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Oldgateboatdriver said:Glad to see old habits die hard: They're using camoufelaged guns for avalanche control. I guess they don't want Mother Nature to see them coming .
gun runner said:Thanks NFLD, you are correct. I didn't see any cam nets set up. The guns are the colours of the Artillery, we don't paint them to fit into the territory. Would you change the colours of your Regimental flags to fit into your surroundings? Ubique
gun runner said:The guns are the colours of the Artillery, we don't paint them to fit into the territory.
Petard said:In the photo it looks like they left the hydraulic jack down(visible just under the recoiling breech), tsk-tsk!
E.R. Campbell said:Well, Gunners; what can one say? But it's a nice cam-paint job, isn't it? >
Petard said:um, I'm referring to the Avcon C1, covered in snow and mud, not the sentinel M109A4.
gun runner said:Thanks NFLD, you are correct. I didn't see any cam nets set up. The guns are the colours of the Artillery, we don't paint them to fit into the territory. Would you change the colours of your Regimental flags to fit into your surroundings? Ubique
Petard said:In the photo it looks like they left the hydraulic jack down(visible just under the recoiling breech), tsk-tsk!
Old Sweat said:Petard, am I correct in thinking that the avalanche control guns were fitted with a jack to aid in quickly switching from target to target? (I believe all the avalanche control targets are recorded and gun data exists for each target that can be engaged from each firing point.)
gun runner said:Ok, smart mouths, I get the point. What I meant, if I am aloud to clarify, is that the condition the guns are delivered to the battery is how we use them. We do not repaint to fit the environment. The guns remain cammed in green. Not painted white, unless there is a need to do so. The entire time I was a gunner, we shot the guns in all environs( except the sand box). Now that I am done..bring on the pain, and don't hold back. I have big shoulders! Ubique
P.S. By the way..Journeyman, I was a gunner way before I ever thought of the CIC.
You don't even pretend to read what you post, do you?gun runner said:We do not repaint to fit the environment.
Not painted white, unless there is a need to do so.