From:	Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject:	[OT] MG/MP/G/whatever (was Re: ATTN ROB- Slivergun erratta?)
Date:	Fri, 12 Mar 1999 11:31:13 +0100

According to Kevin Dole, at 15:07 on 11 Mar 99, the word on
the street was...

> My understanding is that is only part of it. The "G" in the
> german disignation of "MG" stands for "Gwehr",

"Gewehr" to be precise; "Gwehr" sounds more like a disease or
something
painful :)

> which I've seen translated as both "gun" and "rifle", usually the
> later.

"Longarm" would be the best translation, I think. (IIRC it's applied to
both rifled and smoothbore longarms -- or at least the Dutch "geweer" is,
which is much the same word).

> "MG" means "Maschinengwehr", or "automatic rifle", or
an automatic
> firearm firing rifle ammunition.

Note entirely true, as by that reasoning the G3 rifle should be called
MG3. An automatic weapon for supporting fire is called Maschinengewehr
(literally "machine rifle," as Paul Adam already mentioned) in German, IOW
the same kind of weapon that's called "machinegun" in English.

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