This review of Master Box's new US Artillery Crew set is rightfully placed in the "Military Figures" forum, but will interest you artillery guys.

... No kidding or joking at all ... Artillery is known as the King of Battle. ... Infantry is known as the Queen of Battle based on their ability to move all over the battlefield, like the queen piece in chess.

But the best I ever heard was what the Tread Heads called us ... Crunchies! Allegedly from another sound the infantry makes when rolled over by a tank or APC...

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... No kidding or joking at all ... Artillery is known as the King of Battle. ... Infantry is known as the Queen of Battle based on their ability to move all over the battlefield, like the queen piece in chess.

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Or... Red Legs in polite company and Cannon Cockers when yer down the motor pool.

Of course, us Infantry guys are called Grunts because of the noise you make when you try to stand up with your rucksack on.

But the best I ever heard was what the Tread Heads called us ... Crunchies! Allegedly from another sound the infantry makes when rolled over by a tank or APC...

Please, Bill, don't ever insult us Grunts by calling them Cannon Cockers the Queen of Battle!

No kidding or joking at all ... Artillery is known as the King of Battle.

Have to agree with the others Bill, but all that aside...great review:

Artillery, King of Battle

Infantry, the Queen of Battle

Yes, I did forget that I'll keep my nose out of things I don't know about

"Armour is the Chasity belt for the infantry doesn't get raped on battlefield" ~Sgt from the Armour School CFB Gagetown



We win.

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... No kidding or joking at all ... Artillery is known as the King of Battle. ... Infantry is known as the Queen of Battle based on their ability to move all over the battlefield, like the queen piece in chess.

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Or... Red Legs in polite company and Cannon Cockers when yer down the motor pool.

Of course, us Infantry guys are called Grunts because of the noise you make when you try to stand up with your rucksack on.

But the best I ever heard was what the Tread Heads called us ... Crunchies! Allegedly from another sound the infantry makes when rolled over by a tank or APC...

Please, Bill, don't ever insult us Grunts by calling them Cannon Cockers the Queen of Battle!

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The Zoomies at Pope called us 'self loading cargo.'

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... No kidding or joking at all ... Artillery is known as the King of Battle. ... Infantry is known as the Queen of Battle based on their ability to move all over the battlefield, like the queen piece in chess.

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Or... Red Legs in polite company and Cannon Cockers when yer down the motor pool.

Of course, us Infantry guys are called Grunts because of the noise you make when you try to stand up with your rucksack on.

But the best I ever heard was what the Tread Heads called us ... Crunchies! Allegedly from another sound the infantry makes when rolled over by a tank or APC...

Please, Bill, don't ever insult us Grunts by calling them Cannon Cockers the Queen of Battle!

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Yes, I did forget that I'll keep my nose out of things I don't know about

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LOL, queens, kings, who really knows? Who am I to quibble with a vet like Gino?

In any case, I have amended the review, since checking online I find multiple references to artillery as having both royal titles. I guess in this era of unisex soldiers, that's entirely appropriate.

food for thought:

* 85% of all KIA's on the battelfield are inflicted by arty
* airstrikes do about 10%
* infantry does almost four percent while disease and accidents make up the rest

Now to that that four percent deeper, remember that 90% of all KIA's (in that four percent) are from 100 meters or less. Of that 100 meters, about 80 percent are under 75 meters, and around 65% are under 50 meters. You can also take away a certain amount of this four percent from the use of the beehive and canister, as this will usually be lumped in with infantry KIA's. In other words if the infantry finds it with a head, it's usually added to their body count even if the torso is cut in half from the butt end of a 155mm HE round. Add to this mines. Is a Claymore mine arty or a gunshot? Is the main gun on a tank arty or a rifle? (I know it is really a rifle or a gun, and not a howitzer or mortar)
gary

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food for thought:

* 85% of all KIA's on the battelfield are inflicted by arty
* airstrikes do about 10%
* infantry does almost four percent while disease and accidents make up the rest

Now to that that four percent deeper, remember that 90% of all KIA's (in that four percent) are from 100 meters or less. Of that 100 meters, about 80 percent are under 75 meters, and around 65% are under 50 meters. You can also take away a certain amount of this four percent from the use of the beehive and canister, as this will usually be lumped in with infantry KIA's. In other words if the infantry finds it with a head, it's usually added to their body count even if the torso is cut in half from the butt end of a 155mm HE round. Add to this mines. Is a Claymore mine arty or a gunshot? Is the main gun on a tank arty or a rifle? (I know it is really a rifle or a gun, and not a howitzer or mortar)
gary

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Where did you get those figures?

What era was that from?