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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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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 rely on deploying unarmored HMMWVs with only one of the Heavy Squad's weapons mounted on the roof. After land mines destroyed a few Hummers in Kosovo, they got some shiny new M1114 uparmored HMMWVs, but only a few. They... [click here for more] |
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What the Hell is a Cashuat? Sounds Like a Nut or Something
It does, doesn't it? Armor projects originating in nations traditionally considered "Third World" tend to fascinate me. This happens to be one of them. Old surplus military trucks with armor slapped on is common, even with First World militaries. They were commonly used by the US forces in Vietnam, and are still slapped together today... [click here for more] |
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While the Germans are the most famous users of armed motorcycles, thanks to their MG34 armed BMW cycle/sidecar combinations, they were by no means the first to come up with the concept. The first to use machinegun-toting motorcycles were the British, who employed them as part of the Motor Machine Gun Corps and its successor units from 1915 to 1918.
They mounted the water-cooled Vickers medium machinegun... [click here for more] |
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The Russian Revolution was by no means a simple thing. The February 1917 revolution was followed months later by the far better known November Revolution that put the communists into power. But overthrowing the central government does not give one central control. The communists would spend the next six years struggling to conquer the Russian Empire, quelling both internal civil war and subjugating... [click here for more] |
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What the Hell is an Indian Pattern Carrier? I Never Saw That in Any History Book.
It is no surprise that you haven't seen it in any history books. The Indian Pattern Carriers are simply a horribly unappreciated vehicle of the war. I've been through all the same books you have and quite a few more and until now, the Indian Pattern Carrier seems to have been mentioned in only a half dozen or... [click here for more] |
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In the beginning, Japan had to buy foreign tanks to build an armor force because the nation did not have the industrial capacity or technical skill to manufacture its own. There was a single British Mk. IV, a handful of Whippets, a smatering of Carden Loyd tankettes, and a trio of Medium Cs. But the Imperial Japanese Army realized that the only way to gain the expertise to make their own armored vehicles... [click here for more] |
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First is rarely best. While the Sumida Wolseley Sokosha was the first armored vehicle produced by Japan, it was quickly recognized there was a need for significant improvement in the vehicle's mobility. Between 1930 and 1932, many projects were undertaken in the effort to make those improvements, until the first tracked vehicles began rolling out of the factories. As the Type 92 tankettes and Type... [click here for more] |
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The Sumida Wolseley Sokosha (Armored Car) is a milestone for the Japanese military. Built in Japan's era of imperialism before World War II, the Sumida Wolseley Sokosha holds the distinction of being the first armored vehicle to be mass produced by Japan. Entering service during the Jinan Incident of 1928, their presence was instrumental in halting the Northern Expedition, Chiang Kai-Shek's effort... [click here for more] |
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The Type 94 Te-Ke Tokushu Keninsha was one of the first mass produced armored vehicles manufactured by Japan. It was preceded by the Type 92 Jyu-Sokosha tankette, the Type 89 I-Go medium tank, and a number of armored cars. Originally designed to function as an armored tractor to transport ammunition and supplies across the active battlefield, the Type 94 Tokushu Keninsha ("Special Tractor") found life... [click here for more] |
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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 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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20! Different! Ways! Yep. TWENTY ways ammunition is stored with a gun. This product tells you about all of them, acting as a primer that can be referred to when questions arise in the gun data. ... [click here for more] |
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The first gun of the new series! And a new gun at that. We start out with one of the first, if not the first military rifle to be fitted with a burst limiter. Despite the reputation of German engineering, it was actually a feature of one of Italy's homegrown candidates to replace the rather elderly M1891 Carcano rifle. This candidate was the Breda Modello 1935 Presa Gas Rifle. The weapon was used pre-WW2... [click here for more] |
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Finally, the first cartridge guide, companion for our first gun of the new series. Big Bang Shootout finally delves into the details of ammunition. While bullets may fly, these are the engines that get them there out of the gun and into the sky. This first cartridge guide covers the WW2 era Italian 6.5mm Carcano cartridge, infamous for its use in the assassination of JFK in 1963. Along with information... [click here for more] |
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Time to start delving into the arcane details of the rules systems. This product details our reverse engineering and other details regarding the Action! System. With it, you'll know how we came to our final statistics. ... [click here for more] |
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Time to start delving into the arcane details of the rules systems. This product details our reverse engineering and other details regarding the FUDGE System. With it, you'll know how we came to our final statistics. In theory, you would be able to derive stats for the multitude of "FUDGE derivatives," But quite a few of those aren't exactly compatible with the original ruleset. ... [click here for more] |
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Time to start delving into the arcane details of the various and sundry rules systems. This product details our reverse engineering and other details regarding the D20 Modern System. With it, you'll know how we came to our final statistics. ... [click here for more] |
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Introduction to the new and revised Big Bang weapon series. The first year will focus on guns and bullets. This primer details the basic data we will present for the 19 systems that the new version will support. Among the systems we'll be supporting are:
Real World Data, so you have the basis to go at it for everything else Gun Opera D20 Modern (D20 Modern, D20 Future, Modern Path, Modern Future,... [click here for more] |
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Finally, the time has arrived to finally take that first step into the confusing science of ballistics. With centuries of development that even predate the Industrial Revolution AND the Renaissance, It is still an area of expertise filled with more than a little opinion.
Here we take our first look at the general concept of firearms stopping power and one of the particular methods developed for its... [click here for more] |
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Here, we take another step into the confusing science of ballistics. With centuries of development that even predate the Industrial Revolution AND the Renaissance, it is still an area of expertise filled with more than a little opinion.
This is another take on the idea of firearms stopping power and one of the particular methods developed for its quantification: The Taylor Knockout Factor. First... [click here for more] |
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Here, we take another step into the confusing science of ballistics. With centuries of development that even predate the Industrial Revolution AND the Renaissance, it is still an area of expertise filled with more than a little opinion.
This is another take on the idea of firearms stopping power and one of the particular methods developed for its quantification: Thorniley Stopping Power. Another... [click here for more] |
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A new gun! This time around, we look at one of the newer firearms on the market, something that falls into the category of derringer, but folds up into a nondescript package "the size of a credit card". Well, that is if you are familiar with credit cards that tend to be a half inch thick. This firearm was introduced to the world in 2017.
Product Number ATN20035.01 ... [click here for more] |
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