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All those tanks...

By The Armorer on January 13, 2009 | | Comments (16)

...put me in the mood for some Gunner Zen. 

There. 
There.  That's better.

 

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By Argent on January 13, 2009 12:08 PM
Are those cylinders shock absorbers of some kind?  Or a hydraulic control?
 
By John of Argghhh! on January 13, 2009 1:35 PM
Argent - those are the equilibrators.  They serve to help keep the gun tube at the selected elevation despite the movement inherent in firing by damping the whipping effect caused by how recoil affects the carriage.
 
By XBradTC on January 13, 2009 2:08 PM
Like I always say, it's easy to be brave from 10 miles away...
 
By fdcol63 on January 13, 2009 3:12 PM
But when you call, it's great when the King arrives.  LOL
 
By RetRsvMike on January 13, 2009 3:39 PM
Argent: those cylinders are the equivocators...   enables Arty to say that they hit something when they only just suppressed it (for which the Cav term is reputed to be "missed it", although there has never actually been an actual case of it happening)
 
By John of Argghhh! on January 13, 2009 3:50 PM
If tankers are providing the target coordinates, suppression is about as good as you can ask for...
 
By Justthisguy on January 13, 2009 4:07 PM
Artillery is the only rational way to kill people and break things. "Wait until you see the whites of their eyes" just puts the issue in more doubt, and is likely to give you all kinds of PTSD etc., even if you win. People of my particular neural divergency would almost rather take a saw bayonet through the liver than make "eye contact" with friend or foe, anyway. Of course, as I always say, as did the Founders, every citizen of a republic is required to be an amateur infantryman, and show up for drill with weapons and equipment, or he doesn't get to vote. I'm older than 45, so I'm not required to have a "voting" rifle
 
By J.M. Heinrichs on January 13, 2009 5:25 PM
 Elvis was a tanker ...

Cheers
 
By Argent on January 13, 2009 10:10 PM
I like the way mike puts it.  I can't believe you pulled out the Elvis card.  Next we'll hear Chuck Norris was a tanker but no Chuck Norris would have been cavalry.

Hmm I looked it up apparently he did join the military but as air force police.
 
By Rod Thorsen on January 13, 2009 10:14 PM
While arty might bring dignity to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl, Tankers stand a real good chance of actually ending that brawl (with infanry help, of course). ;^)
 
By Oldloadr on January 14, 2009 9:07 AM
Actually, Chuck Norris was a Security Policeman in the USAF and got interested in karate during his tour in Korea.
 
By Blake Kirk on January 14, 2009 1:45 PM
As an old Chief of Smoke once out it:  "It's all good until you have to start firing at elevation zero..."
 
By Justthisguy on January 14, 2009 11:12 PM
Blake, canister. If that don't work, well, we're all supposed to be at least attempted infantrymen. Give a good account of one's self, and all that.
 
By Rod Thorsen on January 14, 2009 11:28 PM
mmmm.....beehive...
 
By Rod Thorsen on January 14, 2009 11:30 PM
Gunner, hep, arty on the move, from my position.
 
By Josh on January 15, 2009 10:47 PM
Argent: those cylinders are the equivocators... enables Arty to say that they hit something when they only just suppressed it (for which the Cav term is reputed to be "missed it", although there has never actually been an actual case of it happening)

I laughed.

And yes, Chuck Norris was certainly an Airman, and you might not want to mess that up again if you don't want to die a roundhouse kick-related death...