Brits Naming Vehicles N Planes After Heroes And Things? =o

Sturnn · Post by **Sturnn** » 2007-07-30 11:45

I've noticed through the years, that the british army has always named there vehicles and planes after british leaders of some kind of name that sounds british, such as Crusader (Crusader = a Holy Knight) and Churchill tank, named after winston churchill...but where does the chieftan and the challenger and warrior tanks come into this....they don't sound that british at all....i want to know what other vehicles are named after leaders or something.

DirtyHarry88 · Post by **DirtyHarry88** » 2007-07-30 11:49

Every country will have military equipment named after the people who made them or past heroes etc. Not every single one will though.

LiquidSnake · Post by **LiquidSnake** » 2007-07-30 11:56

DirtyHarry88 wrote:Every country will have military equipment named after the people who made them or past heroes etc. Not every single one will though.

Yea the americans for example named their jeep after the famous General humvee

j/k

Post by **bosco_** » 2007-07-30 12:01

Germany names them after animals.

DirtyHarry88 · Post by **DirtyHarry88** » 2007-07-30 12:09

Crazy Germans.

Post by **epoch** » 2007-07-30 12:17

I think most Russian military jets had names beginning with 'F'. E.g. Fulcrum, Flanker, Foxhound.

That's the names assigned to them by NATO - presumably their official Soviet designations were unknown.

Surround · Post by **Surround** » 2007-07-30 12:18

I like the german way to give animal names. Like ze old tiger tank, miau!

G.Drew · Post by **G.Drew** » 2007-07-30 12:28

Americans do this also:
Abrams- (not Abe Lincon) US Tank Commander WW2

Bradley- Omar Bradley, US Commander WW2

DirtyHarry88 · Post by **DirtyHarry88** » 2007-07-30 12:47

Don't forget general Humvee.

Red Halibut · Post by **Red Halibut** » 2007-07-30 13:01

DirtyHarry88 wrote:Don't forget general Humvee.

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HABO3 · Post by **HABO3** » 2007-07-30 13:05

most u.s. army helicopters are named after native american tribes...

chinook
apache
kiowa
black hawk
iroquois
cayuse
comanche
lakota

i wonder if native americans ever find it offensive???

daranz · Post by **daranz** » 2007-07-30 13:05

US names their Aircraft after animals: Fighting Falcon, Hornet, Tomcat, Raptor... Then, they also name stuff with complicated acronyms.

hall0 · Post by **hall0** » 2007-07-30 13:11

epoch wrote:I think most Russian military jets had names beginning with 'F'. E.g. Fulcrum, Flanker, Foxhound.

That's the names assigned to them by NATO - presumably their official Soviet designations were unknown.

The Nato called them so but normal their name starts with the inventor or an incorporator of the company and then a number like MIG 29(Mikojan-Gurewitsch) , AK47 (Awtomat Kalaschnikowa) the inventor was Michail Timofejewitsch Kalaschnikow or Su 27 (Pawel Ossipowitsch Suchoi)

Red Halibut · Post by **Red Halibut** » 2007-07-30 13:20

Excuse me, sir. Seeing as how the VP is such a VIP, shouldn't we keep the PC on the QT, 'cause if it leaks to the VC he could end up an MIA, and then we'd all be put on KP.

Thunder · Post by **Thunder** » 2007-07-30 13:32

DirtyHarry88 wrote:Don't forget general Humvee.

and commander JEEP

i dont think the US name they support vehicles after generals, other wise i feel sorry for the guy named 5 ton truck.

but back on topic, the British also used thel Land Rover Wolf, spartan, centurion, scimitar Cromwell and firefly also we renamed one of your vehicles to the grant, so its a odd name process but theres probably a logical system behind it

youm0nt · Post by **youm0nt** » 2007-07-30 14:17

You guys forgot about the Sherman tank? William Tecumseh Sherman...

Post by **epoch** » 2007-07-30 14:21

The Pershing missile is named after a general! Not really classed as a vehicle though, unless you're after a one-way trip ...

youm0nt · Post by **youm0nt** » 2007-07-30 14:33

Oh yeah, Patton tank, M3 Grant Tank (General Lee, I think)...

Leo · Post by **Leo** » 2007-07-30 14:38

hall0 wrote:The Nato called them so but normal their name starts with the inventor or an incorporator of the company and then a number like MIG 29(Mikojan-Gurewitsch) , AK47 (Awtomat Kalaschnikowa) the inventor was Michail Timofejewitsch Kalaschnikow or Su 27 (Pawel Ossipowitsch Suchoi)

To add to thism the reason they all start with F is because NATO designated them all as fighters.

Plus, why would the russians give their own planes english names?

Post by **Outlawz7** » 2007-07-30 15:03

'[R-MOD wrote:Thunder']
i dont think the US name they support vehicles after generals, other wise i feel sorry for the guy named 5 ton truck.

LOL; siggie