Field Gun Run!

[CantGetRight]

good lord, great stuff

[Johnny_H02]

lol thats weird, the canadian army still does the gun run. My cuz was on the team either last year or two years ago. It was really physical apparently, and there were quite a few injuries (part of the gun landed on a guy's foot and severed the toe).

Yeah, but to be honest as neat as it is. IT doesn't replace the Navy Tradition and the beauty of the old Navy Gun Run. The new one (not slaggin it) is too hokey and modern. They wear bright coloured T shirts, have giant ARMY slogans on each side of the obstacle course.

I have a thread about it on here somewhere, I posted the 2006 show.
It still was no replacement for the Navy Gun Run, not even close.

[MilitaryTattoo]

Hi Guys,

I stumbled across this post a few weeks ago and have finally got round to replying. The original thread included one of our YouTube videos of Command Field Gun at the Royal Tournament. There are a few more videos online:

Devonport v Portsmouth 1988

Fleet Air Arm v Portsmouth 1991

Devonport v Portsmouth 1993

Portsmouth v Fleet Air Arm 1994

Portsmouth v Fleet Air Arm 1997

Portsmouth v Devonport 1998

Portsmouth v Fleet Air Arm 1999

Field Gun Interviews 1998

Interest in the Royal Tournament has recently been revived; on 19th May 2008 the Ministry of Defence published the Report of Inquiry into: National Recognition of our Armed Forces. The report produced by Quentin Davies MP, Bill Clark OBE and Air Commodore Martin Sharp OBE MA recognised that "the Royal Tournament provided a very special opportunity for promoting the Armed Forces to the general public".

• Click here to view the MOD Article
• Click here to view the full report

With this in mind, we have re-launched the www.royaltournament.org website with two main aims:

1. To provide information on the Royal Tournament and keep the traditions alive
2. To encourage people to show their support for the Royal Tournament by joining our mailing list*

*The mailing list will be used for the purposes of keeping people informed of progress on the project. Information will not be given to any third parties. We will publish the number of people that have signed up to show their support.


If you have a chance to look at the site, we would be very interested to know what you think. Please join the mailing list if you have time and if you can help us to spread the word by forwarding/posting the website address that would be really great as well!

Many thanks
Military Tattoo

[jackehammond]

Folks,

Below is a 1976 article on the Screw Gun which I believe is used in the Naval Field Gun Run. Even after they were all retired, the British Army referred to Mountain artillery as Screw Guns from the one developed for warfare with the Afghans on the North West Frontier. Also, John Master's made the Sikh gunners famous in his book "Bugles and Tigers."

Please Click the thumbnail to see full size page and photos maybe many have never seen.

Jack E. Hammond


























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[BugHunt]

I recall seeing a documentary following one team (it had the first lady on it) - and those lot are MEN. They consider minor injuries like "loosing a finger" as part and parcel of it all....

Really like to see what goes into there personnel and group training sessions...


Things that spring to mind the calories burnt in the space of 3mins must be ENORMOUS. And you wouldnt want that lot swarming over your railings with cutlasses



Stuff like that truely makes you wonder what a well motivated and trained bunch of guys could achieve before widespread mechanical usage..... *has mental vision of eygptions building pyramids in 3 weeks*....