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30th FD had their own "Super happy floor hockey fantastic challenge wish tournament", in which (as in 1 RCHA) the gunners/bombers played the Mbdrs, and SNR NCOs played the Officers. the Officers' beat the SNRs and the Gunners/bombers beat the Mbdrs. Then the  Gunners/bombers beat the Officers -...

cody since when have you been allowed to use my first name? Yes Man = Lombara?

I know everyone here has some kind of funny story to tell, so I was just wondering if anyone would like to share them. Most story's I have, or hear, require for you to be on the Gun Line to even understand them.. but I still think it would be interesting to hear some tales from behind the guns...

Hey Goober,   Good things: -Pulling the lanyard -Charge 7 (you'll learn) -sleeping in the Gun Tractors -knowing your Det is the best -being adjusting gun -stand easy Not so good things: -being Gun numbers 4-6 -fire missions at 3am when its just started pouring rain -Not being...

Biggest problem I can see with that, is that Reserves is a Part-time and Volunteer section of the CF. If war broke out, how many Gunners can you trust to drop everything and go overseas? The Reg Force guys, God bless em', are prepared (And Train) to go overseas on a moments notice. Infantry is...

Hey guys, I was just reading some threads in the Archives, and I came to something particular that I thought I should say something about.       I am basically as new as you get, when It comes to both Artillery and the CF.. so I can speak first hand about how things Are at the moment (in...

  Reading the original post, im not quite sure I understand what you're referring to when you mean the Infantry stuff. If you mean, "do we use the same weapons", yes and no. We (the Arty) use C7s, C9s (and to a lesser extent C6s). In addition we use our own Guns... but thats a Given. Did you...

Yeah... and When you're a gunner you really appreciate the weight of everything. Sure, it would be really cool to see a 30 inch gun fire, but Im telling you I dont want to be the one trying to load it. You know why a 155mm is loaded in parts, instead of all together like the 105mm? because its a...

Exactly what I was going to say.. 30th Field RCA is an awesome place to go if you want good field time. Besides, (Not putting anyone down), if you were smart enough to become an Air gunner, you might not be as challenged in the Infantry..  30 RCA can be challenging, both physically and...

He was just asking for some friendly advice... we should really flame someone just because of a question that, in my/our mind(s), seems dumb or unacceptable. I remember when I was in my BMQ I asked some of the dumbest questions (and of course, laughed at the even dumber questions of others)...

Sorry if this was already answered in the page I skipped over..  :-X Im currently a Gunner, with 30th Field RCA in Ottawa. (RCA meaning Royal Canadian Artillery, for those who might not know). So being that we use one huge sonofaGun - its almost expected that we wouldnt get nearly as much live...