Yep. Never ever seen a cannon THAT clean and shinny...

Well serviceable just means its functionable to the task. However yes he sure does keep it looking quite prestigious. Though I'm sure when its your job to look after the thing everyday you tend to give it that spit shine lol. I do wish it was one of the older British 25 pounders. Those guns are iconic. The modern day pieces don't really have that vintage vibe to them.

Clean af

Looks clean and polished is not the same as serviceable lol He is probably referring to maintaining the firing mechanism, the bore, the tube, and other parts of the gun that make it function.

I have a good question, is this a live round? If it is, where is it going? Into the ocean or what? Imagine a whale or dolphin suddenly getting hit with this live round....

Proof that remaining active and never giving up on doing what you love can lead to a longer life!!!!!

He wasn’t wrong when he said he’s been doing it for over 9 years

I seen couple of your videos Saucy, really enjoyed your videos.

He dosn't look a day over 120 years.

@@maymayman0 So true, so true...! He looks young enough to take another hundred years in service..! 😉

I mean this is standard for any solidier, they live regimented lives

@@Despotic_Waffle Not every kind of service is like the other.

@@Despotic_Waffle Regimented lives does not always mean down to the second, Every day.

​@@staticbuilds7613every job on the military requires you to be on time every day. Showing up late for your job can land you in confinement for 3 months

@@staticbuilds7613 once a day*

With a hammer and nail :D Ive got tears in my eyes, old men have the best humor!

Did it fire

US marine = 🤡

Some funny ass drill though lol

Ill be honest the USMC Uniform looks monarchist and thats wrong. Whilst the British one looks monarchist too but it should.

Thank you for your service, sir. I’m hoping to join the marines or the army sometime 5 years from now. My uncle was a marine for 27 years. He retired in 2019 as an E7. And my grandpa was an O3 in the army transportation corp in Vietnam. You can google him ‘John Michael Lavin’ and you can find his Student Card from West Minister College. If you Go under you should See More pictures of him. Another fun fact about him: his sister gun truck is the only gun truck in the US that hasn’t been scrapped from vietnam. It’s the Eve Of Destruction.

Quite!

I think they should use a real round just to keep it interesting

@@dangerousthoughts.1591 Nah, I dont think that would be a good idea. There would be multiple booms from the gun and the projectile. That throws off the main traditional point of having a 1 o'clock gun to set the time. And some people might die. Theres that too.

what do you mean by a "real blank"? i had thought they were using blanks.

@@Aethair I meant that blanks are usually much louder than that (at least from my experience). A normal gun's blank is already loud enough to make normal people flinch without hearing protection. I dont see any of the civilians in the crowd flinching. Its likely a very small grain blank (idk the term for it).

@@brandonkoh8361 Having spent some time in Edinburgh, I am guessing the charge used has been adapted over time, to be loud enough to be heard across the city but not so loud that everyone has a heart attack. The Microphone mutes the sound somewhat, there is still a good proportion of the crowd that still flinches when the gun goes off :-)

wibbly, wobbly, timey wimey...

and what did you expect? I expected exactly this, being a TechDiff fan

good spot!

You have great eyesight

lol thanks! I just saw something small fall in the corner of my eye

LOL True!

Us sappers would just blow up the gun

That one bored Cannoneer in the 1800's: Finally I actually get to shoot my cannon for once.

I would not be depressed if I got to fire an artillery piece every day-

Damn, I would have never noticed. Good eye !

It doesn't cost a single dime to watch this 😂

Do you have a castle and crown jewels there? Oh, and the French Eagle captured at Waterloo?

Respect to the drop shorts

You haven’t missed much at all.

I was fulling expecting this to be an office bit.

Yes the old 25-pounder, was a lovely piece of artillery, which served the RRA for a very long time, also was as loud as hell too!

H & S legislation on sound levels, the audible equivalent to the noon (12:00) GMT ball drop at Greenwich.

Bore off you wetter

Even though it's obvious that a cannon can be loud, and even if the audience had a hundred signs and audible commands to cover your ears, some people would still miss it and get tinnitus of hearing loss, and subsequently some would blame it on the military. I'm quite sure that has happened at some point, when tourists first started to be interested in the tradition. Also for an old gun, it's safer to use less gunpowder. Also also, it's a blank, so even with the same amount of gunpowder as a regular shell, it's still going to be quieter.

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if i was to guess I’d say they’d seize operations for the day/until the gun is ensured to be safe and or the reason for a misfire is identified

Well, in this case the stomping of the right foot, when he halts, was extremely fast. It's not taught like that as far as I remember, it's taught to be slightly slower and more controlled. He's just sped it up, probably to ensure he is in a position to fire exactly at 1pm. But when coming to a halt, you kick the left foot out as if you're taking another step, but then bring it back to where you currently are, put it on the ground, then stomp the right foot. The Royal Marines don't do this; they just slide their feet together.

@@Perseus7567 Australian drill is very similar, but this video is not the only time i've seen the no offence but rather slapstick version of drill that was shown here. Plenty of other videos showing the same strange insane speed up when coming to a halt. Yes there does seem to be a difference where in the UK they basically mark time twice. Left foot mark time position, and then the right foot. In Australia we call the halt on the right foot, take a proper check pace (i.e. the "check" call is a full pace with the left foot) then the right foot is brought to the mark time position, and then brought down beside the left foot. Watched some UK training vids, and it does seem like they do indeed train it with the "Check. One. Two" or "Check. Left. Right." (in contrast to Australia, check. Halt.) to the same speed/cadence as the quick march. But this video, and others seem to have people attempting to go through the check. one. two. in one single count, instead of 3.. I'd rebut against the claim its to make sure hes there by 1, when he waits for a considerable time after loading to fire, meaning he gets there with enough time to wait, and that is only saving him about 2 beats of quick time (116bpm) or approximately 1 second.

@@PBMS123 It reminded me of Alex DeLarge mocking the prison officer's over-the-top marching/stomping antics as he hands him over to the hospital staff in Clockwork Orange.

Magnificent? They're a skeleton of their former self

this is army though :)

Why isn't yours?

Must think he’s an Andy Cap beret wearing Para.

*Chinese

Its an L118 105mm light gun

That’s because he has a Scottish accent 😂