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| redcoat | 27 Nov 2018 8:04 a.m. PST |
Hi all, Quick query: we all know that a pair of Luftwaffe fighters was termed a 'Rotte' (pl. 'Rotten'), but what does this (German?) word actually mean? Wikipedia suggests it means 'pack' (as in pack of dogs?), but the modern German word for this is surely 'Rudel'? Is 'Rotte' maybe a little antiquated? Vielen Dank im Voraus! |
| Thresher01 | 27 Nov 2018 10:34 a.m. PST |
Two planes. Schwarm is four planes. |
| The Beast Rampant | 27 Nov 2018 12:13 p.m. PST |
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| Mollinary | 27 Nov 2018 12:38 p.m. PST |
I have a feeling these words, and concepts, originated in the skirmishing formations used by the Prussian, and later German. infantry in the nineteenth century. |
| Patrick R | 28 Nov 2018 3:37 a.m. PST |
In Dutch "rotten" is used to indicate a group of people or a file/line "In rotten van vier" means "In lines of four" So it's a military term that was adopted by the Luftwaffe it seems. |
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