As for pronunciation, I once again refer you to www.dict.leo.org - when you click on the loudspeaker symbol, a pop-up will offer "Deutsche Aussprache" (Ger. pron.), and you can listen to a pro (without an accent!) repeat the word as often as you can stand it.

I am curious how the average non-German would pronounce Heuschrecke

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Never having heard it live, I say Hew-shrek-ah .

I am curious how the average non-German would pronounce Heuschrecke

You guys raise an interesting point (and it's Hoy shreck-uh): how many names for vehicles should be included in the list?

The Germans liked naming their stuff (no plain T-34s, for example). Of course we need the Tiger and Panther, but do we also need the Grille, Nashorn, Marder, Hetzer, Dicker Max, Wirbelwind, etc.? Some of these vehicles are fairly obscure, while others are more common.

Hetzer - Agitator (I think baiter is a bad translation)

Badger is Dachs actually. ^^

Hetzer comes from the verb hetzen, jemanden aufhetzen means to agitate someone.

Do me a favor. In the future, please don't allow facts to get in the way of a badger photo.

There's such an abundance of names around it would be almost a complete bookwork to get all translated.

Brummbär is translated Grizzly bear, not growling bear.

And Königstiger translates to Bengal Tiger, NOT King Tiger....

But what I would also appreciate is when the correct name is placed on the correct vehicle.

Alot of names actually are not from WW2 but from later dates.

The Sturmpanzer IV was not called Brummbär at all during WW-2, but simply StuPa by the troops.

The name Hetzer was introduced for the E-25, but the name got attached to the JagdPanzer 38(t) due to the fact Skoda was contracted to produce the first trial hulls. During interogations some official from Skoda got this mixed up and it has entered the world of erroneous facts.

Another often used name is that of Zwischenlösung for the JagdPanzer IV Alkett, this too is not official, but a post war creation.

Leopard, a name given to a couple of projected recon panzers, has crept into the the books being plastered on just about EVERY recon panzer.

Even Gepard seems to have become a general name for AA-panzer, even though it was not used until the Leopard 1 version from the 70's.

Anyhoo, apart from these vehicle names, what about functional names?

Like Sanitätskraftwagen? Flakmesstrupwagen? Schwere WehrmachtSchlepper?

There's such an abundance of names around it would be almost a complete bookwork to get all translated.

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The original purpose of the article is to include help for the MOST COMMON terms. As Herbert points out, this can go on and on and on and on.

HiWi
Rudeltacktik
Gummipuppen
Feldgendarme
KZLager
Lazarette
Vergeltungswaffe

You guys raise an interesting point (and it's Hoy shreck-uh): how many names for vehicles should be included in the list?

The Germans liked naming their stuff (no plain T-34s, for example). Of course we need the Tiger and Panther, but do we also need the Grille, Nashorn, Marder, Hetzer, Dicker Max, Wirbelwind, etc.? Some of these vehicles are fairly obscure, while others are more common.

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You guys raise an interesting point (and it's Hoy shreck-uh): how many names for vehicles should be included in the list?

The Germans liked naming their stuff (no plain T-34s, for example). Of course we need the Tiger and Panther, but do we also need the Grille, Nashorn, Marder, Hetzer, Dicker Max, Wirbelwind, etc.? Some of these vehicles are fairly obscure, while others are more common.

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I was going to address this but Herbert beat me to it. Hetzer, Bison, Dicker Max, Sturer Emil are all post war Allied labels. Gepard seems to be the fault of Dragon! There are probably more that haven't been debunked yet; alleged nicknames are a whole separate ugly can of worms.

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You guys raise an interesting point (and it's Hoy shreck-uh): how many names for vehicles should be included in the list?

The Germans liked naming their stuff (no plain T-34s, for example). Of course we need the Tiger and Panther, but do we also need the Grille, Nashorn, Marder, Hetzer, Dicker Max, Wirbelwind, etc.? Some of these vehicles are fairly obscure, while others are more common.

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I was going to address this but Herbert beat me to it. Hetzer, Bison, Dicker Max, Sturer Emil are all post war Allied labels. Gepard seems to be the fault of Dragon! There are probably more that haven't been debunked yet; alleged nicknames are a whole separate ugly can of worms.

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Blame Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. The Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard (Cheetah) was developed by KMW, starting in 1963. That's the actual name of the system.

Blame Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. The Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard (Cheetah) was developed by KMW, starting in 1963. That's the actual name of the system.