Saluting with a sword is generally accomplished by bringing the sword's hilt up to the chin with the point facing up, out at a 45 degree angle towards the person being saluted.Saluting with a rifle is usually done by holding the weapon vertically in front of you, muzzle up, with the underside of the weapon presented towards the person being saluted.There has been examples of nitpickers and scolds attacking works (or real life) where British or Australians are depicted as saluting palm downwards as an example of Eagleland Osmosis.Īdditionally, there are several oddball types of salutes that are given in various situations, mainly where there is something impractical about rendering a normal salute with your hand. This is often in popular parlance seen as an American salute, even in the Commonwealth. This is used by the Naval forces of the Commonwealth and the US Armed Forces. The other which is palm downwards, originating with the Royal Navy, is the British "Naval" salute (this was originally introduced because sailors' and officers' hands were often stained with tar through life aboard ship, and showing a dirty palm was considered to reduce the dignity of the gesture). The first, with palm facing outwards, is the "British military salute." This is used by the armies and air forces of most Commonwealth countries. In the English speaking world, which here means the US and the Commonwealth of Nations, there are two types of salutes. The salute is dropped by lowering the hand back to the side of the body. on parade when the saluting officer was holding a spontoon in his right hand.ĭifferent armies in the world have different small details that distinguish their salutes (as can be seen in the picture above), but most of them still follow a certain pattern: the arm is lifted up perpendicular to the side of the body and bent at the elbow, forming an angle around 30 degrees, the hand is open straight with fingers joined, and the fingers touch the temple (or the lip of the visor when with headgear).
In the 18th century, when the military salute was first introduced, there were situations when it was still possible to give it with the left hand, e.g. This is the reason that in some military outfits (such as the US Marine Corps and Navy), it is incorrect to salute when you are not wearing a "cover." (In other outfits, customs are different, and salutes are given when bare-headed meanwhile, in many armies, including the Russian one, it is expressly forbidden to salute without a hat on.) The salute evolved because of the introduction of headwear that could no longer be taken off easily with just one hand, especially bearskin caps and mitre-shaped grenadier caps. There is an urban myth that it evolved out of a custom in which mediaeval knights opened their visors with their weapon-hand to be recognised and to show that they were not armed in fact it evolved from the former custom of men removing their hats as a sign of respect. The Military Salute is a long-standing tradition of military forces around the world, and it is obviously the most visible and known gesture of military protocol to the average civilian.
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