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08-18-2016, 10:16 PM | #21241 |
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The Rolling Thunder got some use in the Comics. Not sure when the Joes would really use any of their Armor. Those big missles seem like Cluster bombs to me. Probably wipe out an entire Battalion in one swoop, or an Artillery battery.
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08-18-2016, 11:54 PM | #21242 |
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Armor supports infantry. Why wouldn't they use it?
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08-19-2016, 02:24 AM | #21243 |
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He was the fastest hang-glider pilot that the world had ever seen. So it was he was called by the Commandos to develop their ultra-secret projects of attack-gliders. Eternally dissatisfied, Bolidus redraws all the plans, improving details that only an expert like him can perceive. His hang-gliders have to be infallible. After all, he knows that when all other methods have proved impracticable, Bolidus will be called!
“As a young aerospace engineer, Bolidus was challenged to build the simplest possible hang-glider. ‘I want to see if you are good or disdainful’. And what he did? Without using any special material, he built an incredible prototype, which surprised everyone. What did he use? Bed sheets and broomsticks.” Brazil Battle Corps Law |
08-19-2016, 06:27 AM | #21244 |
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I am loving the translations of the Brazilian Joes. Great work, CapBritain and seaneley, it's fun having some more naamed characters to work alongside Cobra de Aço.
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08-19-2016, 08:34 AM | #21245 |
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Whatever route you choose john Shaft, I think the critical piece is these guys can maintain the weapons and not just Supply guys. I like the USSOCOM Joint Armorer's course angle Tyroc listed. That seems like hugely important, but that seems like something all the Joes who serve as Weapons Sgts would attend. Being the Armorer (There's only 4 right?) Seems like something a little above the rest. Like the Joe Quartermaster?
It's Duke, Grunt, Blowtorch, and Mercer? Are there others? Rumbler, Charbroil, Beach Head, and Salvo were also listed as being "small arms armorer". Quote:
Since he was former Special Forces I would think Duke might have taken the Joint Armorer's course (maybe Beach Head as well since he is a former 75th Regiment). Seems like that course is geared towards SOF personnel. Someone like Grunt (who was probably just in a regular Infantry unit) might have been a former 91F. Quote:
That's what I think an actual 91F would do, whereas a 92Y would just clean and maintain the weapons (and maybe replace a spring or two). |
08-19-2016, 11:12 AM | #21246 |
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He was the fastest hang-glider pilot that the world had ever seen. So it was he was called by the Commandos to develop their ultra-secret projects of attack-gliders. Eternally dissatisfied, Bolidus redraws all the plans, improving details that only an expert like him can perceive. His hang-gliders have to be infallible. After all, he knows that when all other methods have proved impracticable, Bolidus will be called!
“As a young aerospace engineer, Bolidus was challenged to build the simplest possible hang-glider. ‘I want to see if you are good or disdainful’. And what he did? Without using any special material, he built an incredible prototype, which surprised everyone. What did he use? Bed sheets and broomsticks.” Brazil Battle Corps Law Weird thing is, though he's a "Hang Glider Pilot", his action figure didn't come with any toy hang glider that I could find on the 'Net. Guess you had to make your own. LOL! Last edited by seaneley; 08-19-2016 at 11:20 AM.. |
08-19-2016, 01:39 PM | #21247 |
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While that is of course true, I don't know enough about Special Operations doctrine to know how they deploy with Armor assets. Does SOCOM have armor assets? I don't think it fits in with a Special Operations unit.
However I love my armor, and figuring out how it WOULD work in a Special Operations context is a fun endeavour which we haven't fully explored. I would say the Marine Expeditionary Unit is the smallest to model after with their 4 MBT and 12 or so LAVs, but that is still 2000 man strength? With Artillery and Planes and Helicopters to boot. Maybe a miniature Armored Brigade Combat team or just one Battalion in an Armored Brigade Combat team since an ABCT is like 4000 men? Lowtech's Ride Around Frusenland is a well done exploration into how it might play out if the Joes were to use their Armor: http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-jo...jungle-28.html
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08-19-2016, 03:08 PM | #21248 |
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Man, this file-card was a hassle to translate. The copy was horrible and I couldn't find another one like it on the 'Net. Anyway, here's "Brazilian Bullet-Proof":
Tiro Certo ‘Sure Shot’ (Caucasian Bullet-Proof) – Esquadrao de Elite ‘Elite Squad’: Collect all this emotion! Cut this file for your Commandos in Action archives. TIRO CERTO He served in Central America and the Caribbean before being drafted into the Elite Squad. It was over there that Sure Shot honed his marksmanship until achieving perfection. Who else is capable of bringing down five coconuts of a coconut tree with only one shooting? Up until the Cobras admire his ability and deeply deplore not having him fighting at their side. In countless battles, although in greater numbers, they were [grossly?] defeated. Can [?]: Tiro Certo never misses a shot! “They say if Sure Shot had lived in the old American West, today there would be no movie Westerns to portray that time. After all, there would be no gunman, Indian or bandit that could cross him...” Below this, they had the stats for his gear and weapons. I ran out of time, so I didn't add it. Sorry. Last edited by seaneley; 08-19-2016 at 03:12 PM.. |
08-20-2016, 02:21 AM | #21249 |
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His motto is “never retreat, never surrender!” The formation courses for new Commandos, everyone knows the man who has bravery in his name. After all, who else would face - and win alone - almost a hundred Cobras, piloting the Courax tank? Colonel Courage clearly!
“He always was brave. As a child, never afraid of getting a shot, nor angry dogs. In the cold winter, he only took cold showers. And at the dentist never took anaesthesia. So they pulled his tooth without numbing him!” Brazil Colonel Courage. For my fan-fic, I renamed him Colonel Valiant. |
08-20-2016, 08:22 AM | #21250 |
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Two of the Cobra vehicles, that patrol the waters around Cobra Island are the Cobra BUGG and Hammerhead. In the picture of the Cobra BUGG, there is Big Boa,Road Pig and a Toxo-Viper. In the picture of the Hammerhead, there looks to be a Laser Viper and Rock
viper. One of the big GI Joe vehicles is the Rolling Thunder. How often would the Joes need to use the vehicle? When would they need to use the Rockets? Quote:
While that is of course true, I don't know enough about Special Operations doctrine to know how they deploy with Armor assets. Does SOCOM have armor assets? I don't think it fits in with a Special Operations unit.
However I love my armor, and figuring out how it WOULD work in a Special Operations context is a fun endeavour which we haven't fully explored. I would say the Marine Expeditionary Unit is the smallest to model after with their 4 MBT and 12 or so LAVs, but that is still 2000 man strength? With Artillery and Planes and Helicopters to boot. Maybe a miniature Armored Brigade Combat team or just one Battalion in an Armored Brigade Combat team since an ABCT is like 4000 men? Lowtech's Ride Around Frusenland is a well done exploration into how it might play out if the Joes were to use their Armor: http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-jo...jungle-28.html Delta has used Pandur armoured 6x6 vehicles. The Rangers have used Strykers. In both cases I believe they were used as battlefield taxis. In '03 a Delta Sqn paired up with a regular tank company for a deep penetration raid in Iraq. I don't think there's formal doctrine for that kind of thing, but you can't always count on helos, and soft-skinned vehicles (or even up-armoured HUMVEES) can't take the punishment needed to get to/from some objectives. Remember as well that it's very rare that a SOF unit would be expected to take and hold ground. They exist to raid. Marines/Army, on the other hand, need the mass of infantry to be able to dig in and hold terrain. |
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