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Tigrone · 10-25-06, 11:57 PM

08/15 is a German equivalent of FUBAR. It refers to the model 1908/1915 Spandau Machine Gun, which is heavy, clumsy, inefficient and unreliable--the prefect symbol of military FUBAR.

I read the Gunner Asch stories years ago and loved them = The 08/15 stories = in English:

The Revolt of Gunner Asch
Forward Gunner Asch
The Return of Gunner Asch
What became of Gunner Asch

by Hans Kirst.

I loved them.

10-25-06, 11:57 PM	#62
Tigrone Commander Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Newport Beach, CA Posts: 470 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 0	08x15 08/15 is a German equivalent of FUBAR. It refers to the model 1908/1915 Spandau Machine Gun, which is heavy, clumsy, inefficient and unreliable--the prefect symbol of military FUBAR. I read the Gunner Asch stories years ago and loved them = The 08/15 stories = in English: The Revolt of Gunner Asch Forward Gunner Asch The Return of Gunner Asch What became of Gunner Asch by Hans Kirst. I loved them. __________________ Commander Hiram Cassedy: "Tigrone has saved the Air Force and is now returning to Iwo Jima with 28 rescued zoomies." B-29 SNUFFY & THE SHIF'LESS SKONKS among them. I've a broom at the mast said he, for the broom is a sign for me, that wherever I go, I sweep the mighty sea.