This military stuff can get complicated..., so you were better off
repeating what the Gunny Sargent said! :-)
To further confuse the issue, the 5" 54 guns on my guided missile
destroyer were also naval rifles. Any long weapon with spiral
grooves (rifling) in the barrel is a rifle. Those were most
definitely guns though. Small arms aren't really guns as far as I'm
aware. Are you sure your M16 wasn't a carbine? ;-)
If it's big and goes "bang" and you can't carry it, it might well be
a gun..., as long as it's not a mortar or howitzer. ;-)
Probably since the end of the draft, firearms terminology has gotten
very sloppy and. pretty sketchy. Always gives me shivers to hear
some "expert" call one of my pistols a "gun"..., pistol as distinct
from revolver, you understand. ;-)
Back to the OT, large vessels are ships and little vessels are
boats..., unless of course, you are referring to submarines, which
are always "boats" because they started small and that's become
traditional. But call it whatever you like unless the man in front
of you has dolphins on his chest. In that case an SSBN is still a
"boat" although they are larger and heavier than many ships!
William (in Central Virginia surrounded by an entire navy!)
http://www.norfolkvisitor.com/norfolknavy/
From: George A. Furst <gfurst01568@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, December 1, 2013 9:46 AM
Subject: [LRflex] Re: Difference between a boat and a ship
Thi reminds me of the time when in the army I called my M16 a gun.
The sargent said "Sir, That is not a gun it is a rifle!! The
statement was followed by many pushups. Now you landlubbers what is
the difference between a gun and a rifle? I never did learn that.
Sincerely, George in Korea
-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Wagner <yxandy2001@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: leicareflex <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sun, Dec 1, 2013 11:03 pm
Subject: [LRflex] Re: Tall Ship
Sent from my iPhone
David said
>
> and on Wikipedia look extremely close to the boat I shot.
>
David David David
Get out the wet scourging noodle for thou hast committed a grave
nautical err.
Allow me to educate the land lubber in you.
You took a snap of a SHIP not a boat. The difference being " a boat
is what you
run to when the damn starts to sink"
This info was painfully instilled into this old jar head by one if
the nicest
(sic) old swab Jockeys one could meet
Regards
Yxandy------
