Gun Names
"The Business End of the Battalion"
Revision Date: 05-17-05
It is my understanding that the gun crews on each gun, with I am sure input from the gun chief, selected the names of the guns. It is also my understanding that gun names could and would be changed when a tube was changed. So early on in the war a gun could have many names in a short amount of time, with an EFC of 400. Later on when the newer 175mm tubes started arriving with an EFC of 1200, gun names would stay with that gun for longer periods of time.
Traditionally, the gun name would start the first letter of the Battery identifier. Like a gun called "Alphie" would be an A Battery gun. However, I have seen some exceptions to that rule.
A Battery
8-Inch
late 1969 Ambusher (Gun 1) A-37, 12FH95)
late 1969 Antique (Gun 2)
(*Oldest gun in the Battalion
then later renamed to
Assassin)
(Gun 2 had shot out 22 175 tubes.)
late 69 Avenger (Gun 3)
late 1969 Ass Kicker (Gun 4)
(Ass Kicker was selected to fire the 300,000th round
for the Battalion approx Sep 69. New generic name was repainted not to offend brass attending historical firing. Immediately after, tube was repainted back to Ass Kicker.)
May 1970 Afterbirth
Aug 1970 Annie Fanny
1971 Abortion
1971 Annie Fanny
175mm
1966-1967 Alphie
1966-1967 Alpha's Abortion
1967-1968 Afterbirth
(may have been an A/8/4 gun)
1970 Ass Busters
Late 1970
Antique*
*Antique was the oldest gun in I Corps at the time
B Battery
8-Inch
1970-71 Bad News
1970-1971 Banshee
1971-1972 (gun 3) Bad Trip
1971-1972 (gun 4) Blood, Sweat, and Tears
175mm
1966-1967 (B20 Gun) Bodacious Bastard
1966-1967 (B18 Gun) Gun 1 Blood Beast
1966-1967 Bad Mouth
1966-1967 Gun 2 Boom Boom
1967-1968 Baby Huey
1967-1968 Blood, Sweat, and Tears
1968-1969 (B33 Gun) Ball Buster
1970-71
Big Bad Bitch
1971-72 (gun 1)
Birth Controller
1971-72 (gun 2) Big Duster
C Battery
8-Inch
1968-1969 Cherry Buster
1969-1970 Chieu Hoi
1969-1970 Crispy Critters
1970-1971 Snoopy
1970-1971 Come Together
1970-1971 Castrator
1970-1971 Confusion
1971-1972 Cosmic Bummer
1971-1972 Copulation
175mm
1966-1967 Cong-a-go-go
1966-1967 Commencero
1966-1967 Cathy
1966-1967 Cong Crusher
1970-1971 Climax
1970-1971 Chieu Hoi
1970-1971 Canned Heat
1970-1971 Captain America
1970-1971 Cosmos Factory
1971 Chuck Wagon
Not sure what battery
69-70 Good Bad and Ugly
70-71 Iron Coffin
D Battery 66-67 (B/6/27)
175mm
1966-1967 "Kiss of Death" (Gun 3) (Had a Heart with a cross through it.)
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