No one ever says Waidmannsheil (or at least no one ever should say such a thing) in the military of german
"Waidmannsheil" comes from the hunter
please replace it through something like "Viel Glück" which is A WAY better then having a military commander saying "Waidmannsheil" which is just ... yeah
fucking confusing and somehow funny
Well, it may be a bit cynic, but there are soldiers wishing a "good hunt" and mean manhunt in their case...so why not a similar phrase in German?
suddenly the article is only available on non english languages : /
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A4gersprache
google translate (yeah i know ... its inaccurate but ... yeah more simple then writing the entire article)
http://translate.google.de/translate?hl=de&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fde.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJ%C3%A4gersprache
hope its now more clear why its not good to use "Waidmannsheil" ^^
X39, im native German speaker and I don't regard it as wrong per se. Just maybe inappropriate; but that was probably the intention in this context - if you regard your enemy as an animal that has to be hunted down.
How about Gute Jagd? Though that is more in an airforce sense.
Or "Hals- und Beinbruch, kommt mir in einem Stück zurück!" ;).
"Waidmannsheil" (just like "Petri Heil") is a best wishes term used only for hunter (or fishermen).
"Gute Jagd" or "Erfolgreiche Jagd" would make more sense.