Favorite Tube or Unit Nickname

Does your crew have a unique nickname for your howitzer? What about your unit? To include in our interactive "Favorite Tube and Unit Nickname" section, CannonArtillery.com is looking for some of your favorite unit nicknames and those nicknames written on the guns from the field (or past guns). Send us your nickname (no profanities please) and a photo if available, along with your name and unit, and we'll add it to the list and the "Member Photos" section of CannonArtillery.com's Image Gallery. E-mail info@cannonartillery.com with your submission and we'll send you a "Freedom's Thunder" bumper sticker!

Tube Names:

• Cerveza - C Battery, 3/8 FA, 4th Section (Horsemen) 18th Field Artillery Brigade, Desert Storm
• Atomic Dawg - A Btry, 1/36 FA
• Mindblower - 3rd Sec A/1/83rd Arty, XXIV Corps, 101 Division Artillery, Vietnam(8 in M110) 
• Sniper - Gun 6, C Battery, 4/77 FA
• The Proctologist - India Battery, 3/10 FA, Camp Lejeune, NC
• Boficus - Bravo Battery, 3/319th Field Artillery, 101st Airborne Division (Air
  Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 1986. (M-101A2 howitzer, named after Hank Williams Jr.)
• Batcave - 1st Platoon FDC/POC, B (Bulldogs), 2/17th FA (M106A6)
• Ballistic Brainstorm - 1st Platoon FDC/POC, B (Bulldogs), 2/17th FA (M106A6)
• Leopold/Anzio Annie - German WW II K5(E) (280 mm railroad gun)
• Thai Girl - Battery F, 2/12th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, 1984 
• Cruel Death and Chuck's Coffin - 4th Infantry Division 5/16 C Battery, Vietnam, 1970-1971 (155 mm howitzer)
• Big Bad Widow Maker - B Battery, 1/83 FA, 2 Field Forces, Vietnam; Ham Tam, Vietnam, 1967 (8-in SP)
• Cazador (Spanish for "hunter") - 1st Section, C-Btry 4th Bn 29th FAR, 1st AD 1989-1992
• Top Heavy - Lima 3/10, USMC (M198 howitzer)
• Angel of Death - 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade
• Mr. Big Stuff - 1st 175MM Gun Battery, 1st Field Artillery Group (175MM gun)
• The Judge - 4/11/Kilo Battery (M109 SP 155 howitzer)
• The Jury - 4/11/Kilo Battery
• Charlie Don't Surf - 8th Section C Battery, 1/377th Field Artillery
• PAYBACK 9-11 - Lima 3/10, USMC (M198 howitzer)
• 155-mm of Diplomacy - Bravo Battery Guns Plt. 1 Bn / 12th Marines 3rd Marine Div.
• Sleeping Giant - Bravo Battery Guns Plt. 1 Bn / 12th Marines 3rd Marine Div.
• Sorry Dude.....NOT - Bravo Battery Guns Plt. 1 Bn / 12th Marines 3rd Marine Div.
• Christine - "B" 5/10 2D Mar Div USMC 1988
• The Preacher - Gun 4 Btry B, 1/101 FA 26th Yankee Infantry Division
• Hate and Discontent - Alpha Battery 1st Battalion / 14th Marines
• Wild Bill - Alpha Battery 1st Battalion / 14th Marines
• Shannon Cannon - Alpha Battery 1st Battalion / 14th Marines
• White Rabbit - 24th Inf. Div. Charlie Batt. 2-35th Field Artillery (M109 howitzer)
• Body Count - 24th Inf. Div. Charlie Batt. 2-35th Field Artillery (M109 howitzer)
• Anthrax - 1-82 Field Artillery Regiment
• ARAPAHO - A Battery, 3rd howitzer section, 3rd Howitzer Bn, 37th Artillery (M110 SP 8-inch howitzer)  
• Checkmate - C Battery, 3/8 FA, 18th FA BDE- Desert Storm 
• Lil Woody - Lima 3/10 (105-mm howitzer)
• Hell's a Popin' - Gun 1, A Btry, 1st Bn 209th FA NYANG
• Anger - Gun 1, Battery A, BLT 1/6, 24th MEU
• Aries - Gun 2, Battery A, BLT 1/6, 24th MEU
• Anubis - Gun 3, Battery A, BLT 1/6, 24th MEU
• Avalanche - Gun 4, Battery A, BLT 1/6, 24th MEU
• Absolute - Gun 5, Battery A, BLT 1/6, 24th MEU
• Aftermath - Gun 6, Battery A, BLT 1/6, 24th MEU
• 4 U 2 FEAR - M198 G 2/11
• Dirty Bird - B Btry, 3/18 FA Fort Sill, OK (M109A6)
• Awol Alvin - A BTRY 2nd BN 28th FA , 1970 ANSBACH GERMANY
• Blue Grass Stud M109 - B Battery 2 BN 138 FA Kentucky National Guard Phu Bai 1969
• Birth Controller (3rd How Sec) - 2/320th FA 101st ABN DIV. Viet Nam 1970
• Bladerunner - B-Btry 1/76th FA 3ID 1981-1983
• Contingency Plan - C 1/321 AFAR, Fort Bragg, NC
• Bustards Revenge - B Btry 2/320th FA 101st Abn Div, VietNam 1970. 1sg Ski USA Ret.

Unit Names:

• Horsemen - C Battery, 3/8 FA, 4th Section, 18th Field Artillery Brigade, Desert Storm
• "1st in the World" - Battery B, 1st Battalion, 10th Marines (first ever Marine Artillery Battalion)
• "Swamp Fox Bn" - 1/178th FA SCARNG (named after Francis Marion)
• "Vikings" - B Battery, 1/178th FA
• Hot Steel - A Battery, 4/77 FA
• Cadaver Makers - C Battery, 4/77 FA
• Truman's Own - Delta Battery, 1/129th FA, Missouri Army National
  Guard (155T)
• The Burning " I " - India Battery, 3/10 Camp, Lejeune, NC
• The First Paladins - 1st Platoon FDC/POC, B (Bulldogs), 2/17th FA
• Firing A** Fox - Battery F, 2/12th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, 1984 - See unit logo
• Automatic Eighth - 2BN/ 8th ARTY,  Korea '67,'68
• Pacesetters - 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery
• The Red Knights Gator Battery - Alpha Battery, 3/320th Field Artillery Regiment
• The Triple Deuce - Utah's 222nd FA Regiment
• The Top Guns - 1st Battalion, 320th FA Regiment
• Death Dealers - 1/40th Field Artillery
• Hellraisers - HHB 6/1 FA
• Chunkin' Charlie - 3rd Bn 19th Arty, 1st Armd Div
• Iron Thunder - 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment
• Automatic Steel - Alpha Battery, 1-41 Field Artillery
• Wild Bunch - A Battery 7/8, FA, 25th ID 
• Thunderbolt - 17th Fires Brigade
• Lightning - HHB, 17th Fires Brigade
• First Round - 5th BN, 3rd FAR
• Redhawks - 1st Bn, 163rd Field Artillery, Evansville, IN (ARNG) the DS Bn for 76th IBCT
• Dragon - 1st Battalion, 117th Field Artillery - See unit logo 
• A** Kick’n Annie - Gun Section 1 A Btry 1 Bn 82 FA Americal Chu Lai
• Arrowhead - Battery A, BLT 1/6, 24th MEU
• Balls of the Eagle - 2-320th FAR, 1BCT, 101st ABN DIV (AASLT)
• Saipan, seven for one - 3rd Bn 10th Mar
• The Dirty Thirty - 1st BN 30th FA Augsburg, Germany
• Hateful - India Battery, 3rd BN 12th Mar
• Blood Sweat & Tears - B Btry 2/320th FA, Viet Nam 1970
• Dragon Slayers - A Battery, 1st Battalion, 27th FA, 4th ID, 1974
• Kingsmen - 1st Battalion, 27th FA, 4th ID, 1974
• Steel Professionals - 3rd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Fort Silll, OK (M109A6 Paladin)