Re: "Grunt" Slang for Tankers?

We in the artillery used to call them "treadheads".
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allan Goodall" <agoodall@att.net>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 5:27 PM
Subject: "Grunt" Slang for Tankers?

> This is a question for all you who are knowledgable about military
slang.
>
> I'm working on upgraded SG2 rules for vehicles and heavy weapons. I
want
to
> come up with a name for it, so I need a slang term for tank crew.
Here's
the
> thing, I don't want to use the term "tankers" because then the rules
would
be
> called "Startankers", which sounds too much like an FT supplement.
>
> Is there any kind of slang, suitable for "family viewing" to use in
place
of
> the word "tanker"?
>
>
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