אופס, כמובן:
"הכוחות הבריטיים לדיכוי ההתקוממות באירלנד. והנה קטע מעניין לגבי מקור הכינוי TANS (דווקא בכלל לא קשור לגנאי, אלא במחסור במדים בהתחלה):
In January 1920, the British government started advertising in cities on Great Britain for men willing to "face a rough and dangerous task", helping to boost the ranks of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) in policing an increasingly anti-British Ireland. There was no shortage of recruits, many of them World War I army veterans, and by November 1921 around 9,500 men had joined. This sudden influx of men led to a shortage of RIC uniforms, and the new recruits were issued with khaki army uniforms (usually only trousers) and dark green RIC or blue British police surplus tunics, caps and belts. This mixture gave rise to their nickname, the Black and Tans (in Irish, na Dúchrónaigh), from the name of a famous pack of foxhounds from Limerick. The name stuck even after the men received full RIC uniforms.