Ron Wanttaja wrote:

I like to think of myself as along the lines of the unofficial motto of the US
Army Artillery... :-)

Russell Kent replied:

"On the way!" ;-)

Ron Wanttaja replied:

I was thinking more along the lines of, "Artillery adds dignity to what
otherwise would be a vulgar brawl." :-)

Oooh, much nicer. Actually, I mis-spoke. "On the way" is the gunner's response
on board a tank immediately after firing. The sequence is usually:

Tank commander: "Gunner: battlesite, tank. Loader: Sabot" (or "Heat", or "Staff",
or "Canister")
Gunner: "Identified"
Loader: "Up"
Tank commander: "Fire!"
Gunner: "On the way!"
Tank commander: "Target" (hopefully. It means "target hit".)

Anyway, since tanks are *not* part of an artillery unit, "on the way" wouldn't
really be an appropriate artillery motto, official or otherwise.

Russell Kent