Talk:Shock troops

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[edit] Names

An un-named contributor changed the link I had, to a dictionary definition of shock troops. That definition says it is a literal translation of the German stosstruppen. They changed the link to storm trooper. But storm trooper is a translation of sturmtruppen.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Geo Swan (talk • contribs) 02:40, 31 January 2005 (UTC)

This article seems to speak more of the history of Shock Troops and the development of elite forces rather than about what Shock Troops are and what role they serve in military warfare. I'll try and htink of ways to expand and edit this entry to make it more precise and usable.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Beatdown (talk • contribs) 19:37, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Saying that "shock troops" is a translation of "stosstruppen" is definetely wrong, since "stoss" means "thrust", not "shock". I think it should be called an approximation, at best. --Kamagurka 06:25, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

I think that Stormtrooper should probably be merged in here and become a disambig page. Any comments? Grant65 | Talk 01:43, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

I think this article and Stormtrooper should be merged either under the name of the latter or under Assualt troops which is the proper translation of the German name stosstruppen. Nik Sage • Talk Nik Sage 16:26, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

See Talk:Stormtrooper#Merge for more on this. --Philip Baird Shearer 09:36, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Brusilov Offensive

Why doesn't the article mention anything of the Russian use of shock troops during the Brusilov Offensive? Since the offensive predates the use of Stormtroopers, it would definitely seem a relevant point. ASWilson 15:26, 15 March 2007 (UTC)