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    Default British Navy Field Gun Competition

    It began in 1880 and continued until 1999. The official reason for discontinuing the competition was because the services couldn't provide enough people. The real reason is likely that couldn't find enough women that could compete.

    It is still an amazing portrait of the cohesion, speed, and stamina required by participants.

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAU...CR7Fmilte1JLaA

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    Amazing, thanks much for posting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RED View Post
    The real reason is likely that couldn't find enough women that could compete.
    No women, no "equality." So change the rules, requirements, or if that STILL doesn't make women competitive, claim it wasn't worth doing anyway.

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    I always wondered how they moved those guns.
    If I should die before I wake...great,a little more sleep.

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    interesting vid,
    Thanks for posting




    there's a reenacting group that moves a cannon across the Dan River in So Boston Va every Feb, part of a commemorative ceremony,

    interesting to watch, esp in the snow

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