Quoting Renaud OLGIATI (renaud@???):

> On Wed, 21 Jun 2017 09:32:52 -0400
> Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@???> wrote:
>
> > > 08/15 is a common german expression for "plain vanilla".
>
> > Reference to the 08/15 rifle still in use during the second world
> > war; re-read Hans Hellmut Kirst.
>
> Sorry, machine gun, not rifle.

Thanks, all. My to-read queue now has Kirst's Null-acht, fünfzehn
series of novels in it. For those curious about the references:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Hellmut_Kirst
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_08

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