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minus-squareDeme@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up80·3 days agoI’m not catholic, but I do like the fact that artillery has its own patron saint.
minus-squareSiegfried@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-22 days agoSaint Barbara, patron of artillery men and military engineers. In the hispanosphere, we used to call “santa barbara” to the ammunition storage of sailing ships. Now i know why
minus-squareOzymandias1688@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoFun fact of the day: That is why the little columns on which gun turrets are mounted are called ‘barbettes’ (little barbara)
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51arrow-down1·3 days agoPraise the Lord and pass the ammunition.
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·3 days agoI’ll tell you the same thing I told a friend that was too deep into W40K: you can enjoy the characters without making the lore a central part of your life!
minus-squareAnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI want you to know that I’m screenshotting this comment (and the one you’re replying to) to send to a friend, who will find it very funny.
I’m not catholic, but I do like the fact that artillery has its own patron saint.
Saint Barbara, patron of artillery men and military engineers.
In the hispanosphere, we used to call “santa barbara” to the ammunition storage of sailing ships. Now i know why
And miners
Fun fact of the day: That is why the little columns on which gun turrets are mounted are called ‘barbettes’ (little barbara)
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.
I’ll tell you the same thing I told a friend that was too deep into W40K: you can enjoy the characters without making the lore a central part of your life!
Let your friend have fun
That friend was me
I want you to know that I’m screenshotting this comment (and the one you’re replying to) to send to a friend, who will find it very funny.