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Posted: Sunday, May 24, 2020 - 06:39 AM UTC
I think in all of those I saw one soldier who didn't have his shirt tucked in.

I'm sure that during garrison maintenance periods crews wore T-shirts or no shirts, but on firing exercises, they kept to regulations, at least when anybody was looking, and somebody was always looking.

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Posted: Sunday, May 24, 2020 - 07:14 AM UTC

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I think in all of those I saw one soldier who didn't have his shirt tucked in.

I'm sure that during garrison maintenance periods crews wore T-shirts or no shirts, but on firing exercises, they kept to regulations, at least when anybody was looking, and somebody was always looking.

KL


Based upon my own experience firing howitzers, it all depends on the caliber:





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Posted: Sunday, May 24, 2020 - 08:01 AM UTC

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I think in all of those I saw one soldier who didn't have his shirt tucked in.

I'm sure that during garrison maintenance periods crews wore T-shirts or no shirts, but on firing exercises, they kept to regulations, at least when anybody was looking, and somebody was always looking.

KL


Most of those photos looked as if they were "official", not soldier snapshots so presumably there was "brass" around as well.
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Posted: Sunday, May 24, 2020 - 11:05 AM UTC

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[Based upon my own experience firing howitzers, it all depends on the caliber:


That's one way to characterize it: How about, if the piece had a 10-1/2 inch bore or larger the uniform regulations were generally followed?

We might also surmise that practices differed in the 30 year interval between the two sets of photos.

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Posted: Sunday, May 24, 2020 - 11:11 AM UTC

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Most of those photos looked as if they were "official", not soldier snapshots so presumably there was "brass" around as well.


That's what I meant. The M65 was not a run-of-the-mill piece. Its novelty, its size, and its mission all drew attention.

I also suspect that the nuclear surety aspect tended to drive the nature of the average crewman higher.

KL
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