"Artillery adds dignity, to what would otherwise be an ugly brawl"

[Subdeacon Joe 28,380]

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[DocWard 5,704]

I like it!

[Snake River Clay SASS #34984 99]

Instructor asked, "How do you shoot an azimuth". Voice in the back yells, "With a 30-06". That shirt reminded me of that.

[Sergeant Smokepole #29248L 40]

F/2/12, I/3/14, M/3/14, H&S Battery 3/14.......

[Clueless Bob 114]

I have a jacket with that saying sewn in it. I get a few laughs, strange looks, and a few understanding smiles.

[Noz 2,012]

"Battery! One round, Fire when ready!

[Noz 2,012]

"Battery! One round, Fire when ready!"

 

Or:

33 this is 2, fire mission, over.

Roger 2, send your mission, over.

From the block house on Signal Mountain........

[Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 3,671]

FIRE MISSION

 

ZOMBIES IN THE OPEN!

[Utah Bob #35998 17,019]

Our VFW post has now been offered an M 110 sp. We haven't decided on it or the M109A5 yet. They won't give is both.

[Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 3,671]

M 110 you say?

 

Does that come with a retractable stock?

 

Pretty long tom of a gun.

 

Maybe you could cut the barrel down and make it SASS legal.

[Sergeant Smokepole #29248L 40]

Cold Steel.... Cold Steel.... Fire Mission!

[Black Harris #154 0]

The actual quote is

 

"Artillery adds dignity to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl."

 

BH

[Noz 2,012]

The actual quote is

 

"Artillery adds dignity to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl."

 

BH

Do you have the print?

 

http://www.tallcomanche.org/Comanche_Artillery_Vulgar_Brawl_Cartoon.jpg

[BLACKFOOT SASS #11947 439]

The actual quote is

 

"Artillery adds dignity to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl."

 

BH

 

 

That's the way I remember it! That was some time ago, I started in the "brown shoe" army. The block house on Signal Mountain was my friend.

 

Lafitte

[Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 483]

 

 

 

 

CANNON COCKERS

 

 

 

 

 

CB

 

INF

[Major Art Tillery 664]

I NEED ONE OF THOSE... WOULD GO GREAT WITH MY ALIAS..LOL

[BLACKFOOT SASS #11947 439]

I graduated from the Comanche County Cannon Cockers College in 1957!

 

Lafitte

[Noz 2,012]

That's the way I remember it! That was some time ago, I started in the "brown shoe" army. The block house on Signal Mountain was my friend.

 

Lafitte :rolleyes:/>

My first issued pair of army boots came with a jar of black dye. That would have been 1959, ROTC summer camp at Ft. Sill..

[Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 3,671]

A body just had to love the brown boots and black dye. Three minutes on the parade ground in the pre run hours and zip, you were back to brown.

[Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 483]

 

must have done something WRONG

 

 

AIN'T got a rise outta the cannon cockers , morter maggots , OR the JAR HEADS

 

JUST ain't right

 

CB

[Guest Tennessee Stud, SASS# 43634 Life]

"Artillery adds dignity, to what would otherwise be an ugly brawl"

 

It is the worse lie of warfare... artillery adds uncertainty. And... uncertainty... when crossin' a piece of ground... is crucial.

 

I have never carried a weapon with Nationalistic malice... but.... {deleted dodfas}...

 

ts

[Utah Bob #35998 17,019]

Calling in artillery is easy.

Keeping calm.... not so much.

[Guest Tennessee Stud, SASS# 43634 Life]

never mind

[Guest Tennessee Stud, SASS# 43634 Life]

()

 

ts

[Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 689]

Finality might have been a better choice of words.

[Guest Tennessee Stud, SASS# 43634 Life]

 

ts

[Guest Tennessee Stud, SASS# 43634 Life]

screw it...

[Noz 2,012]

Calling in artillery is easy.

Keeping calm.... not so much.

I had the honor of being on the hill in Grafenwoehr running the OP for my unit when the 280mm cannon fired it's last mission.

All firing stopped on the range.

The command to fire battalion one round (two guns) was given.

A round went over our heads into the impact area.

My Buck Sgt looked at me and screamed "that was only one".

We hit the ground just as the second round hit the slope behind us.

I guess when you're shooting 17KT loads you don't have to be real accurate.

[Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 3,671]

Short rounds can be hard on underwear.

[Big Sarge 0]

Battalion Motto: "Steel on Target"

 

God Bless 155mm VT

[Sergeant Smokepole #29248L 40]

10 years with Cannon Cockers...

 

 

WHAT??????

[Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 483]

NOZ

 

I seem to remenber more than 1 short round being fired at GRAF

 

like you , I was too DAN* close to the inpact

 

still can give ya the chills

 

CB

[Utah Bob #35998 17,019]

10 years with Cannon Cockers...

 

 

WHAT??????

I had two NCOs on my team in FT Devens who were both former lanyard yankers. I nicknamed one Sgt Wha and the other Sgt Huh.

[Noz 2,012]

I didn't get that. My hearing aids were having a feedback episode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and I'm not kidding.