The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery

[CammieGee]

Excellent video.

[FrancoHitlini]

The RHA uniform is essentialy a light cavalrymens uniform evolved (in style) from that of the hussars who became popularised at the tail end of the 1700s and into the Napoleonic wars. The hussars busby was introduced post Waterloo replacing the tarleton which the RHA retained though the light cavalry had largely discarded. Though various changes had been made through the Victorian era it is true to say that even today they would not have looked out of place at Waterloo.

[kingspagge]

The uniform is from the Napoleonic era, and there are plenty of women officers in the Royal Artillery (women like big guns, joke ^^ ). But its traditional in the guards units to be all men so women go into the Artillery etc. To this day women in the British army cannot serve on the front line. Its not because they're not tough enough, because they bloody are. But because of randy men with no sex for 6 months, who would try well... be men -_- ........ *sigh . Not that we can help it :-/

[hollywoodwerewolf]

The uniform pattern is it from the Napoleonic period? Crimean? Or WW1?

[sqaudie576]

mainly from the 16th centery :)

[slome815]

Not really the horse artillery was only created in 1793.

I guess its possible these uniforms were still worn in ww1.

[pbegley99]

They wore khaki service dress in the Firat World War. But the jackets are much the same as those worn around 1800 - the RHA uniform was based on the Light Dragoons' uniform of the time. Their busby was first issued sometime around the 1820s to 1830s as far as I know - Hussar regiments had already adopted it during the Napoleonic Wars.

[mlosmlos]

@slome815

in ww1 only at parades, like this. but guns are from ww1

[StephanusTacitus]

Sounds like a woman's voice giving the order. How very unmilitary. But such confusion is common in "modern" nations, if also decidedly unfortunate.

[poursuivant1]

As opposed to ensigns in the British Army during the Napoleon era who were bought their commissions when they were barely past puberty? A 15 or 16 year old boy giving commands would sound more military?

[tyke45]

it is a woman officer incharge

[BigBadBill2323]

Actually, a higher pitched voice is MORE audible than a lower pitched one.

Many of the male officers will tend to give the "executive" part of the order in a higher pitch for that reason.

[philthydirtyanimal]

Does it matter if the officer is male or female? Surely every citizen has the right to fight for their nation if they choose, regardless of sex, sexuality or religious views.

[GenBanks]

Apparently in US military vehicles such as strykers, the voice menu thing on the GPS is a female, because they did some research on psychology of combat troops and discovered that people paid closer attention to what was being said under combat conditions if it was a woman's voice.

... so the fact that woman is giving orders in an artillery battery can hardly be said to be shocking.

[WELSHERTHANWELSH]

Womans Voice !!!unmilitary get a grip if you knew that woman u would realise there is nothing UNMILITARY about her ...sexist pig!!!

[adamswampy]

I believe the guns used are 13 Pounders introduced in 1904 and used during the First World War - and yes, obviously they use blanks nowadays, hence no recoil.

[laiyuzeng]

this remind me of napoleonic era, but no recoil on the artillery, looks not real

[FinalFreek]

that's the point i think there ment to look like the troops who would be on the napolionic field of battle along with the limbers so that's why they are dressed in such fine looking clothing.

[HurricaneHeidi]

I'm quite sure they were firing blanks, since the audience surrounded them throughout the park, and it wouldn't be a very good idea to fire actual cannon balls into the crowd. Blanks would cause no recoil.

[trackend]

Laiyuzeng their hardly going to fire live rounds in the middle of London no more than any salute around the world. They all use blanks, rifles fired at funerals are always blanks even rifle bullets have to come down somewhere and it would be a bit daft if you added to the corpse that was being buried with a few more bystanders a mile away