Quotations "God fights on the side with the best artillery." - Napoleon Bonaparte "I do not have to tell you who won the war. You know, the artillery did." - Gen George S. Patton "Our artillery... The Germans feared it almost more than anything we had." - Ernie Pyle "Brave Men", AD 1944 "Artillery is the god of war." - Stalin "Contrary to popular belief, we at artillery command do not believe we're God. We merely borrowed his "Smite" button." - Anonymous "The Mission of the Artillery is to give some class to what would otherwise be merely a vulgar brawl." - Some Redleg. "Without support the infantry won't move." (In Hebrew it rhymes) - The motto of the Israeli Artillery Corps. "Infantry err, infantry die. Artillery err, infantry die." -IDF black humor slogan "The bombs land with awesome explosions, the earth trembles, the upcast of craters jets in the air, the troops are shocked by the blast waves, many bleed from noses or perforated ear drums, they are terrorized into apathy or outright panic. But unless the enemy is nearby and ready to advance immediately, the moment passes." - Edward Luttwack
"The harder the fighting and the longer the war, the more the infantry, and in fact all the arms, lean on the gunners." - Montgomery "The Guns, Thank God, The Guns..." - Kipling "Ubique"
"The Mission of the Artillery is to give some class to what would otherwise be merely a vulgar brawl." - Some Redleg. A much misused quote which as far as I know is originaly about the Cavalry by a Cavalry officer, which in my eyes would make more sense. "Rounds on the ground, that's what counts!"
Top shot! Nice to see my favourite part of the Belfast on there too. I've always enjoyed TheDonovan.com. A Nutter, but a damned entertaining one.
Quotations "Contrary to popular belief, we at artillery command do not believe we're God. We merely borrowed his "Smite" button." - Anonymous As to the website. Very...different. It gives me a warm fuzzy feeling inside to see all of those big guns.
After the first Gulf War, I remember reading an opinion by a British officer that artillery won that war - especially the Multi-Launch Rocket System. Towards the end of the First World War, the Allies finally started to make progress when they pefected the "Creeping Barrage" - landed shells just ahead of our own infantry and moving the barrage back as they advanced. This was in contrast to the experience of the Somme when the defenders had time to come out of their dugouts after the barrage ceased and before the British came over the top; the creeping barrage may have killed some of our own troops but the numbers were a lot less than with the Somme tactics. I am amazed that with the equipment of those days, this level of accuracy was possible - but in fact the Japanese had used the creeping barrage against the Russians back in 1905. Sorry, getting off WW2 here. Adrian
I've served attached to an Arty Regt and it was explained to me that if an error of 1 Mill in azimuth is made, then the round if fired over a distance of 1000 metres, would miss the intended point of impact by 1 metre. Not too bad I said, you could live with that. To which was added the reality check "But we never make an error of just 1 Mill, and we fire out to 24,000 metres!"
WANT ONE! It was totally innocent, I'm full of double entendres and I don't know it...must be the lack of sleep...I know its Phillipa Forrester's fault.
Go wash your mouth out with soap, that boy. Kitty ^_^ is that before or after he french kisses Phillipa Forester?
is that before or after he french kisses Phillipa Forester? It had better be before. This is Oby we're talking about here. Kitty
