Re: "Grunt" Slang for Tankers?

On Thu, 2002-08-08 at 17:43, Barry Cadwgan wrote:
> 
> Well, I don't know if it's 'real' slang, but 'treadheads' is a good
one for
> armour crews.  It certainly works for wargamers who like armour.

That's about the only one I can think of... Tank-monkey was thrown
around by one of my NCO as well.
 
> Artillery branch people are often referred to as 'redlegs', but I
_suspect_
> that may be only US army slang. (I think that was due to a uniform
> differentiation, red stripe on the trousers)

I never heard red-leg for arty... Now Gun-bunny... that one I heard a
lot.  For some reason, the gun-bunnies hate being called that.
 
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