# Are soldiers still piped into battle?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 14, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-soldiers-still-piped-into-battle/553717 "2010-09-14T13:31:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![kombatminipig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5ac83/32.png) [@kombatminipig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kombatminipig)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-soldiers-still-piped-into-battle/553717/21 "2010-09-17T07:48:36Z")

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> [@TBortz](#):
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> Have a picture in my mind of a piper with kilt flapping in the wind, sprinting desperately in a vain attempt to keep up with a Challenger II.  
> Captions would be welcome for what the Tank commander is saying.

“Sod it, that bloody tit with the pipes is following us around. Can’t we just back over the bugger?”

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