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Author:  joeranger [ Mon Jan 05, 2004 5:02 pm ]
Post subject:  United States Colonial Marines Technical Manual (Part I)
Surprise! My local bookstore did not have a copy. You can get one online for $40-80. Who has this? Is it the Aliens "bible/koran" that it seems to be?
www.scifi.com/sfw/issue24/random.html

PS. I updated the PR pics
Edited by: [url=http://pub217.ezboard.com/bthealienslegacy.showUserPublicProfile?gid=williegoldman>Willie Goldman[/url] at: 4/21/04 10:55 am
Author:  lollypopuk [ Mon Jan 05, 2004 11:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: ALIENS TECHNICAL MANUAL
Harry Harris is listed in the thank-yous at the end of the book. :)

It's good - coming from a military background there are a few things I would take issue with - seeing the standard Marines Handgun shown as a Browning 1911 was a surprise, I would have imagined the USCM wouldn't still be using a 300 year old pistol :) , but they do list the VP70 as a 'popular sidearm'.

It's immersive and comprehensive - you need to own it! :)
Author:  DECHANDE [ Tue Jan 06, 2004 12:02 am ]
Post subject:  Re: ALIENS TECHNICAL MANUAL
As every marine was issued with one of these manuals, the question is, where is yours joeranger ??

Seriously though, the manual is the bible for all things Colonial Marine, and with experts such as Harry contributing to it, you know it has to be accurate.

Take care Marine
Iain
Author:  SSgt Burton [ Tue Jan 06, 2004 12:29 am ]
Post subject:  Re: ALIENS TECHNICAL MANUAL
I have a copy and read it from cover to cover several times.

Just about all the information you could want on the USCM- from history to tactics to weapons.

It has realistic sounding quotes from fictional grunts:

"There's scuttlebutt goin' around about some new alien species nobody's ever encountered before. Great big predatory aliens that grab you and cocoon you and lay their eggs inside. I heard they come from some place beyond the frontier- some chickenshit colony barely in the Network. They grabbed two hundred colonists and bred hundreds more before Space Command sent the Marines in. I heard they sent a platoon in to recon the LZ; they had their butts kicked by some big mother queen bug who trapped them in her hive an' tried to use 'em to breed more bugs. They say that only a couple got away, and one of the Marines left behind hadda take out the bug hive by squatting at ground zero and pulling th' pin on a nuke... That's hardcore. Semper Fi, man. Semper Fi." - PFC Jim Meehan, USCM

Lots of information on weapons not seen in the film, including tanks, mines, and anti-armour.

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Quote:seeing the standard Marines Handgun shown as a Browning 1911 was a surprise


I think this was extrapolated from Vasquez's sidearm (which we now know is a S&W 39 (or 59) not a Government Colt .45).
They did mention that it has "older variants", and it's a little more up to date being 9mm and having twelve rounds (probably because that's how many rounds Vasquez fired in the air duct scene).

Get the book Joe, it's worth every penny. Just don't pay more than umm... $50.00 for it (it has a MSRP of $17.00US on the back cover).

Kevin
The Sarge's Site
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"Marines I see as two breeds, Rottweilers or Dobermans, because Marines come in two varieties, big and mean, or skinny and mean. They've got really short hair and they always go for the throat."
Author:  Harry Harris [ Thu Apr 22, 2004 1:12 am ]
Post subject:  Re: ALIENS TECHNICAL MANUAL
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Quote: Harry Harris is listed in the thank-yous at the end of the book.
I'm mentioned somewhere else in it as well. ;)

Harry.
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