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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] |
Alternate Realities Publications |
$1.00
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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] |
Alternate Realities Publications |
$1.00
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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] |
Alternate Realities Publications |
$4.00
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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] |
Alternate Realities Publications |
$1.75
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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] |
Alternate Realities Publications |
$2.50
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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] |
Alternate Realities Publications |
$2.50
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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] |
Alternate Realities Publications |
$5.00
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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] |
Alternate Realities Publications |
$5.50
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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] |
Alternate Realities Publications |
$3.25
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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] |
Alternate Realities Publications |
$5.00
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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] |
Alternate Realities Publications |
$4.50
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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] |
Alternate Realities Publications |
$4.00
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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] |
Alternate Realities Publications |
$3.50
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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] |
Alternate Realities Publications |
$2.25
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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] |
Alternate Realities Publications |
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We are pleased to announce that after a two year hiatus, Big Bang: The Mostly Illustrated RPG Guide to Modern Weapons has returned to publication. This is not simply a continuation of the existing series, but an update to second edition. With the second edition of the line, we introduce a new, focused approach. Each book will focus on the small arms of a particular nation (and perhaps just one period... [click here for more] |
Alternate Realities Publications |
$9.99
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