The Abode of McThag

Remember when I mentioned that the M1956 pouch was not produced in large numbers ?   The wide world of reproduction has got you covered!   P...

Did the 8" for the M110 tonight.  This gun comes up for both Twilight: 2000 and Funny New Guys. Same green bag/white bag deal as 155mm....

While calculating the stats for the rounds for the M67 90mm reckless ryetuful, I found an oddity. The M591 HE round is an 81mm mortar round ...

 

From the text as written in Funny New Guys and comparing it to the real world... You cannot get there from here. The text says that Plei Ya ...

Firebase 23 on Hill 562 "near" the villages of Plei Hodrong Thoung and Plei Ya Bo; 23 miles Southwest of Pleiku air field, 10 mile...

Funny New Guys is set in 1967. "Boris the Spider," by The Who came out in 1966. Will spider-chimera get the, affectionate, nicknam...

Tomorrow I have to get two of my players to make a couple of characters in advance of  FuzzyGeff's  imminent (not eminent you stupid aut...

The 5.9 lb. AN/PVS-2 gives Night Vision 4. Compare that to the natural vision of Chimera in Funny New Guys.  Coyote and Foxes have better ...

I'm familiar with most of this kit from photos and books, but never seen most of them in action. Pretty neat!

An independent, non-communist Rhodesia is something I've included in my version of Technomancer/Merlin 1. This is a reasonable way for i...

There's a thread on Arfcom talking about how much ammo soldiers in Vietnam carried. A lot is the answer. "That can't be true, n...

If you remember this post I wondered if the M1956 small arms, universal, pouch could carry 40mm grenades and, if so, how many. I bought a b...

Something that's missing from Technomancer and Funny New Guys is what a racist calls a chimera. It's mentioned that chimera are part...

Because GURPS: Technomancer limits the spider Chimera to a total of 8 limbs. Two arms on the human torso, two that are shitty arms and can b...

Spider-people in Technomancer have extra lifting ST with their lower bodies.  ST 16 for carrying stuff with the spider part instead of the n...

For a long time I've aimed at a certain level of realism in my gaming. It seems strange, considering the massive levels of absolutely un...

Say there's a Chinese copy of a PT-76 charging at the gate of your Special Forces outpost. You've managed to find someone who rememb...

I now have GURPS stats for the M67 Recoilless Rifle. There are three rounds in 1967. M371A1 HEAT - 6dx3(10) cr ex with linked 6dx3 cr ex. M5...

Still not coming across a simple, easy to game, break down of a Vietnam infantry platoon's deployment after contact. It's frustratin...