Thread: Tank Gunnery

Originally Posted by Gun Grape

Come see me when those buckets of bolts can match this. Then I'll be impressed.

They don't call us the "God of War" for nothing



The skeet shooting was pretty cool though)

There weren't very many atomic cannons built and those that are left are now museum displays.

However, that 11-inch shell was considred as a sabot round for the Iowa class Battleships under "Project Katy". But the AEC shot it down as they would not allow a nuclear warhead to be lowered down to the shell decks with just a steel cable. They had to be raised or lowered on tracks or hoists that have a fail-safe braking system.

Some plans were drawn for an AEC acceptible hoist system but was cancelled when the Battleships were retired not long after the Korean War and were never expected to be used again.

Originally Posted by Gus00

Acctually, that would be "King of Battle"

My Grandmother use to say" Its better to keep you thoughts to yourself and let people think you are an idiot, then to say them and remove all doubt".

A few things that should have made think, and possibly "Google" before you decided to "Correct" me.

#1 The poster referred to the Artillery arm as "Us"

#2. Look at the persons screen name. Gun Grape, hummm, thats slang for an Artilleryman in both the US Army and The US Marine Corps.

If I put those key indicators together and could conclude, with a high level of confidence, the the poster served as an Artilleryman.

Then I look at the bottom of the post and see that his sig states that he is a retired Marine.

That would lead me to reason that he most likely served for at least 20 years as an Artilleryman and might know a thing or two about the Arm and its history.

Then I might think, " Wow I've never heard of this "God of War" thing so I should "Google" it and see what I can find.

Let me google that for you


And I would learn a thing or two about the Field Artillery and its nicknames.

Like, while the Army Branch goes under the Motto "King of Battle", the Marine Corps usually calls it the "Arm of Decision".

The BCAs Branch motto is 'Quo fas et gloria ducunt' .(Whither Right and Glory Lead) And carry only one battle honor. Ubique

The French, under Louis XIV, had their guns inscribed with Ultima ratio regum (The final argument of Kings)

And somewhere along the line you will read that Stalin declared Artillery the "God of War" and we have been known, in informed circles, as such since that time.



Or you could think you know everything and fire off a "Correction" telling the old arty guy that he is wrong. And prove my grandmother right

Originally Posted by RustyBattleship

There weren't very many atomic cannons built and those that are left are now museum displays.

However, that 11-inch shell was considred as a sabot round for the Iowa class Battleships under "Project Katy". But the AEC shot it down as they would not allow a nuclear warhead to be lowered down to the shell decks with just a steel cable. They had to be raised or lowered on tracks or hoists that have a fail-safe braking system.

Some plans were drawn for an AEC acceptible hoist system but was cancelled when the Battleships were retired not long after the Korean War and were never expected to be used again.

Great info, as always Rusty.

AEC was right in wanting more than a cable hoist system. The projectile used a gun type warhead. Dropping one could cause real bad things to happen. Like a big hole in the water where a battleship use to be.