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Old 06-08-06, 11:52 AM   #11
Egan
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Originally Posted by Myxale
Lemme chime in!

The part of the Boot you mean are called Netzt-abweiser in german!
Which translates pretty in: Net-deflector!
I'm pretty sure it is a design hangover from WW1 as well. I seem to remember reading that somewhere.

I wonder how much use they saw in WW2?
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