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04-20-2015, 04:05 AM | #1 |
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Back in 83 the Fang was Cobras first assault helicopter. It was small and easy to build so they were able to mass produce them in large numbers. Although it was a effective weapon it was seriously limited to low altitudes due to it's open cockpit design. For the same reason it was not liked by troops because you had a very high risk of getting shot. Eventually Cobra grew as an organization and this meant the vehicles also got bigger and better. The Cobra Rattler and Night Raven lead the charge from the air and they were followed by the Condor and the Mamba. Somewhere in the middle of this the Cobra Fang 2 was built. Bigger faster and more heavily armed than the original Fang the troops still had the same issue with it, the open cockpit. Now when you work for a ruthless dictator like the Commander you have to be careful about complaining. More than a few troops have been known to go "MISSING" over the smallest complaints.
When the Fang 2 was introduced to the troops they tired everything to not use them, saying the engine design was faulty or the weapons wouldn't fire correctly, issues with the engines and so on. Then on April 20th 1989 a raid on a remote GI JOE outpost is ordered by Cobra Commander. He ordered the Fang 2 to be used because it's small size would allow it could go undetected. What the Commander didn't know was that the Joes were ready and waiting. Cobra lost over 200 troops that day and almost the entire fleet of Fang 2s were destroyed. Still having a need for a smaller single person attack chopper the Fang 3 was designed. Using the same turbo fan technology of the Fang 2 the Fang 3 was slightly bigger and carried a front mounted 20mm pivoting cannon and 4 AIMZ-33 air to air crusher missiles. The biggest change however was at long last the edition of a closed cockpit. COBRA ATTACK!!!!!!!!
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04-20-2015, 05:09 AM | #2 |
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That is awesome.. I like the concept.. if this was actually made, I would definitely buy a few.
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04-20-2015, 06:29 AM | #3 |
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An excellent addition to the Cobra air forces.
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04-20-2015, 07:22 AM | #4 |
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Good mishmash! But there already WAS a Fang III....
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04-20-2015, 09:06 AM | #5 |
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That looks really damn good!
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04-20-2015, 10:27 AM | #6 |
Yee Ha!
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Awesome job! Big fan of the smaller one man vehicles.
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04-20-2015, 11:11 AM | #7 |
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clean
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04-20-2015, 01:25 PM | #8 |
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Back in black!!!! Awesome...
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04-20-2015, 02:03 PM | #9 |
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04-20-2015, 02:04 PM | #10 |
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I over looked the horrible 2002 one cause it's too new. But you are correct.
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