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| Author: | Dice-man [ 20 Feb 2009, 20:34 ] |
| Post subject: | Willy Petes |
How is the nickname for white phosphorus rockets spelled? Petes-peets-peats?? |
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| Author: | jackb [ 20 Feb 2009, 21:10 ] |
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Not sure. If you say it you say willie-pete, but if you spell it you spell WP. If I was to spell it though I would say pete. |
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| Author: | Deadman [ 20 Feb 2009, 21:39 ] |
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I have all ways seen this same spell I checked on a couple of sites to confirm it Willy Pete http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ ... ons/wp.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_phosphorus_(weapon) |
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| Author: | TheBigThug [ 20 Feb 2009, 22:14 ] |
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willy pete is the radio Phonetic stress/pronunciation. So that its readily decernable for infantry/Pilot.(particularly in Artillary) During the Vietnam war radio frequency's were openly shared across many units including firebases. There was no tacc nets. I have some soundbites of as much as 10 units talking over each other at the same time during the vietnam war. The practice predates the Korean war. |
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| Author: | Dice-man [ 21 Feb 2009, 19:46 ] |
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Thanks everyone, I'm going to go with the willy-pete spelling. |
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| Author: | Coach [ 22 Feb 2009, 00:17 ] |
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Dice-man wrote: Thanks everyone, I'm going to go with the willy-pete spelling.
You are correct, Dice. |
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| Author: | Dice-man [ 23 Feb 2009, 04:28 ] |
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Coach wrote: Dice-man wrote: Thanks everyone, I'm going to go with the willy-pete spelling. You are correct, Dice. Thanks Coach. |
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