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Well, that makes more sense. If an American soldier or marine give it a nickname it'd probably have an expletive in there somewhere ![[lol]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lol2v12_4863.png "[lol]"){kind=small}
So in other words, the smart branch made the name, which then flittered down to some soldier who wasn't quite sure where he heard it, but realized how good it sounded?
I see the Awesomeness.
Exactly. Tank With The Spinny Bit That Makes It Go Vroom sounds more inline. Sprinkle with fucks and cocksuckers as desired.
Fight smart, not fair.
OMG NO NOSECONES
An example of that is the Whistling $#!tcan Of Death, the CH-46. See? American nickname.
Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
Ya'll made me laugh. I needed that.
Marines might just worship it with fire and human sacrfices and give it some abstract deific name.
Who watches the watchmen?
This is why you need Canadians to lead your troops.
Indiana Solo
you become states 51 through 63,* then you can join and nickname everything.
I think the Iraqis who didn't get turned into jelly by the M1's treads were the guys who came up with that nickname back in the Second Gulf War in the Nineties. Because that is when I first heard it being applied.
Canadians dubbed it that, during some exercise we did with them with the M1 when it was brand new.
Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.