Updates 2010
28 Apr 10
British Wheeled APCs has been rewrtitten and recalculated. The Valkyr entry is removed; it will eventually reappear under Irish Wheeled APCs, under the BDX entry.
In US Antimateriel Rifles A-L, the Barrett M-82A1 entry has had the .416 Barrett chambering added.
In US Assault Rifles A-C, the 5.56mm chambering of the REC-7 has been added to the Barrett M-468 entry.
In US Assault Rifles R-Z, the LAR-6.8, LAR-9, LAR-40, and LAR-458 have been added to the Rock River Arms LAR-15 entry.
In US Automatic Rifles, the Shrike AAR and Shrike DMR assault rifle versions of the Ares Shrike have been added to the entry.
In US Battle Rifles A-L, the Alliance Arms AK-47 .460 has been added.
In Russian Machineguns, a note about the Century International Arms semiautomatic version of the SG-43 has been added.
In US Pistols R, the Ruger SR-9c has been added to the Ruger SR-9 entry.
In US Pump-Action Shotguns R, The Tactical Road Blocker was added to the Remington 870P entry.
In Russian Semiautomatic Shotguns, the Arsenal SGL-41 was added to the Izhmash Saiga Series.
In Austrian Sniper Rifles, the SSG-08 was added to the Steyr SBS Tactical entry.
In Czech Bolt-Action Sniper Rifles, the CZ-550 HET was added to the CZ-550 entry.
In French Submachineguns, the MAT-49/54 and MAT-54SB were added to the MAT-49 entry.
More information has been added to the AG-36, HK-69A1, and HK-79 in German Grenade Launchers.
The Stechkin Patparine was added to Best Handguns that Never Were.
12 Aug 10
The Australian Wheeled APCs has been completely rewritten and retooled.
The Austrian Wheeled APCs has received a major update and re-writing. (Unfortunately, it's now huge.)
In Belgian Wheeled APCs, the BDX entry has been removed; it will later be incorporated in the Timoney entry in Irish Wheeled APCs. The SIBMAS entry has been updated and improved.
Entries on the Brazilian Wheeled APCs have been expanded and/or corrected.
In Canadian Assault Rifles, the Para-Ordnance TTR was added.
In US Assault Rifles A-C, the Auto-Ordnance M-1 Carbine has received some additional information.
In US Battle Rifles A-L, the Sportical was added to the DPMS Panther .308 entry.
In US Battle Rifles M-Z, Mmore information was added to the Springfield M-1 Garand entry.
In Austrian Pistols, some more information about the sights of the Steyr M and S was added to the entry.
In Brazilian Pistols, the PT-92 and Millennium entries have been combined, and the PT-24/7 and Millennium Pro series combined.
In Czech Pistols, the weight of the CZ-75 Kadet has been corrected.
In Israeli Pistols, a note has been made about the newer versions of the IMI Desert Eagle, which have MIL-STD-1913 rails.
In US Pistols G-H, the Guncrafter American has been added to the Guncrafter Industries Model 1 entry.
In US Pistols K, the Kimber Super Carry has been added.
In US Pistols R, the Remington 1911 R1 has been added.
In Brazilian Revolvers - Taurus, the Model 4150PLY has been added to the Taurus 44 Ten Tracker-B entry.
In US Revolvers - Charter Arms-Charles Daly, a note has been made about the trigger action of the Charter Arms Patriot.
In US Revolvers - Ruger, the LCR-357 was added to the Ruger LCR entry.
In US Revolvers - Smith & Wesson 31-60, the Bodyguard 38 was added to the Model 38 bodyguard entry.
In US Revolvers - Smith & Wesson 651-S, the Night Guard Series has been added. The Safety Hammerless and Pocket Hammerless have been combined into one entry.
In International Double & Single-Barrel Shotguns, the Double Defense has been added to the Stoeger Coach Gun Entry.
The M-1C/D, M-21, M-1903A4 have been moved to US Sniper Rifles R-S, with the entry preceded by their manufacturer/designer, Springfield.
In US Special Purpose Firearms, the Bond Arms Ranger was added.
In US Bolt-Action Sporting Rifles B-C, the Jackson Hunter and TRP-3 versions of the Cooper 57M were added, and the Cooper 21 was updated with more information.
In US Semiauto Sporting Rifles, the AR-57 has been added.
The rules for converting weapons to automatic fire have been moved to House Rules for Weapons.
A new page, House Rules for Vehicles, has been added, and vehicle-based house rules gathered there.
26 Jul 10
Virtually the entire US Tracked APCs page has been expanded, updated, and rewritten. The FMC/GDLS M-2 Bradley remains the same, and the FMC/GDLS M-113 has had only it's prices modified (they were too low).
The Yugoslavian Tracked APCs page has been updated, expanded, and rewritten.
In US Antimateriel Rifles A-L, the Barrett M-90 has been incorporated into the Barrett M-82A1 entry, and a few more notes on its development added.
In British Assault Rifles, the L-85A2E and LEI SA-80 variants have been added to the Enfield L-85 entry.
In Croatian Assault Rifles, the VHS had been added.
The LEM-15A4 entry has been moved to the Armalite LEM-15A4 entry in US Assault Rifles A-C, and the AKU-94 entry has had some notes about the Century International version added.
In Argentine Pistols, the Bersa Mini Firestorm entry has been replaced with the Bersa Firestorm entry, and expanded.
In Belgian Pistols, the HP-35 75th Anniversary Model was aded to the HP-35 entry, and the prices adjusted somewhat.
In Brazilian Pistols, the Taurus PT-709 and PT-738 have been added.
In US Pistols B, the Briley Platemaster and El Presidente entries have been combined. Some extra notes were added to the Bushmaster Carbon-15 Pistol.
In US Pistols C, the CMMG M-7 has been added. The Cobra Patriot entry has been expanded.
In US Pistols D-F, the Ed Brown Executive Carry and Executive Target entries have been combined, and the Massad Ayoob Signature Edition added to that entry.
In British Revolvers, the Mark 5 under Webley Pistols has been expanded. The .455 British Service round has been renamed the .455 Webley Revolver Mk II round. The range of the .476 Enfield round has been adjusted. The Webley RIC and Bulldog entries have been combined.
The US Revolvers O-Rem page, accidentally removed, was restored.
In Italian Double & Single-Barrel Shotguns - Beretta, the Beretta SV-10 was added.
In US Double & Single Barrel Shotguns W-Z, The Winchester 101 was added.
In US Special-Purpose Firearms, more information was added to the Tunnel Weapon 5-2 entry.
In US Bolt-Action Sporting Rifles - Remington, the Remington 700 XCR was added.
In US Semiauto Sporting Rifles J-M, the STG-E4 was added to the MSAR STG-556 entry.
I have discovered that the "Arm Gun" and the later, civilian Bushmaster Pistol are different variants of the original design, the IMP. I have therefore changed the name of the entry to "IMP/Bushmaster" and relabeled accordingly. This is in Best Submachineguns That Never Were.
The more generalized House Rules have had the combat-related house rules removed, and these have been placed on a separate page, House Rules for Weapon Combat. I have added some rules for adding bipods, sharpened the rules for laser aiming modules, and added reflex sights. In House Rules, rules for Sprinting have been added.
10 Jul 10
The Swiss Tracked APCs page has been rewritten and updated.
The Turkish Tracked APCs page has been rewritten and updated.
The UAE Tracked APCs page has been removed, as its variant of the BMP-3 (the only entry on the page) is now handled under Russian Tracked APCs.
The Ukrainian Tracked APCs page has been rewritten and updated, and now includes the BTMP-84.
In US Tracked APCs, the prices and Combat Move figures on the M-113 series have been adjusted slightly. In addition, the M-115A1 has been moved to the Best APCs that Never Were page.
In US Antimateriel Rifles A-L, the Anzio Ironworks Single-Shot .50 entry has been replaced with the Anzio Ironworks Heavy Rifles entry and greatly expanded.
In Belgian Assault Rifles, the FN SCAR entry has been updated (primarily in the nomenclature department) and now includes the SCAR-16S and SCAR-17S civilian versions.
In German Assault Rifles, The HK-416 entry has been updated with new information about the HK-417 as well as the US Marines' new M-27 version of the HK-416.
In US Battle Rifles M-Z, the Springfield M-1A entry has had the MFS-14 version added. The Springfield M-14 has had the M-14 DMR, M-39 EMR, M-14 Tactical, and AWC G2 versions added, and the M-14 SDM entry updated.
A note has been aded about Cylinder & Slide's version of the SP-101 in US Revolvers - Ruger.
In US Special Purpose Firearms, the TASER has been added, with several versions noted and statted out.
In International Double/Single-Barrel Shotguns, the Stoeger Condor has been added, and the Stoeger Coach Gun has been updated.
In US Double/Single-Barrel Shotguns S-V, the TriStar Hunter EX has been added.
In US Sniper Rifles C-F, the Desert Tactical SRS was added.
The Swedish Rocket Launchers page has had the AT-4, Miniman, and M-2 Carl Gustav entries updated and expanded.
In US Rocket Launchers, the M-136 and AT-8 have been moved to the AT-4 entry on the Swedish Rocket Launchers page. The M-12 SMAW entry has been renamed the Talley/Nammo Mk 153 Mod 0 SMAW entry, and the SMAW-D entry has been renamed the Talley M-141 BDM entry.
The Care and Feeding of Antiarmor Weapons page has been updated to account for warhead self-destruct and to sharpen the Davis Countershot Principle weapons.
14 Jun 10
The Salvadorean Tracked APCs APCs page has been rewitten and updated.
The Salvadorean Tracked APCs has been rewritten and updated.
The South Korean Tracked APCs page has been rewritten and updated, including the addition of the new K-21 IFV.
The Swedish Tracked APCs page has been rewritten and updated.
The Magpul Masada has been moved to the US Assault Rifles R-Z page and renamed the Remington ACR entry.
In British Sniper Rifles, the LMT L-129A1 has been added. The entry for the AW has also been updated to include a mention of Craig Harrrison's record-breaking sniper kills.
20 May 10
The link screwup with Russian Tracked APCs and Russian Wheeled APCs has been fixed.
17 May 10
Romanian Tracked APCs has been totally rewritten, and updated.
Russian Tracked APCs has been totally rewritten, and updated, to include the new MT-LBu entry.
In Russian Tracked Light Combat Vehicles, the BRM-1 and BRM-3 were moved to the BMP-1 and BMP-3 entries respectively in Russian Tracked APCs.
A large number of vehicles were moved from their former places to the Best Light Combat Vehicles that Never Were page -- lots of stuff was moved around from various pages.
In Yugoslavian ATGMs, the new thermobaric warhead for the Maljutka-2 ATGM was added.
In US Antimateriel Rifles A-L, the AR-50A1 was added to the Armlite AR-50 entry. The Barrett M-82A2 and M-90 were combined with the Barrett M-82 entry, and the M-107A1 was added to that entry. The Bushmaster BA-50 was also added to that page.
In US Antimateriel Rifles M-Z, the McMillan 14.5mm Rifle was combined with the McMillan M-87R entry, and a slight correction made. The Safety Harbor Firearms SHTF-50 was added to the page.
In Czech Assault Rifles, some additional information was added to the VZ-52 entry, about it's use by the Czech Presidential Guard and other ceremonial units.
In Russian Assault Rifles, some additional information about the nicknames of the AKS-74U was added.
In Swiss Assault Rifles, the SIG-522 series was added to the SiG-Sauer SG-550 entry.
In US Automatic Rifles, a note was made about the rarity of the M-1922 version of the Browning M-1918 Automatic Rifle.
In US Battle Rifles M-Z, the .357 AutoMag, .44 AutoMag, .44 Magnum, .475 Tremor, and .50 Action Express chamberings were added to the Tromix Jackhammer.
In Italian Lever-Action Rifles, the Cimarron Model 1865 and the Uberti Model 1876 Centennial have been added.
In US Lever-Action Rifles A-H, the Big Horn Armory Model 89 has been added.
In Chinese Machineguns, the Type 77, Type 85, and Type 89 entries have been unified into the Type 77 entry, and the whole thing updated.
In Polish Machineguns, some more information has been added for the WKM-B version of the NSW Utios.
In Russian Machineguns, more information has been added to the Degtyarev/Shapagin DShK entry, particularly about the preceding DK version and the tripod developed after World War 2 for the DShK-38/46 version. The range figures for the Kovrov KORD have been slightly adjusted, as have the range figures for the Molot NSV.
In US Revolvers - Smith & Wesson 451-630, the Smith & Wesson 500 entry was updated to include the new .500 S&W Special round.
In Russian Semiautomatic Shotguns, the Izmash Saiga Series was updated to include the modifications often done to the Saiga-12 by Russian police and military forces. However, of more note is the inclusion of a new US version of the Saiga-12, the Tromix S-17.
In US Submachineguns A-I, the American-180 entry was updated to include the Bazooka Brothers A&D Drum Adapter Kit.
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A Glossary for Ground Vehicles has been added; this page will give explanations of vehicle entry terms, vehicle equipment and functioning, and other terms used in the vehicle pages. Note that I have put this up in an in-progress form as yet and it is still very much a work in progress; in particular, many explanations of vehicle equipment must still be put in. But I hope it will help some people for now.
In US Grenade Launchers, a note about the Rippel Effect XRGL-40 has been added to the Milkor USA M-32 entry.
In French Rocket Launchers, the LRAC-89 has had its entry notes expanded somewhat. In addition, some rearranging has been done; the ABB has been combined with the APILAS entry, and the ACIP-300 entry has been combined with the LRAC-89 entry.
In Croatian Antimateriel Rifles, the RH-ALAN RT-20 has had its notes expanded considerably, and its ROF adjusted to take into account its method of reloading.
In South African Antimeteriel Rifles, the PRP NTW-20 has been replaced by the Truvelo NTW-20 entry; the NTW-20 entry has been repl;aced by the MTW-20-82, and the new 20mm HS-404-firing NTW-20-110 rifle has been added.
In German Assault Rifles, the HK-416 has been updated to include the optional 12.5" barrel.
In South African Assault Rifles, the Truvelo Raptor has been added.
In Yugoslavian Assault Rifles, the Zastava M-21 has had a note added about the "Soldier of the Future" version.
In Belgian Pistols, the FN FNP entry has had the FMP-45 Tactical version added.
In US Pistols D-F, A note has been added to the DoubleStar 1911 entry about the DoubleStar 1911 Combat Pistol.
The Charter Arms Dixie Derringer was added to US Charter Arms & Charles Daly Revolvers.
In the Truvelo SG-1 entry in South African Sniper Rifles, the CMS (Counter Measure Sniper) version was added. The silencers for this series of rifles were also given separate listings instead of showing the silenced version of each rifle in the first table in the entry.
The IO SSG-2000 has been added to the US Sniper Rifles G-L page.
The AK Blyskawica was added to the Polish Submachineguns page.
In South African Submachineguns, the silenced version of the BXP as well as the BXP Tactical Pistol was added to the Truvelo BXP entry.
The TDI Kriss Super V has been moved from the US Submachineguns J-Z page to the Swiss Submachineguns. The entry describes why I did this.
In US Semiutomatic Sporting Rifles F-I, the IO STG-2000-C was added.
In US Semiautomatic Sporting Rifles Rp-Rz, the Ruger SR-556 was added.
The House Rules page has had some things added; notes about my preferred way to resolve small arms damage, firing saboted rounds through weapons with muzzle brakes, and some "quick-and-dirty" rules for weapons converted to automatic fire.
I have removed the section about what I hope to do with these pages in the future. Who knows what I'll actually have time for, and I don't want to appear to be making promises I can't keep. My life is complicated enough as it is. In addition, I often have the odd wild idea here and there; some work out, some do not.
In Bulgarian Assault Rifles, a note about the civilian SGL-31 version of the AK-74M1 has been added, and a correction has been made to the wording of the description of the AKS-47S version of the AK-47M1 has been made.
In Polish Assault Rifles, the entries for the Radom Tantal and Beryl have been combined and rewritten to include more back story and information, and to include the Wz.04, Wz.06, and Wz.07 versions of the Beryl.
In US Assault Rifles M-Q, the Primary Weapon Systems (PWS) Diablo has been added.
A new page, Indonesian Pistols, has been added, with the Pindad PS-01 Serbu.
In US Pistols C, the Chiappa 1911-22 has been added.
In US Pistols G-H, the Guncrafter Industries .50 Glock Conversion has been added.
In US Pistols Smith & Wesson, the rare silenced version of the M&P-45 has been added to the Smith & Wesson M&P entry.
In Romanian Submachineguns, the Orita M-1945 folding-stock version has been added to the Orita entry.
In US Submachineguns A-J, the MPA-460 has been added to the Ingram M-10/M-11 entry.
In German Assault Rifles, the Heckler & Koch HK-416 has been modified to include the optional 12.5-inch barrel length.
In French Automatic Rifles, the Chauchat has been updated to include the Serbian 8mm Mauser chambering.
In Russian Machineguns, the Degtyarev DP and the Goryunov SG-43 entries have been updated to include information on the US Century Arms semiautomatic versions.
Several entries have been consolidated into less entries in Italian Pistols - Beretta.
In US Revolvers - Charter Arms & Charles Daly, the Charter Arms Target Mag Pug and the Target Pathfinder in .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire were added. Notes were added about Charter Arms Undercover finishes, as well as a note about the Target Bulldog. The Charter Arms Patriot was added.
In Italian Submachineguns, the Beretta M-3 entry was moved into the Beretta M-38 entry.
The International Tracked APCs page has been rewritten.
In South African Assault Rifles, the LM-4 has been added to the Armscor R-4 entry.
In Yugoslavian Assault Rifles, the Zastava M-70 has been updated.
In Mexican Automatic Rifles, the Mendoza RM-2 entry has been updated to include it's predecessors, the M-45 and M-1933.
In Yugoslavian Automatic Rifles, the Zastava M-72 has been updated and some stats corrected.
The M-24 and M-40 entries have been renamed to Remington M24 and M-40 and moved to US Sniper Rifles R-S, and the M-24 entry has been updated and corrected.
In US Semiautomatic Sporting Rifles A-E, the C&S Metall-Werke Krinker-Plinker has been added.
In Best Assault Rifles That Never Were, the Smith & Wesson M-1945 was added, and some weapons that were indavertently left out in a previous update were put back in.
In Best Handguns That Never Were. the AWS 1911 Machine Pistol has been added.
A link to the Lighting and Signals section has been added to the home page.
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In Russian Rocket Launchers, the RPG-7 Knut has been updated to include the RPG-7D break-down version.
In Spanish Pistols - Astra, the Astra 1000 has been moved to the Astra 200 Firecat entry. The Astra F has been moved to the Astra 900 entry, and joined by the Astra E.
In British Revolvers, some more information about the functioning and quirks of the Webley-Fosbury have been added.
In German Semiautomatic Sporting Rifles, the Voere M-0014 has been added.
In British Submachineguns, some serious errors about the Sten Mark 2 and Mark 3 have been corrected.
In Italian Submachineguns, the M-1918 and M-1930 have been added to the Beretta M-38 entry.
The Thompson entry in US Submachineguns J-Z has been moved to US Submachineguns A-I, and renamed the Auto-Ordnance Thompson entry. The .22 Long Rifle version of the M-1928 has also been added to the entry.
In Egyptian APCs, the IFV-L entry has been replaced by the EIFV entry, expanded, and updated.
In Finnish Tracked APCs, the Sisu NA-110 Nasu has been re-written and updated. The MOWAG Trojan was moved to the Best APCs That Never Were page, as the Finnish decided to go with the CV-9030 instead.
In Australian Assault Rifles, the Thales F-88 AUSteyr was added, fulfilling an entry in Austrian Assault Rifles that I think I originally made about six months ago...
In US Assault Rifles R-Z, the Smith & Wesson M&P-15 entry was updated to include the M&P-15-22.
In Belgian Submachineguns, the Precision Liegnose Vigneron M-2 has been updated with a bit more background information, and to include the version without a compensator.
A new page, Singaporean Submachineguns, was added, with the STK Compact Personal Weapon.
The Chinese Tracked APCs page has pretty much been completely rewritten, with many new vehicles added.
In Improvised Mines, the Improvised Stake Mine has been added.
In Danish Automatic Rifles, the Madsen M-1904 has received a minor rewrite.
In US Automatic Rifles, the FNH USA M-249 SAW has had the Mk 46 version (formerly under Belgian Automatic Rifles) merged with it. In addition, the new versions with the sliding stock and with a suppressor have been added to the Mk 46.
In German Battle Rifles, the Heckler & Koch G-3 was updated to include the (US-made) PTR-32 version.
In Belgian Machineguns, the FN MAG has been updated to include information about the (US-Built) M-240SLR.
In US Machineguns, the FNH USA Mk 48 Mod 0 was moved here from the Belgian Machineguns page, and the suppressed version was added.
In US Pistols G-H, the High Standard "Letter" Series was added.
In Polish Submachineguns, the Strapoc BH was added.
A new page, Italian Grenade Launchers, was added, with the GLX-160.
In Italian Assault Rifles, the Beretta ARX-160 was added.
In Swiss Assault Rifles, the SG-550 Series entry was updated to include the various versions of the SG-556.
In Danish Automatic Rifles, the Madsen M-1904 was updated to included a little more information.
A new page, UAE Pistols, was added, with the Caracal.
In
Russian Special-Purpose Firearms, the
TsNIITOCHMACH/Tula SPP-1 Underwater Pistol
In British Tracked APCs, the Alvis/BAE Warrior has been updated and expanded.
In International ATGM, the Euromissile Milan has been added. For some, unfathomable reason, I have managed to miss that ubiquitous ATGM all this time!
In Taiwanese Assault Rifles, the T-65K1 was updated to reflect its use by pre-Operation Just Cause Panamanian Forces.
In US Battle Rifles M-Z, the POF P-308 was added, and a note about US soldier use of the Springfield M-1 Garand was added.
In British Machineguns, the Lewis Gun was updated to include the Japanese Type 92 version.
Somewhere in US Submachineguns A-I or US Submachineguns J-Z, I changed or updated something. I'll be damned if I remember what it was, but there was something.
In Best Shotguns that Never Were, the Ramos M-412 TAPP was added.
09 Jan 10
In Austrian Tracked APCs, the Sauer 4K 4FA and Steyr 4K 7FA have been updated and expanded.
In British Tracked APCs, the FV-103 Spartan has been replaced with the Alvis/BAE CVR(T) - APC Variants entry. The Alvis/BAE FV-432 entry has been greatly updated and expanded.
In German Battle Rifles, the Walther Gew-41(W) has been updated with some more information in the narrative.
In US Pistols K, the Kahr P-11 entry has been updated to include the new PF-9 version.
In French Submachineguns, the Gevalot Gevarm has been updated to include the fixed-stock version, and the Hotchkiss Universal entry has been renamed the Hotchkiss M-010 "Universal," updated, and expanded.
In
Russian Special-Purpose Firearms, the
TsNIITOCHMASH PSS