Talk:Leuchtpistole

I suggest we rename the page "Leuchtpistole"? The initial version was called Leuchtpistole, the Leuchtpistole Z/Kampfpistole Z and Sturmpistole were variants.

So what do you guys think? -Hchris

Btw this page is missing a photo of the Kampfpistole Z. If somebody has a nice one from showing its LEFT side (where the marking Z can be seen, which is only on the left side) please go ahead and post it! - Hchris

Regarding the name, shouldn't "Kampfpistole" translate not to "battle pistol", but to "struggle pistol"? I mean, "kampf" means "struggle", so it seems to make sense. Pyr0m4n14c (talk) 22:09, 1 July 2016 (EDT)

Kampf is a broad word that relates to combat: it can be translated as words including "struggle," "battle," "combat," "fighting," etc. Translators tend to avoid "struggle" outside of a certain guy's autobiography because, say, "armoured struggle wagon" in English sounds more like you're talking about some sort of mobile battle-toilet.

(Granted that's a fairly accurate description of the A7V, but still)

To be more exact the root word of kampf is campus (yes, the same one we use) which in old German referred to a field but soon took on the connotation of it being a battle field, hence kampf is what you do on a battlefield. Evil Tim (talk) 22:32, 1 July 2016 (EDT)

I see. Thank you for the clarification. Pyr0m4n14c (talk) 08:39, 2 July 2016 (EDT)