Different way of saying “Feuer!”

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In certain war films, Germans are shown shouting "Feuer!" to give the order to open fire. However, during the movie U-571, the German U-boat commander (Thomas Kretschmann) shouted something that sounded like "lawss!" to fire a torpedo. Subtitles showed "Fire!" as he said that.



What's the exact word? I could find a similar word in German "los", which according to Google translate, it means "off". Could that be the word?






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  • Yes. It's not really a command but more some sort of Hurry!
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In certain war films, Germans are shown shouting "Feuer!" to give the order to open fire. However, during the movie U-571, the German U-boat commander (Thomas Kretschmann) shouted something that sounded like "lawss!" to fire a torpedo. Subtitles showed "Fire!" as he said that.



What's the exact word? I could find a similar word in German "los", which according to Google translate, it means "off". Could that be the word?






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In certain war films, Germans are shown shouting "Feuer!" to give the order to open fire. However, during the movie U-571, the German U-boat commander (Thomas Kretschmann) shouted something that sounded like "lawss!" to fire a torpedo. Subtitles showed "Fire!" as he said that.



What's the exact word? I could find a similar word in German "los", which according to Google translate, it means "off". Could that be the word?






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In certain war films, Germans are shown shouting "Feuer!" to give the order to open fire. However, during the movie U-571, the German U-boat commander (Thomas Kretschmann) shouted something that sounded like "lawss!" to fire a torpedo. Subtitles showed "Fire!" as he said that.



What's the exact word? I could find a similar word in German "los", which according to Google translate, it means "off". Could that be the word?






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  • Yes. It's not really a command but more some sort of Hurry!
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  • Yes. It's not really a command but more some sort of Hurry!
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Yes. It's not really a command but more some sort of Hurry!
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Yes. It's not really a command but more some sort of Hurry!
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"Fire" isn't really a very logical way to command the release of a torpedo - unlike Firearms and cannons, there isn't really a lot fire involved underwater.



This is why the standard command to release a torpedo is, even today, in German "Torpedo los". In the movie, that was apparently shortened to "los".
"los" is a prefix for a lot of verbs that denotes release actions, like



  • loslassen

  • loslaufen

  • ...





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    "Los" is the German equivalent of English "Go" - as in "Ready, set, go" which is "Auf die Plätze, fertig, los" in German.



    Thus it's a frequent choice when something is launched or set off.






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      "Fire" isn't really a very logical way to command the release of a torpedo - unlike Firearms and cannons, there isn't really a lot fire involved underwater.



      This is why the standard command to release a torpedo is, even today, in German "Torpedo los". In the movie, that was apparently shortened to "los".
      "los" is a prefix for a lot of verbs that denotes release actions, like



      • loslassen

      • loslaufen

      • ...





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        "Fire" isn't really a very logical way to command the release of a torpedo - unlike Firearms and cannons, there isn't really a lot fire involved underwater.



        This is why the standard command to release a torpedo is, even today, in German "Torpedo los". In the movie, that was apparently shortened to "los".
        "los" is a prefix for a lot of verbs that denotes release actions, like



        • loslassen

        • loslaufen

        • ...





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          "Fire" isn't really a very logical way to command the release of a torpedo - unlike Firearms and cannons, there isn't really a lot fire involved underwater.



          This is why the standard command to release a torpedo is, even today, in German "Torpedo los". In the movie, that was apparently shortened to "los".
          "los" is a prefix for a lot of verbs that denotes release actions, like



          • loslassen

          • loslaufen

          • ...





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          "Fire" isn't really a very logical way to command the release of a torpedo - unlike Firearms and cannons, there isn't really a lot fire involved underwater.



          This is why the standard command to release a torpedo is, even today, in German "Torpedo los". In the movie, that was apparently shortened to "los".
          "los" is a prefix for a lot of verbs that denotes release actions, like



          • loslassen

          • loslaufen

          • ...






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              "Los" is the German equivalent of English "Go" - as in "Ready, set, go" which is "Auf die Plätze, fertig, los" in German.



              Thus it's a frequent choice when something is launched or set off.






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                "Los" is the German equivalent of English "Go" - as in "Ready, set, go" which is "Auf die Plätze, fertig, los" in German.



                Thus it's a frequent choice when something is launched or set off.






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                  "Los" is the German equivalent of English "Go" - as in "Ready, set, go" which is "Auf die Plätze, fertig, los" in German.



                  Thus it's a frequent choice when something is launched or set off.






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                  "Los" is the German equivalent of English "Go" - as in "Ready, set, go" which is "Auf die Plätze, fertig, los" in German.



                  Thus it's a frequent choice when something is launched or set off.







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