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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
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
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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.
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.
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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:
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:
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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:
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:
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Reme = Dreamy
Infantry = Bullet stoppers
RNR = Wavey navy
Infantry = Bullet stoppers
RNR = Wavey navy
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What does "PBI" stand for?
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My Dad always referred to chaplains, vicars etc. as 'Sin Bosuns'
Derrick.
Derrick.
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Rog that! notworthy: notworthy:
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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
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
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
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
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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: 
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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!
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!
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