Site Update Thread!

[pmulcahy11b]

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.

[pmulcahy11b]

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.

[pmulcahy11b]

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, more 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.

[pmulcahy11b]

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.

[pmulcahy11b]

24 Sep 10

Chinese Wheeled APCs, Croatian Wheeled APCs, and Dutch Wheeled APCs have been rewritten and updated.

In German Pistols N-Z, the PK-380 was added to the Walther PPS entry.

In Swiss Pistols, the SiG-Sauer P-238 was added.

In US Pistols D-F, the Diamondback DB-380 was added.

In US Pistols I-J, the IO Hellcat was added.

In US Pistols - Springfield, the XDM 3.8 was added to the Springfield XD entry.

In Brazilian Revolvers - Taurus, the Taurus 44 Ten Tracker-B entry was corrected to reflect the proper length of the .410-Gauge rounds usable in the revolver.

In US Sniper Rifles M-Q, the Nighthawk Tactical rifle has been added.

In US Bolt-Action Sporting Rifles - Remington, the Model 700 SPS AAC-SD has been added to the Remington 700 entry.

In International Semiautomatic Sporting Rifles, the American Tactical Imports AK-47 has been added.

In Japanese Submachineguns, some new information has been added to the Type 100 entry, and the missing weight figure for the Type 100 3rd Model has been put in.

In Polish Rocket Launchers, much more information has been added to the RPG-76 Komar entry.

In Russian Rocket Launchers, the entries for the RPG-2, RPG-7, RPG-16, RPG-18, RPG-27, and RPG-29 have been expanded with much new information. In many cases, entries have been corrected, and new warheads and new forms of these weapons have been added.

In Yugoslavian Rocket Launchers, more information has been added to the Zastava M-57 entry, including the 2nd Model, which has a better optical sight.

In Pistol, Revolver, and SMG Rounds, the 9mm FAR, 9mm SPS, and 12.5mm Gnom rounds have been added. The .45 ACP round entry has been updated.

[pmulcahy11b]

02 Oct 10

The Egyptian Wheeled APCs page has been rewritten and updated.

In British Bolt-Action Sporting Rifles C-Z, the Milcam, Milcam HB, Comcan, and Snicam entries have been combined and corrected.

In US Grenade Launchers, the General Dynamics Mk 47 Mod 0 Striker has been added.

In Pistol, Revolver and SMG Rounds, the .327 Federal, .460 Smith & Wesson Magnum, .500 Smith & Wesson Special, and .510 GNR rounds have been added.

In Rimfire Small Arms Rounds, the .44 Henry Rimfire was added.

The out-of-date Grenade Launcher Rounds page has been replaced with the one that was supposed to be there. (The proper page was on the site all along, but the link pointed to the old page, which should have been removed.) The incorrect 40x47mm Russian Low-Velocity HEDP was removed (there is no such thing). The 40x53mm NATO High-Velocity HEAB and PP-HE-SD rounds have been added. (Note that I consider this page to be still incomplete.)

I have recently began working on the Shotgun Rounds page, but do not expect to see it soon. (In short, the 12-Gauge rounds are problematic, since there are so many different types of 12-Gauge rounds other than shot and slug, and I'm still not sure how I'm going to handle this. And don't even bring up chokes!)

[pmulcahy11b]

11 Oct 10

Finnish Wheeled APCs has been rewritten and updated.

In US Assault Rifles R-Z, the Rock River Arms Tactical Entry Carbine entry has been replaced with the Rock River Arms Tactical Rifles entry, and updated.

In Brazilian Pistols, the PT-708 and PT-740 has been added to the PT-709 entry. The IMBEL-GC pistol entries have been consolidated.

In US Sniper Rifles T-Z, The Zel Tactilite T1/T2 has been added.

Shotgun Shells have been added. I hope I did a reasonably complete job.