Sound just like Ian Hogg? Now, THAT'S a compliment!
I don't know about other Armies, but in ours, the guns are the Royal Artillery's "Colours" and are afforded all the rites and ceremonies as shown to Standards, Colours and Guidons in the rest of the Army (saluted on parade etc...)
Chris
DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!DAMNIT!!!!!! !!!!DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!
Now I have to buy the Trumpeter one..... CRAP I'm running out of shelf space!! oh well I'll just try and sneek it in the house and pray the wife doesn't shoot me ....
You've just about quoted me...except for the wife part...
You're a soldier, right? Just think of it as infiltrating a large "heavy weapon" through enemy lines...
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