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December 22, 2004
Ain't It Lovely?
Probably the only kind of porn you'll ever see on my site... gun porn :)
The Marine Corps' new lightweight 155 mm howitzer:
"Artillery is the King of battle: the King cannot swim, however, which is why we need you guys."
(USMC arty specialist to a group of Navy officers in an Amphib Warfare Indoc course.)
Regarding this famous quote, a young arty officer was trading good-natured insults with a bunch of Infantry guys, who were whining about how rough they had it. The Marine considered this for a moment and then shot back, "Yeah, well the King of Battle don't walk either... because he has sense enough to use the trucks the Good Lord provided."
Interservice rivalry has nothing on some of the intraservice ribbing that goes on.
Posted by Cassandra at December 22, 2004 07:41 AM
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I can't speak for anyone else, but I am turned on.
I wonder if I can get one of those at Walmarts.
Posted by: Pile On® at December 22, 2004 08:53 AM
Aren't they neat?
Posted by: Cassandra at December 22, 2004 09:08 AM
Cass, 'gun porn?'
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA with all the puns that entails.
Posted by: Cricket at December 22, 2004 09:10 AM
A measley little 155 millimeters? Is that the best the Marines can offer?
Hey Ladies! The Navy has bigger guns...WAY bigger. Sixteen inches and a three minute reload!
Posted by: spd rdr at December 22, 2004 09:22 AM
Oh honey... you know I love it when you talk that way...but can they place steel on target?
As they say, "it ain't the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog..." :)
Posted by: Satisfaction Guaranteed Or Your Money Back at December 22, 2004 09:43 AM
So...
Do we get close-ups of the naughty bits? :-)
Posted by: Masked Menace© at December 22, 2004 09:46 AM
This is the way to waste government money.
Posted by: PJ O'rourke raider at December 22, 2004 09:53 AM
After reading the accounts of the attack on the hospital, I am hoping that they can project WHERE the fire was coming from...and that those 155 mm
can return fire.
GET THEM!
Posted by: Cricket at December 22, 2004 10:07 AM
Hey, all those 16-inchers are MOTHBALLED!
As in OBSOLETE!
As in NOT GONNA SHOOT NO MORE!
....so there...
Posted by: Don Brouhaha at December 22, 2004 03:20 PM
As they say on That 70's Show...
"Ooooooh...Burn..."
*running away*
Posted by: Cassandra at December 22, 2004 03:26 PM
Did someone say "Fiddly Bits"? (right click and save as)
Posted by: John of Argghhh! at December 22, 2004 04:01 PM
Well, no, they didn't. But they did say naughty, which is what I meant!
Posted by: John of Argghhh! at December 22, 2004 04:01 PM
Hey! You can't post that kind of adult fare on my site! :)
Posted by: Cassandra at December 22, 2004 04:07 PM
I just got off the phone with Dick Cheney. Halliburton is dumping 10,000,000,000 units of Viagra into the Navy's mothballed fleet.
The fleet shall rise again!
Posted by: spd rdr at December 22, 2004 08:18 PM
Oh dear Lord... between spd and my Dad, the bragging will be unbearable...
Posted by: Cassandra at December 22, 2004 08:25 PM
If that is gun porn, then I would call those some good money shots.
Posted by: KJ at December 22, 2004 08:53 PM