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Big Bang Ricochet is a new element of the Big Bang product line. This new series takes a critical and in-depth look at military vehicles and weapons for all over the world, just as Big Bang: The Mostly Illustrated RPG Guide to Modern Weapons and Big Bang: Mini Bang focus on small arms. Each issue will focus on a single family of military vehicles, plus many of the weapons commonly mounted on them.... [click here for more] |
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This second issue of Big Bang Ricochet completes the coverage of Argentina's indigenous military vehicles, covering the Vehiculo de Combate, Tanque Argentino Mediano. This medium tank is built on the same chassis as the VCTP covered in Volume 1. Along with coverage of the tank, we also provide a very deep look at the British L7 105mm Rifled Tank Gun, as well as a number of additional tank guns... [click here for more] |
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This brief third issue of Big Bang Ricochet details the SA-9 Gaskin. Built on the chassis of the BRDM-2 reconnaissance vehicle, this SAM launcher was fast, maneuverable and amphibious, making it a very important part of the Soviet tactical air defense doctrine for over 20 years. ... [click here for more] |
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USMC doctrine requires that certain units, such as FAST (Fleet Antiterror SEcurity Teams) and Force Recon, to participate in FMF (Fast Maneuver Force) tactics, utilizing small, agile, well-armed vehicles. Since they have long become accustomed to getting the short end of the DoD budgetary stick, the USMC made due with hand-me-down dune buggies from the Navy, former SEAL FAVs, as well as a small fleet... [click here for more] |
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Back in the Second Gulf War* on operational force that managed to cruise into Kuwait City at the front of the liberation force became media darlings with their nifty armed dune buggies. This group was the US navy's SEALs, lead by an Army major, the joint services liaison at NSWG1 at the time, and they were cruising along in their Desert Patrol Vehicles, an evolution of the Army's own Hellfire Fast... [click here for more] |
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This product is superceded by ATN16019 - Big Bang Ricochet Modern War Machines: M1117 Armored Security Vehicle, which is $5.00 for 44 pages, rather than the artificially inflated $10 for the 10 pages of this product.
For decades, the US Army's MPs have gotten the short end of the stick. Given the mission of protecting the rear areas of any military ground operation, they have long been forced to... [click here for more] |
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This is the first French entry into the Big Bang Ricochet product line, covering the Panhard AML-90 Armored Car. The AML-90 is a well distributed military vehicle, with over 6,000 units serving around the globe, particularly in the second and third world nations of Africa and Central and South America. Rugged and armed with a 90mm cannon, the vehicle is well suited for the underdeveloped wilds of... [click here for more] |
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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), the TOW, each... [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 traced back... [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 capable of meeting... [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 weighing... [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 pretty armored vehicles... [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, this low profile... [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 personnel... [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 providing... [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. That... [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 becoming... [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 rebuild of... [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 came... [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 known in the Swedish... [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 II, there... [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 "Official... [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 "top down"... [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 weapon... [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 as its... [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, which will... [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 chemical... [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 Panzerfaust.... [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, and... [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 Edition volume... [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 rifle... [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. soldiers... [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 M1911A1, but... [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 weapons... [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 also... [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. Then... [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... [click here for more] |
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The militaries of the world have been using motorcycles almost as long as motorcycles have existed. By the start of World War II, military riding was quite a refined activity, with many troops around the globe being trained in various ridership skills and techniques that would prove useful in a time of war. As time went on, the machine may have changed, but the necessary skillset to be a military motorcyclist... [click here for more] |
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Welcome to our third new basic class. One foundation of modern literature and media is the capacity of a hero to perform "cinematic feats". In reality, these "movie physics" are often inadvertantly added to a movie by editing multiple takes into a single scene, while such things as reloading a gun end up on the cutting room floor, if they made it to film at all. And a few of these... [click here for more] |
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Sure, there are plenty of gun-toting classes out there, all based on the insane and impossible gun skills imagined by Hollywood, Hong Kong, or Baliwood producers who probably haven't handled a gun since they last played with a toy cap gun at age 10. With this unusual prestige class, we present a gun-toting class based on real world shooting techniques, in particular those revolving around the disciple... [click here for more] |
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The Junk Man. Hahaha. Yeah, right, like that can be a real class for the game. I can't be serious, can I? What? You don't believe me? Well, then, just read on... The Junk Man can be found wherever there is discarded junk to be sold; flea markets, swap meets, yard sales, junk yards, landfills. They are obssessive collectors, gathering up anything and everything that may one day again have potential... [click here for more] |
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Whether cop or killer, the underworld is the haunt of these dreaded firearm deities. Speed, accuracy and a reckless disregard for their own lives and the lives of any who oppose them have turned these pistol-wielding dervishes into the spectres of the dark city streets. These characters display an astounding and almost beautiful style of violence. Movement is an important part of the Kowloon Gun God's... [click here for more] |
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There are places in this world that are abandoned, destinations lost to the annals of time. Invariably, these places drove their inhabitants away for one reason or another and have since become freakish wrecks of their former selves, surrounded by strange tales and urban legends. You know these places. There's at least one in every town, usually a rumored haunted house or shunned cemetary. They are... [click here for more] |
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If you eat 500 fortune cookies, will you get 500 different fortunes? The author's lifelong odd little hobby of saving every last fortune cookie slip since the day he learned to read answers the question.
Provided are the 494 unique fortunes provided by 668 fortune cookies, right down to the strange spelling errors and broken english. Also included is advice on how to integrate fortune cookies as... [click here for more] |
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ARP Publication plans for 2017. It has been a few years since our last publication and now we're planning to come back with a vengeance. The product lines mentioned in this document rise from the ashes during the remainder of the year. ... [click here for more] |
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ARP Publication plans for 2018. But we're still planning to come back with a vengeance! While many say "revenge is a dish best served cold", I can tell you from personal experience, it needs to be served up quite healthy, too. And healthy I haven't been. The product lines mentioned in this document rise from the ashes during the remainder of the year. Matter of fact, one has already been delivered.... [click here for more] |
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ARP Publication changes coming in the Fall of 2018. It mostly concerns product alterations in the Big Bang Shootout line, starting with the next new product to be released a few days from now. Also, a little exposition on why we never really did any books focused on specific "gun families" and likely never will. With these various changes in style and production methods, the series can finally truly... [click here for more] |
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Not all armored vehicles are in the hands of the military. Some ends up in the hands of police and civilian entities, for good or bad.
In this booklet, we examine the very first financial services armored car, the Bellamore Armored Motor Bank Car. Built in 1910, it was the first armored vehicle built to deal with the transportation of large amounts of currency. It was also unusual for the fact that... [click here for more] |
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Ever wonder what the first modern armored military vehicle was? Was it the tank, which first appeared in 1916? Or maybe the armored car, which first appeared in 1902? Not at all. It was an armored road train, a tractor and several trailers, all armored, which were sent to South Africa to protect supply columns in the Second Boer War. The armored road train first appeared in 1899, three years before... [click here for more] |
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