Comment from Flea on 2009-05-09
Possibly a warm-up compared to the drinking competition that follows.
View ArticleComment from Ron on 2009-05-09
I was in Portsmouth in 1994 and was able to see one of the teams practice. It was one of the most amazing things that I have ever seen.
View ArticleComment from GaMongrel on 2009-05-09
Awesome, what a riot! Question is, did they hit what they were shooting at?
View ArticleComment from Paul Zimmerli on 2009-05-09
John, this is awesome! For the very first time, I really caught a sense of what their predecessors went through back "in the olden days" up against the Fuzzy-Wuzzies and others. Amazing! Now I can...
View ArticleComment from 11B40 on 2009-05-09
Greetings: Perhaps it's my ex-infantryman's deathly fear of both artillery and artillerymen, but would someone please explain to me why the Royal Navy has a "field gun". Is it in case they go aground?
View ArticleComment from Fishmugger on 2009-05-09
Bully...bully. Good thing they didn't show up at Cowpens, Saratoga or Yorktown. Oh! 11B40...you can call an artillerymen anything you want...they can't hear worth a damn...so just do it with a smile.
View ArticleComment from John of Argghhh! on 2009-05-09
[Shakes head and wonders why I bother putting in links...] From the *linked* article... This is a competition rooted in that most politically incorrect of imperial conflicts, the Boer War. In 1900,...
View ArticleComment from Fishmugger on 2009-05-09
But John...datz why we hang out wit chew...you do all the leg work (no pun intended, my nose can't take too much) There were a lot of words in that article and I'd rather watch the video. If you...
View ArticleComment from kaj on 2009-05-09
Quaint as it might seem, the Royal Navy was not only a pioneer in naval artillery, but also in field artillery. Much of what we regard as state of art, was actually invented a century ago. Computers,...
View ArticleComment from John of Argghhh! on 2009-05-09
The US Army's last big gun, the M110A3, had it's genesis in a US Navy 8-incher, which was itself a copy of a Royal Navy 8-incher, IIRC. I don't believe he invented range tables, those were in...
View ArticleComment from wolfwalker on 2009-05-09
Random thought in response to 11B40's question: if the Hornblower Saga can be trusted, during the great age of fighting sail it wasn't at all unusual for Royal Navy ships on detached duty to...
View ArticleComment from Stan/Tx on 2009-05-09
King's Royal Horse Artillery http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTcXUnYuIq0
View ArticleComment from Boyce Williams on 2009-05-10
Remembered enjoying watching one of these on the BBC while stationed at RAF Alconbury back in the '70s. I noted back then that It was interesting the Brits always reminded their public about its...
View ArticleComment from Colin on 2009-05-13
We had 3 25pdrs at my unit complete with limbers, one was modified as a funeral gun. My old unit has nw restored a FAT to pull them, I will post some pictures. Back the 25pdr and limber was fun, as...
View ArticleComment from John of Argghhh! on 2009-05-13
For awhile there we used the Limbers as mobile field messes with special trays built to hold beer. My kind of Gunners, that.
View ArticleSo, what do you do on a lazy afternoon...
...you've got a bunch of your mates, a mountain gun, and nothing else to do? Well, if you're in the Royal Navy, this, of course. The Royal Navy Field Gun Competition. If you were a young Lieutenant in...
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