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Can anybody help me with the following passage?

Eigner and his deputy, Mustafa Riza Tadjadod, were to come down out
of the hills to the railway and plant time fuses at irregular intervals
along the line, thus wrecking it in several different places. Results were
to be reported to Abwehr II by means of a tiny, briefcase-sized W/T set
with petrol aggregate (Model SE 100/5).

The text is about sabotage operation of the Nazi Regime in Persia during World War II. The meaning of "petrol aggregate" in this context is ambiguous for me. Does it refer to the fuel used for this W/t set (wireless transmitter)?

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  I would presume it's "tar" or "asphalt".
  
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  Did they put something in the petrol? That would sabotage.
  
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  @MichaelHarvey so the intent is really something like "...tiny, briefcase-sized wireless transmitter set with gas-powered generator"?
  
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  I would avoid "gas-powered" because, in American English "gas" could be "gasoline" (petrol, petroleum spirit) but in other varieties of English, "gas-powered" would make people think of a real gas, like butane, LPG, hydrogen, etc.
  
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  Exactly as Michael Harvey said - in some languages aggregate is synonymous to generator, but not in English.
  
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Can anybody help me with the following passage?

Eigner and his deputy, Mustafa Riza Tadjadod, were to come down out
of the hills to the railway and plant time fuses at irregular intervals
along the line, thus wrecking it in several different places. Results were
to be reported to Abwehr II by means of a tiny, briefcase-sized W/T set
with petrol aggregate (Model SE 100/5).

The text is about sabotage operation of the Nazi Regime in Persia during World War II. The meaning of "petrol aggregate" in this context is ambiguous for me. Does it refer to the fuel used for this W/t set (wireless transmitter)?

meaning-in-context

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  I would presume it's "tar" or "asphalt".
  
  – Hot Licks
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  Did they put something in the petrol? That would sabotage.
  
  – marcellothearcane
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  @MichaelHarvey so the intent is really something like "...tiny, briefcase-sized wireless transmitter set with gas-powered generator"?
  
  – Hellion
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  I would avoid "gas-powered" because, in American English "gas" could be "gasoline" (petrol, petroleum spirit) but in other varieties of English, "gas-powered" would make people think of a real gas, like butane, LPG, hydrogen, etc.
  
  – Michael Harvey
  7 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  Exactly as Michael Harvey said - in some languages aggregate is synonymous to generator, but not in English.
  
  – shogun
  6 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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Can anybody help me with the following passage?

Eigner and his deputy, Mustafa Riza Tadjadod, were to come down out
of the hills to the railway and plant time fuses at irregular intervals
along the line, thus wrecking it in several different places. Results were
to be reported to Abwehr II by means of a tiny, briefcase-sized W/T set
with petrol aggregate (Model SE 100/5).

The text is about sabotage operation of the Nazi Regime in Persia during World War II. The meaning of "petrol aggregate" in this context is ambiguous for me. Does it refer to the fuel used for this W/t set (wireless transmitter)?

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"Petrol-aggregat" is in a number of Nordic languages and "petrol aggregate" in German, meaning "petrol (or gasoline) generating set". The set is an engine and electric generator combined ("aggregated") together. The use of "aggregate" in the English translation is an error.

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  Good answer. That is why this "petrol aggregate" has a model number. (Unlike tar or asphalt, which "petrol aggregate" might mean in English.) This is just a bad translation of German to English.
  
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Most probably it refers to a portable power station (petrol powered electricity generator) to power the radio. Check and compare the links below:

petrol aggregate

W/T set

contemporary petrol powered electricity generators

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"Petrol-aggregat" is in a number of Nordic languages and "petrol aggregate" in German, meaning "petrol (or gasoline) generating set". The set is an engine and electric generator combined ("aggregated") together. The use of "aggregate" in the English translation is an error.

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  Good answer. That is why this "petrol aggregate" has a model number. (Unlike tar or asphalt, which "petrol aggregate" might mean in English.) This is just a bad translation of German to English.
  
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"Petrol-aggregat" is in a number of Nordic languages and "petrol aggregate" in German, meaning "petrol (or gasoline) generating set". The set is an engine and electric generator combined ("aggregated") together. The use of "aggregate" in the English translation is an error.

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  I was too cowardly to post it as an answer; you deserve the credit, in my opinion.
  
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  Good answer. That is why this "petrol aggregate" has a model number. (Unlike tar or asphalt, which "petrol aggregate" might mean in English.) This is just a bad translation of German to English.
  
  – GEdgar
  6 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  

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"Petrol-aggregat" is in a number of Nordic languages and "petrol aggregate" in German, meaning "petrol (or gasoline) generating set". The set is an engine and electric generator combined ("aggregated") together. The use of "aggregate" in the English translation is an error.

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Most probably it refers to a portable power station (petrol powered electricity generator) to power the radio. Check and compare the links below:

petrol aggregate

W/T set

contemporary petrol powered electricity generators

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Most probably it refers to a portable power station (petrol powered electricity generator) to power the radio. Check and compare the links below:

petrol aggregate

W/T set

contemporary petrol powered electricity generators

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Most probably it refers to a portable power station (petrol powered electricity generator) to power the radio. Check and compare the links below:

petrol aggregate

W/T set

contemporary petrol powered electricity generators

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