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No, but there is the "Panzerlehrbrigade 9" in Munster (one of the few BW units with a cuff title).

[...] How many divisons they had in 1970s or 1980s [...] Heeresstruktur 2 (1959-1970) - 1 mountain division (1. Gebirgsdivision)[= the 8th division] - 1 airborne division (1. Luftlandedivision)[= the 9th division] - 5 mechanized infantry divisions (1. PzGrDiv, 2. PzGrDiv, 4. PzGrDiv, 7. PzGrDiv, 10...

Tom Houlihan wrote:[...] Beefsteak as written, just as in English? [...]

Yes. Exhibit A: Use of "Beefsteak" in Heinrich Laube "Moderne Charakteristiken" printed 1835 via Google books:
http://books.google.de/books?id=7CkQAAA ... =beefsteak

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Mark

"Beefsteak" was a part of the German vocabulary as early as 1900. There is nothing "un-period" about Beefsteak.

"Buletten-Nazi" would be a Noth-Eastern (including Berlin) regionalism.

Today Federal President Köhler announced that he will authorize the Minister of Defence (the CiC during peace time) to create a new class of the "Honor Cross of the Bundeswehr" which will be awarded solely for bravery. In addition the existing classes (gold, silver, and bronze) will be spl...

DCC,

the Neue Wache ('new guardhouse') memorial is the tomb of an unknown soldier and an unknown KZ inmate.

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Mark

Always Fähnrich with a-umlaut.

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Mark

Yes, " Donnerschlag " - "Thunderclap" is a good and fitting translation. Both referring to the sound of a single sharp crash of thunder. " Donnerkeil " is much more like "Thunderbolt"/"Lightning bolt": both are reminiscent of the archaic belief that ...