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Message no. 1
From: "Leszek Karlik, aka Mike" <trrkt@*****.ONET.PL>
Subject: Parabellum ammo (was Re: Ammo [was Re: Sniper rifles]0
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 23:49:54 +0000
On 18 Jan 98, James Lindsay disseminated foul capitalist propaganda
by writing:

<snip>
> According to what I have read about Parabellum, the name came from
> the "telegraphic address" of Deutsche Waffen-und Munitionsfabrik--
> the company that created it (Parabellum, Berlin).

And not from the Luger Parabellum??? (Named after a Latin sentence
"Si vis pacem, para bellum" - "If you want peace, prepare for war")

Oh well, you learn a new thing each day...
;>


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Message no. 2
From: James Lindsay <jlindsay@******.CA>
Subject: Re: Parabellum ammo (was Re: Ammo [was Re: Sniper rifles]0
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 02:47:41 GMT
On Sun, 18 Jan 1998 23:49:54 +0000, Leszek Karlik, aka Mike wrote:

> On 18 Jan 98, James Lindsay disseminated foul capitalist propaganda
> by writing:
>
> <snip>
> > According to what I have read about Parabellum, the name came from
> > the "telegraphic address" of Deutsche Waffen-und Munitionsfabrik--
> > the company that created it (Parabellum, Berlin).
>
> And not from the Luger Parabellum??? (Named after a Latin sentence
> "Si vis pacem, para bellum" - "If you want peace, prepare for
war")
>
> Oh well, you learn a new thing each day...
> ;>

Hmmm... maybe they named the "telegraphic address" after the latin term,
and then named the cartridge after that. I do'nuh know-- I'm just grasping
at straws now :)



James W. Lindsay Vancouver, British Columbia
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