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The US military has tried a broad range of dune buggies for military service, and among the most successful has been the M1040 Hellfire Fast Attack Vehicle. This Army-issued buggy spent nearly a decade on the front lines, meant as a harassing unit for the long expected Soviet invasion of western Europe through the Fulda Gap. Armed with the Army's heaviest ATGM (Anti-Tank Guided Missile), th... [click here for more] |
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When Special Ops units are running a Black Op someplace no one expects them to be, like on the sovereign soil of a nation they aren't officially at war with, one thing they really need is a reliable vehicle that doesn't attach them to their homeland. There are three ways to go about this. First is to use something ubiqitous, something sold to dozens of nations, which cannot be reliably ... [click here for more] |
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Last issue covered one of two vehicles that competed for a contract with the French military in the mid-80's. This issue, we cover the winner. The VBL is manufactured by Panhard, France's oldest surviving military manufacturer. The VBL is a rugged offroad vehicle, considered by most to be as capable offroad as a Hummer. Styled as a cross between a van and an SUV, the VBL is also ... [click here for more] |
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These dune buggies are Argentina's answer to a unique problem. The bulk of Argentina's chopper airlift capacity comes from a fleet of aging UH-1 helicopters, which simply don't have the power to lift most modern "light" military vehicles. With a maximum cargo weight of 1,300kg, Argentina's military issued a requirement for a well armed light reconnaissance vehicle weig... [click here for more] |
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In the early 1980's, as the conventional arms race between NATO and the Warsaw Pact escalated, the British Ministry of Defense saw a need for a new troop transport to completely mechanize the army's infantry. While the infantry attached to armored divisions got the Warrior IFV, the infantry attached to infantry divisions received the AT105 Saxon. The Saxon is one of the less pret... [click here for more] |
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Developed in the middle of the 1980's, at the height of US defense spending to battle Reagan's "Evil Empire", the Cadillac Gage Stingray Light Tank was expected by many to be chosen as the light tank to replace the inherently defective M551 Sheridan in service with the Airborne Divisions. Fast, lightly armored, and well armored with a 105mm cannon and two machine guns, ... [click here for more] |
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The Cardoen Alacr?n was the swansong of the halftrack. Throughout World War II and well into the 1950's, the halftrack was recognized as an excellent tradeoff between the easy maintenance and operating costs of a wheeled vehicle and the mobility of a tracked vehicle. They were used as towing rigs, prime movers, tank destroyers, self-propelled gun chassis, air defense vehicles, armored perso... [click here for more] |
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One of the most unusual military vehicles of the last 35 years, the Irish-designed Timoney 4x4 Armored Personnel Carrier did much to change the rules of AFV design. It was a very unusual vehicle, pulling back from the ever-increasing number of wheels placed on APCs, providing the driver with large, bulletproof windows for high visibility, rather than the typical periscopes and hatch, and provid... [click here for more] |
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Meet the big brother of Belgium's BDX. The Valkyr is a redesign of the BDX, featuring a longer, stronger hull and improved mine protection. The Valkyr is the victim of a cruel fate, designed in the 1980's and promoted through much of the decade. After losing the British APC competition to the AT105 Saxon in the mid-80's, the vehicle finally found a buyer in the Middle East in 1990. ... [click here for more] |
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The FROG-7 is a battlefield support artillery rocket system dating back to the Soviet era as one of their most vital tactical nuclear warfare options during the Cold War. Able to lob over 1000 lbs of explosives to a distance of 42 miles, the system may be obsolete by first world standards, but it remains an important part of arsenals throughout southern Asia. Additionally, it is on the verge of... [click here for more] |
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For our 20th issue, we now introduce our very first bit of aircraft coverage! Sure you've heard of them, the helicopter gunships or attack helicopters. You can probably even name a few, like the AH-64 Apache, AH-1 Cobra, or even the Mi-24 Hind. If you're really lucky, you can probably even name ones like the Tigre or Cheyenne. However, this is one few have heard of. Designed as a... [click here for more] |
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Ever wonder what the world's first helicopter gunship was? Was it the AH-1 Cobra? Nope, because that was designed to supplement the UH-1 gunships. Those UH-1 gunships also weren't the first, either. They were just the first in combat. So maybe that means the OH-23 Ravens of the Korean War? No, since they weren't armed, even if they were flying over front lines. The answer actually c... [click here for more] |
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Volvo. Now there is a company most folks aren't likely to associate with military equipment. Yet, back in the 1960's, they manufactured a fairly diverse range of specialized vehicles for Sweden and several other governments, and I'm not talking about the usual "militarized" versions of civilian vehicles most automotive manufacturers offer. The Volvo L3314, also know... [click here for more] |
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So, what's the most unusual military vehicle you can think of? Maybe the Japanese airplane-launching submarine of WW2? Or perhaps the Soviet attempts to build a flying tank? Or perhaps the 1000 ton rolling fortress the Germans tried to build in WW2? All quite odd, I agree, but barely made it past the drawing boards. For us, the oddest is a moped armed with a 75mm cannon.
After World War... [click here for more] |
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Developed originally as the AT-100 4x2 Internal Security Vehicle in 1971, the AT-104 was introduced the following year as the first vehicle specifically designed as a response to the urban insurgency in Northern Ireland, a wave of violence, known as "The Troubles" began in the summer of 1969 and ended in 2001. In this time, the Irish Republican Army split into the Marxist influence &q... [click here for more] |
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So, what do you do when a war has drawn combat into city streets and your enemy has destroyed your Armored Fighting Vehicles by the hundreds? You change the way you do your fighting, of course.This is precisely what has been happening with the conflict in Chechnya. Most Russian Armored Personnel Carriers and Infantry Fighting Vehicles have been nullified in the city streets of Grozny by "t... [click here for more] |
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Introduced in 1961, the BTR-60 was Russia's first truly modern armored personnel carrier. It would eventually incorporated a range of impressive features, such as a turret for protection against enemy infantry, drive train redundancy complete with two engines to make it difficult to stop, and one of the biggest troop compartments to ever grace an APC, holding 16 men! By the time constructio... [click here for more] |
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What on earth is a TACV? It looks like a tank, but there's no big gun, so that can't be it. It could be a tank destroyer, but four missiles isn't enough to be one of those. Ah, it must be an Infantry Fighting Vehicle, but... there's no infantry?! The BMPT is the first of an entirely new class of vehicles known as the Tank Assistance Combat Vehicle. The Russians claim it i... [click here for more] |
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So... when exactly did the world finally give up on armed motorcycles as viable military vehicles? Ah. Back in World War II! The Germans had all those motorcycle sidecars fitted with machine guns. After the war, they just faded away. But wait... back in issue 23, we covered the Airborne Trooper Transporter, a Vespa armed with a 75mm recoilless rifle and that was in the 50's, so there were n... [click here for more] |
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For decades, the PT-76 was Russia's dominant light tank, used primarily to support airborne units and as a reconnaissance platform. The tank eventually fell into disuse and was finally abandoned as potently armed IFVs took over its roles. However, in the late 1990's, Russia introduced its new light tank, the 2s25 Sprut-SD. While type classified as a self-propelled artillery piece... [click here for more] |
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World War II marked the setting of the sun that shined over the French colonies around the globe, marking the coming of an imperial twilight that would be marked by violence, extremism, bloodshed, and atrocities. For much the the two decades following the end of World War II, the French government fought two major wars in a vain effort to recapture its former glory as a colonial power. The seco... [click here for more] |
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At the end of World War II, while the rest of Europe settled for using war surplus military equipment to rearm themselves as they rebuilt their economies, the French struggled to instead introduce their own indigenous military vehicles and weapons. The ARL-44 Transitional Tank is one such creation. This 50 ton tank finds its roots in the Char B1 bis, one of the few prewar tanks capable o... [click here for more] |
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In 1978, the Soviet military introduced their second generation modern APC, the BTR-70. In the following decade, it would become one of the most extensively modified military machines in the world. The BTR-70 is a war machine forged in the crucible of warfare in Afghanistan. Originally designed for combat on the coastal plains of northern Europe, like most Soviet era military equipment, ... [click here for more] |
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The Shadow RST-V. Ah, there we go again with the unfamiliar acronyms. RST-V is the acronym for Reconnaissance, Surveillance & Targeting Vehicle. Basically, its a scouting vehicle loaded up with laser designators, electronic sensors, and radio equipment. However, the Shadow is far more than that. The Shadow is the first wheeled hybrid electric drive military vehicle the U.S. has fielded i... [click here for more] |
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Developed in the late 1980's, the EE-VAR (Engenheiros Especializados - Veiculo de Ataque Rapido) is a 4x2 light military vehicle of the dune buggy persuasion. However, unlike its numerous contemporaries, theEE-VAR was unique in offering armor protection to its standard two man crew. While most other military dune buggies even to this day are fabricated mostly of aluminum bodywork and steel ... [click here for more] |
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The Vickers Wasp Rapid Deployment Vehicle is a new Special Operations vehicle produced by South Africa. This light airportable vehicle is designed for quick insertion into an operations area, as well as fast retrieval from a hot extraction point. The vehicle can haul as many as eight special operators, one of which mans the vehicle's main weapon, while as many as six others man machine guns on har... [click here for more] |
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Designed as an inexpensive alternative to vehicles like the M1 Abrams, Leopard 2, Challenger 2, and LeClerc, the Osorio was a huge gamble for the Brazilian military-industrial complex. Brazilian manufacturer ENGESA, flush with funds thanks to supplying arms to both sides of the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980's, looked to profit from even more nations in the oil-rich Middle East. Spending $100 million o... [click here for more] |
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Eventually, every automotive manufacturer on the planet will get sparkly eyed at the prospect of getting a lucrative government contract to manufacture military vehicles. Even the Luxury vehicle makers get in on the act. The Mercedes G-Wagen has been a staple of European and Asian militaries for two decades. Land Rover has been supplying military trucks for over 50 years. BMW sold motorcycles t... [click here for more] |
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The FN 4RM/62F AB is one of a handful of military vehicles that were produced by Belgian arms giant, Fabrique Nationale. The vehicle was produced for the Belgian Gendarmerie, one of the many militarized state police agencies on western Europe during the Cold War. The 4RM/62F AB was a simple armored vehicle and competent for its internal security duties. It was based on a tactical truck also pro... [click here for more] |
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As the Cold War progressed in the 1950's, West Germany saw a need to get its defense industry rolling again. Through the 50's, political corruption and influence from the survivors of the Wehrmacht produced a number of 'educational' contracts, issued to help German industry relearn the art of manufacturing military goods.
From one of these sprang an innovative vehicle. Armored troop carrier... [click here for more] |
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The Caracal Rapid Deployment Logistical Vehicle is a new air transportable system under review by the British military. Similar to the M-Gator used by the US military, the lightly armed Caracal is designed to haul five troops or 500kg of cargo from landing zone to front line, moving across the roughest terrain. If the Caracal tests successfully, it may become a replacement for the aging fleet of S... [click here for more] |
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The Haflinger, manufactured by Steyr-Puch, was the Austrian military's equivalent of a Jeep. Though small and not exactly the most sturdy looking of vehicles, it enjoyed fair success as a military vehicle as well as civilian sales. It was sold globally and adopted by several armies. The Haflinger saw fairly diverse use, being deployed as a reconnaissance vehicle, troop carrier, cargo carrier, radi... [click here for more] |
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This product has been superseded by ATN16011 Big Bang Ricochet WW2 Collection: Type 94 Te-Ke- Tokushu Keninsha, which costs $4 less than this older product and contains expanded material and game support. ... [click here for more] |
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This volume of Big Bang: The Mostly Illustrated RPG Guide to Modern Weapons is a compilation of the infantry weapons presented through the first thirty issues of Big Bang Ricochet. The collection has been compiled in recognition of the fact that not every Big bang customer wants or needs the vehicle portion of the product line. This issue includes over 50 variants of 16 different infantry support ... [click here for more] |
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This particular volume of Big Bang focuses on the Army Future Combat Systems. We'll look at the entire family of new weapons being developed as variants of the XM8 Lightweight Assault Rifle and revisit the XM29 SABR. We will also cover the X312 .50 Caliber Lightweight Heavy Machine Gun, the XM307 25mm Crew-Served Weapon, the XM25 25mm Airburst Weapon, the XM107 Long Range Sniper Rifle as well a... [click here for more] |
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Another short themed volume of Big Bang: The Mostly Illustrated RPG Guide to Modern Weapons. This particular volume revolves around a document published in 1889, Small Arms of the European Armies. This volume looks back at the start of the era of modern firearms, detailing a number of weapons used around the world between 1870 and 1890. Included is a copy of the public domain 1889 article, whic... [click here for more] |
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This latest volume presents the theme of grenades. Focusing mainly on grenades manufactured by the United States and the former Soviet Union, this book presents a wide range of all types of hand grenades, rifle grenades, spin-stabilized grenades, and polyvalent grenades. More than 50 different grenades are presented.Accompanying these weapons is a section detailing riot control agents, the chem... [click here for more] |
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This volume is the first of several focusing on German small arms of World War II. The primary focus is on the many sidearms issues to not only the organized German military, but also to Nazi units like the Volkssturm and the Waffen SS. The book also covers a number of experimental support weapons that were developed by the Germans in the final months of the war, including 15! variants of the Panz... [click here for more] |
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In this volume of the Big Bang series, we focus on the covert, disguised, and occasionally improvised weapons used by the spy industry and others. numerous types of small, concealable weapons are covered, including stats for 54 different weapons and variants. ... [click here for more] |
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This volume of the series covers the entire spectrum of guided anti-tank weapons that have been used by the Societ and Russian militaries since the late 1950's. Over a span of almost 50 years, they produced 16 launch platforms and more than 35 different missiles in this long line of very effective weapons. The book begins with the AT-1 Snapper, first introduced not long after the Korean War... [click here for more] |
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The latest volume of the Big Bang series, this volume supports the SpecOPS adventure series from Swords Edge Publishing. Within this volume are detailed the numerous weapons appearing in the Albenistan module series, consisting of "Raid on Ashkashem", "The Qalashar Device", and "The Khorforjan Gambit". Several entries have appeared previously in the Special ... [click here for more] |
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This volume collects the assorted promotional material we put together during 2003, along with a number of weapons that were done, but accidentally overlooked during the assembly of the first six volumes of Big Bang: The Mostly Illustrated RPG Guide to Modern Weapons. A total of 13 weapons and variants are presented. The weapons covered include: The Beretta CX4 Storm, a new pistol caliber carbine ... [click here for more] |
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Welcome to the Deadliest Weapon That Never Was. This short addition to the Big Bang line covers an epic failure of a weapon system that haunts the United States Military to this very day. Between 1948 and 1952, the US military learned that 50,000 rounds of ammunition were fired for every enemy casualty caused during World War II, a clear indicator that the much vaunted marksmanship of U.S. sold... [click here for more] |
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This minor volume of the Big Bang line focuses on a wide range of failed experimental weapons. These numerous systems often represented astounding advancements in firearms technology and design, yet were ultimately rejected by their target markets. This booklet covers numerous weapons, including: The Colt SCAMP, a highly controllable machine pistol that was only slightly larger than the M19... [click here for more] |
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With this volume of Big Bang, we focus on the RHINO and CAWS projects implemented by the US military between 1979 and 1994. These projects were dedicated to the development of automatic shotguns for combat use in urban environments, earthwork environemtns, and aboard navy vessels. In the end, the programs resulted in numerous functioning automatic shotguns, but in the end, it was decided these ... [click here for more] |
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Take a look at the critically acclaimed Big Bang gun book series without worrying if you might be wasting your money! With this sampler, we give you the basic subrules, detailing the justifications for all the small rules modifications made inside the Big Bang series. In addition, a variety of weapons to give you an idea about the level of information you get with our books. The regular series als... [click here for more] |
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We are pleased to announce that after a two year hiatus, Big Bang: The Mostly Illustrated RPG Guide to Modern Weapons has returned to publication. This is not simply a continuation of the existing series, but an update to second edition. With the second edition of the line, we introduce a new, focused approach. Each book will focus on the small arms of a particular nation (and perhaps just one per... [click here for more] |
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This product was superseded by <a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=23927&it=1">A revised edition</a> with expanded content. Please purchase that version instead. You get more and it costs less. ... [click here for more] |
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Big Bang Volume One has now been updated to its new format, including new data not presented in the first edition!This includes the statistics for weapons in two new licensed systems. Big Bang is a new guide to firearms dedicated to being useful for all RPG systems. Each entry starts with the history and facts about the weapon, providing everything you need to fit the gun into your own games.... [click here for more] |
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Volume Two continues the the tradition now being established with this series, adding nearly 100 more weapons to the series. Each entry provides historical and technical information about a specific weapon or family of weapons, the expands that by providing game statistics for four licensed game systems. A separate free conversion guide provides information and guidelines for converting the real w... [click here for more] |
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