21-Gun salute at Edinburgh castle

[beverage2008]

@BRMC888 naw it isny, its on Edinburgh castle ya fuckin clown! 

[alienhowitzer54]

holy crap that's a cannon!

[MrLaughinghyena]

WOO! Seaforth Highlander Army Cadets of Cananda! Bagpipes and kilts!

[BuddhaBassLine]

@beverage2008 YA GO REBELS! WOOOO!

[funnymanseven]

The Royal Salvo being delivered at the Queen.

[ganteng133]

if you like our armed forces then EMPLOY ex-armed forces

[SlicertekPictures0]

For Those About To Rock

[cheng2012]

@cedricedward

huh? how did he get go from major to sergeant major??

[elhacko1]

oh man ive stood there :D

[336forlife]

Wh7y would i have to watch an ad before this? thats terrible..

[kaffeetrichter]

Did they hit?

[mjanmarshall]

Happy 21st Birthday Arianna!

[racer272]

I love the history and tradition behind this. THOSE ARE BIG F"N GUNS!!!

[PaddyDogg]

I wanted to see 21 guns being fired not 3 seven times each, what the fuck is this cut back hahaa

[NRPBrute]

@PaddyDogg Ummm..this is nothing new for a 21 gun salute.

[PaddyDogg]

@NRPBrute Ok was un aware of that though if i had my way there'd be 21 guns

[mujjuman]

so how often are they supposed to do the gun salute thing? it must take a long time to complete 21 gun salute

[tachotam]

it was Tam the gun that got me to join the ta105 regt when we were in dalmeny st i moved to livingston when we reformed 218 btyFtrp E trp  KIRKYS COMMANDOS

used to love doing the gun at edinburgh castle

[chadscotland]

Fuck the Queen and the Union Jack.

Scottish, never British.

[gunnerman1632]

Why do they only have three guns now ? When I done the salutes at the castle we had 4 25 pounders !

[dudeimusmaximus]

i didnt know that u guys let chicks on the gun line. in the states, only males can be cannon crewman. the army lets female officers lead an arty battery, but in the marine corps we are gender specific with arty. cool vid though...

[gunnerman1632]

@dudeimusmaximus That female voice you heard was a girl named Alison and I can tell you mate she is one of the lads ! She could drink all of us under the table ! LOL !!

[Ishinaz]

@dudeimusmaximus Isnt that kinda discriminating towards the females?

[dudeimusmaximus]

@Ishinaz not really in the states females dont have combat MOS's (military occupation specialty) plus i cant picture a 120lb female carrying a 195lbs man with her combat load (bullets body armor weapons, water etc.) plus his combat load to a medevac while getting shot at. i'm not being sexist. i just dont see that happening

[Ishinaz]

@dudeimusmaximus True, but I think that the females who are capable of finishing basic training wont be 120lbs but rather 165+, and well trained on top of that, and then there is not an issue anymore, I guess?

Just to strengthen my point, I'm quite the heavyweight (250lbs) and some of the girls I know, training to become firefighters and cops, carry me around like I were a bag of flour.

[dudeimusmaximus]

@Ishinaz the thing u have to understand is basic training doesnt put that much muscle mass on a female's body. she'd have to be on roids to gain that much mass. not to mention when you go to basic you lose both body fat and lean mass from sleep deprivation and a poor diet. not to mention those same factors come into play in a combat zone. so no i dont think a woman would have that muscle mass there either. estrogen and cortizol levels are higher in females causing emasiation of lean mass

[Ishinaz]

@dudeimusmaximus Not that my english nor knowledge of how the human body works is that good, but I am pretty sure that females also can if they were allowed to.

[pteJames]

@Ishinaz have you ever trained with females? The men end up doing extra because they cant keep up!

[DESheffield2nd]

@pteJames i'll second that.

[serko2003]

i like it!

never saw something like that

*****

[Shangas]

Maybe I'm just pedantic...but I only counted eight cannon-blasts...I thought this was a 21-gun salute?

[glynhoyland]

@Shangas ,

some of this has been cut , scottish can count (i hope) lol

[manicman1989]

im trying to find the royal salutes i dne but cant find any atleast i my 105 regiement mates r there on this one

[sushie213]

My uncle was the piper...isn't he fabulous??? :D

[gangstersteve1993]

@sushie213 very good :) sounds beautiful :D

[piperjomo]

It was cold, I was the poor piper.

[Daedalus04]

Thanks for getting the video up so quick :P it was a very cold day today.