A soldier gets a 21 gun salute.
A twenty one gun salute is a military (army and navy) honour for Heads of State. This is thought to come about for the early days of gunpowder which was very hard to keep dry on ships. So naval ships would fire a seven gun salute, which forts on land had to answer with a ratio of 3 to 1, this is where the number 21 comes from.
The modern western military salute evolved from the practice of raising ones hat. The salute is used as a symbolic gesture.
We salute the flag because it shows loyalty and it shows the love for our country.
Hitler adopted the stiff-armed salute for his troops from Benito Mussolini, who had copied the old Roman salute. Hitler went to the extreme had had civilian people punished who would not give the salute. The salute was not given to victory but was given with the verbal salute of "Heil Hitler". ________ Another theory I've heard is that he adopted Mussolini's fascist arm raise only because he had a hand-shaking phobia.
The Thirteen Gun Salute was created in 1989.
The Thirteen Gun Salute has 320 pages.
In certain countries a 21 gun salute is used for heads of state.
A two star General would be eligible for a 15 gun salute.
The gun salute was standardized in 1841 to include 21 guns, 3 shots per gun.
The gun salute (which usually isn't a 21 gun salute). Three volleys will be fired, the firing line will be brought to the position of present arms, then Taps will be played.
A soldier gets a 21 gun salute.
21 gun salute................
24 gun salute
Depends on the country, but in the US, a 21 gun salute is reserved for the flag, the President, or foreign heads of state. 17 gun salutes are for head of Senate/House, general of the army, fleet admiral, and a lot of other high level officials.
1842
41 Gun Salute