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09-30-2008, 11:15 PM | #11 |
We Sleep, They Live
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Vamp much anyone? It's the XR311. Look it up.
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09-30-2008, 11:46 PM | #12 |
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You know, I just thought of a funny thing. You ever wonder why GI Joe vehicles have so many friggin missiles on them. It's like they take a vehicle that you wouldn't normally consider as a missile platform and then missile-fy it out the ass. Rarely did it seem that you had a vehicle with just guns. Aside from aircraft and the Wolverine, which is designed to be a giant missile-launching shotgun, there's the Devilfish--a boat with six missiles--the Ferret--an ATV with two missiles--the Mirage motorcycle and skimobile had two tiny missiles a piece, the MANTA had one (can you imagine surfing that thing after you fired a friggin missile), the Coastal Defender was a box of missiles, a Road Toad with missiles (c'mon now, that's just silly), and of course Rolling Thunder is a missile lover's wet dream. I know nobody wants a plain motorcycle or ATV without armament but it's still funny to contemplate.
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10-01-2008, 10:25 PM | #13 |
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I saw the hvercraft on the history channel also. it was smaller than GI JOE's but simmilar. The MMs is actualy called the HAWK in real life! How cool is that? You can see pictures of the real MMS in episodes of AirWolf. I forgot about the venture star but you're right on! What I think is cool is that there seems to be so many other vehicles that had real prototypes...
I've also found several of the GI JOE and Cobra guns in books about the real thing. I don't just mean the AK 47 & M16 either! Beach Heads original sub machine gun is called the WASP and is .45 caliber. I think that Recondo's gun is the .30 caliber Carbine from WWII 1984 Scrap Iron's original pistol is the Baretta model 93R, it's 9MM and can shoot in 3 round bursts. 1991 Mercer figure had Calico M950 2008 FireFly comes with a Madsen M50 1991 Dusty comes with a MAT 49 9MM sub machine gun, with a 32 round clip! 1991 HOF Duke comes with a Barretta SC70. its 5.56 MM 1985 Heavy Metal comes with a Spanish Star Z70B 9MM sub machine gun 1992 Big Bear comes with a AKSU-74 without a clip; whitch is quite odd. It was designed as a smaller caliber version of the AK-47. its not 7.62 but rather 5.45MM 1986 Roadblock comes with the FN MAG whitch is made in Belgium 1982 Rock N Roll oddly enough doesn't come with an M60 but a German MG 3 that is really a modified MG42 from WWII! It is still in use today however... You can find all this stuff out and more from the book 20th Century small arms by Chris Mcnab at Barnes and Noble |
10-01-2008, 10:30 PM | #14 |
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I guess Hasbro figured if they give kids a bunch of missles they can throw at their other vehicles, they would have more fun. There really are way too many missles on some of the vehicles they made...
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10-01-2008, 10:59 PM | #15 |
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Here's that real HISS tank somebody built.
Rip Saw UGV Tank Fast as a Motorcycle, Yours For Only $200,000 - Gizmodo Australia We always pictured the HISS's suspension as a rigid triangle, because that's how the toy is..... But when you see what this real one can do with a more flexible shape....and then you picture the HIS moving like that.... It gets scary. Watch the video. Josh
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10-01-2008, 11:20 PM | #16 |
victoria fortis elegit
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Sgt Slaugters Marauders Equalizer tank is pretty much an M247 Sgt. York
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10-01-2008, 11:37 PM | #17 |
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DUDE..THAT ripsaw video is SIC!! if a hiss could move like that....OMG..it would change my whole outlook on them. I mean I KNOW its a High Speed Sentry..But to see that thing move like that..WOW...TOW,Dragons,any Land based anti tank missile would have a VERY hard time hitting that thing..I mean./.WOW..
As for Rock N Rolls mg..I would have to disagree with the comparison. I would say that Rocks is a "hybrid" between the M60 and Mg3 that someone dreamed up. Yes the barrel looks Mg3, but from the reciever back It resembles an m60, the ORIGINAL rock n roll, that is..The 25th is Def, MG3.. Dont Forget Slaughter VIIs vehicle..the warthog..That is real as hell and he had it YEARS before the marines did..The marines still use it and its considered a top of the line amphib. Geeesh No wonder the soviets stole all our plans, If Hasbro was able to get them that easy too!!! Lots...And LOts of joe stuff was at least based on real stuff. At LEAST in the early years. All the early stuff, you can look at today, and say..Yea..I can see that being real.. Naw dude the equalizer looks like the Tunguska Image:Amd 2s6.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia YOJOE.COM | Equalizer Look at that new video out of the guy with the Jetpack..I mean..you color him brown and his jet pack grey..hes general hawk man.. FOXNews.com - 'Rocket Man' Soars Across English Channel - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News
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10-01-2008, 11:47 PM | #18 |
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I saw that on the military channel, its awesome. they also had a robot that could see color and infra red. it colud also balance on 2 legswihile holding a 250pound soldier.
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10-01-2008, 11:55 PM | #19 |
Iron Grenadier
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I seen article of an experimental robot that will accompany troops in urban terrain, it will have treads and be about the size of a four wheeler, and It will just roll with troops on the march. It has the new .50 cal that can fire regular, or airburst rounds, but here was the kicker..
It was fitted with complex audio and seismic recievers, that would "hear" and identify an enemy rifle firing, and would turn its gun, and fire and hit the target in LESS than 1 second..This was in poplar mechanics about 6 months ago..I mean..It was basicly a MORE advanced PAC-RAT..The PAC-RATs had to be operated..not this..the platoon leader wore a device, and it just followed him, and they could be chained together..A REAL LIFE ..PAC-RAT
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10-02-2008, 12:17 AM | #20 |
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Do these look familiar?
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