WW II. "Werferführer." Another position.
Proposed translations
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| 5 +3 | Mortar crew leader |
Frosty
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| 3 +1 | crew/team leader |
Ted Wozniak
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German term (edited):
Werferf�hrer
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Mortar crew leader
You 'shoot' with Artillery but mortars are 'thrown' - both can be 'fired'. The difference may be that Artillery can be aimed with relative accuracy, mortars cannot. Direct hits with a mortar mean you are having a very lucky day!
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Thomas Bollmann
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Mario Marcolin
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gangels (X)
: Why not check with two American war heroes, Clinton and Bush
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Comment: "Thanks! Mick"
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12 mins
Ted Wozniak
United States
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Native in English
Works in field
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Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
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German term (edited):
Werferf�hrer
crew/team leader
I don't like calling a grenade launcher a "gun" but I wasn't in the artillery. Again, for crew-served weapons, you would have a crew leader (selects the target/ammo type and runs the crew), a gunner (fires the weapon), a ammo bearer (carries the ammo), maybe a loader, and possibly more depending on the weapon system.
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Kim Metzger
: Ted, wasn't a Granatwerfer a mortar? I.e. an infantry weapon? Would it be mortar team leader?
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Yes, I had forgotten that was the old term. The more modern term for mortar is "Mörser". My copy of TM 30-506 (1964) shows Granatwerfer as outdated.
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