Nicknames for Units

[tosh66]

Lets have some nicknames for different Units, derogatory or otherwise. I'll start with Gunners, naturally- planks, trail apes, long range snipers......

[Drone_pilot]

within the Gunners,

Air defence = Cloud Punchers
anyone who works on guns themselves = Steamies (From hot and steamy)

Officers = Wuperts, Wogers, or Plonks

Para = Cherry Berry
anyone not a para = C**p hat

Royal sigs = Scaley


more when i remember them :D

[tosh66]

Engineers - Wedgeheads
Pioneers - Chunkys
Infantry - Grunts
Tankies - Gruntcrunchers

[Frisco-Kid]

Don't recall alot of these.

Infantry: grunt, ground pounder, dog face or line doggie.

Artillery: cannon cocker, red leg.

Paratrooper: bird sh*t ["Only 2 things falls out of the sky; bird sh*t and fools".]

Non-jump qualified: leg, straight leg, dirty ol' smelly leg, chicken sh*t ["Yeah, the only thing that stays on the ground is chicken sh*t".]

Sailor: swabby, squid, anchor clanker

Airman: propellor smeller, bus driver [because of the dress blue uniform]

Marine: jarhead, gyrene, leatherneck, devil dog, our dim-witted cousins

Special Forces: green beanies

We made more fun of the other guy's division, mostly based on their shoulder patch.

101st Abn. Div.: Screaming Eagles; Pukin' Buzzards; Screamin' Chickens [The Vietnamese didn't have a word for "eagle", so Charlie called us the "Chicken Men"]

82nd Abn. Div.: All American; Alcoholic Airborne; African Airborne; Almost Airborne.

1st Inf. Div.: Big Red One; "You have to be one, to be in the Big Red One" [said with a limp wrist and a lisp]

25th Inf. Div.: Tropic Lightening; Electric Strawberry; Cu Chi National Guard

1st Cav. Div.: Horse Soldiers; Horse Blanket; "The horse that was never rode; the line that was never crossed; and the color is the reason why".

9th Inf. Div.: Psychadelic Cookie.

173rd Abn. Bde.: The Third Herd; "Chicken wing with a butter knife in it".

4th Inf. Div.: Ivy Division; Poison Ivy

1st Logistical Command: The Leaning Sh*thouse.

5th Special Forces: Electric Butterknife

196th Light Inf. Bde.: The Burning Worm


I know there's more that I'm not recalling right now. Add to it, boys.

[Eagledriver]

2nd Lts.= Butterbars, shavetails, Fresh fish.
Captains= railroad tracks, old steamer
Tankers= tin can soldiers
Artillery= pill pushers
Infantry=Boonie rats
Cavalry=galloping s**theads

Run out of ideas right now. Maybe more later. :mrgreen:

[Bombardier]

Signallers = Scaley Backs
Artillery = Drop Shorts or Long Range Snipers
Army Cooks = Ration Assassins

:mrgreen:

This is not exactlya nickname but I like it so here goes

REME (Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers) = Ruin evrything Mechanical Eventually. :mrgreen:

[Drone_pilot]

Reme = Dreamy
Infantry = Bullet stoppers
RNR = Wavey navy

[Zofo]

Infantry - PBI

Royal Military Police - Monkeys

Intelligence Corps - Green Slime, Muppets

RN - Fishheads (RN PTIs - clubswingers)

[Eagledriver]

Infantry - PBI



What does "PBI" stand for?

[Derrick Stephenson]

My Dad always referred to chaplains, vicars etc. as 'Sin Bosuns'
Derrick.

[Zofo]

Infantry - PBI



What does "PBI" stand for?

Poor Bloody Infantry! ;)

[Eagledriver]

Rog that! notworthy: notworthy:

[Zofo]

British Infantry Regiments:

Devon & Dorsets - Armoured Farmers
Glosters - Glorious or Gay

Help me out someone...

For those who'd like a military history lesson on British Regimental nicknames from way back when, the following link is a good read...
http://www.napoleonseries.org/reference/military/organization/nickname.cfm

[tosh66]

Queens Lancashire regiment (QLR) - Quick lets run, or Queens last resort


Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters - Woofers


REME - Royal Engineering made easy


Army Catering corps (ACC) - Aldershot Concrete company or Andy Capps Commandos


Royal Greenjackets - Falling plates

[Zofo]

Royal Greenjackets - Falling plates

He, He, I like that one! Served in same location with 2 RGJ - bloody nightmare, always fighting each other, us, and the locals!

[Bombardier]

I was in Paderborn germany when the QLR's were posted there from the UK, they were pretty much the same, always scrapping with each other and us and the locals. Suppose thats what squaddies do eh? :shock: :cool:

[Zofo]

After 2 RGJ were posted to Colchester (rumour control had it that the KOSB & Black Watch were waiting for them!) they were sent to the Falklands to cool off.
They were replaced by the Poachers, - a good mob who only to my recollection tried to attack me once! (With RGJ it was every damned day!) We could actually have a beer with them without any hassles! It made a nice change. Our reggie hotheads would be lurking in all sorts of places looking for RGJ as well so it wasn't all their own fault, or way!

[tosh66]

Ah yes, Royal Signals - Chinagraph Queens!

[Zofo]

Ah ha, you knew us too well!!! What would I have done without my chinagraph! Or my OHP for that matter!

[tosh66]

Royal corps of Transport (RCT) - Rickshaws, Cabs and Taxis!
And I won't mention The Womens royal Army Corps one out of respect for our good sisters!

[drywall]

We called the commo guys snake chasers or string slingers

My old unit C/2nd/25th Arty was the Wolfhounds. I never knew this until last September when we had a reunion. :shock:


Oops, sorry, it was the wolfpack. :oops: I just looked at the pictures. I have a good memory, but it's short. :mrgreen:

[Bombardier]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Blanket Stackers.
Have we had that one already? :mrgreen:

[tosh66]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Blanket Stackers.
Have we had that one already? :mrgreen:


No we haven't, but it's the modern army now, so they are "Duvet Technicians!"

[Bombardier]

Oh yes, silly ole me. I hope the duvets are covered in the same Hairy blankets we used to have?. LOL :mrgreen:

[Zofo]

With the smart white line or lines down the middle! I hated the dingy brown ones, they seemed more hairy than normal!

[Zofo]

Woodentops - any Guard Regiment!

[Eagledriver]

More infantry-Queen of Battle.

Armor-Mine stoppers, bullseye Bango, Roadies.

[Derrick Stephenson]

Don't knock the blankets, Guys, at least not the Navy ones. My dad brought a green one home with him for some reason, and once I marked it out with plastic paint, it made an excellent pitch for my Subbuteo Football game.
:shock: :shock: :D :D
Derrick.