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by William Belanger


  Appendix- maps

  Post wars America:

  UCA Territory:

  Glossary- (In order of appearance)

  Toyota Atlantic- Race series using small, formula 1 like cars with 4 cylinder engines. A prep series for young drivers.

  WRC- World Rally Championship- Cross country racing across the world using highly specialized versions of compact cars.

  AWD- All wheel drive

  IED- Improvised explosive device, pipe bomb, homemade bomb

  M249 SAW- Light machine gun, 5.56mm, belt fed but can use standard M-16/AR-15 magazines

  M4- Short version of M16, current carbine with 14.5” barrel

  MRE- Meal Ready to eat, military ration, emergency food

  Regeneration- Hybrid braking system that turns motors into generators for recharging batteries. The drag slows the car down

  P220- Sig Sauer 45acp pistol

  22TCM- High speed, light weight round. Marketed by Armscor. Rifle speed in a pistol

  Armadillo or the dillo- Nickname for the car

  HUD- Head’s up display, military technology usually reserved for aircraft

  ACOG- Military scope by Trijicon. Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight

  Lortab- low grade opiate, hydrocodone

  Shamrocks- Irish gang in Boston

  MAC-10- Low cost Uzi ripoff made of stamped metal

  Oxy- higher grade opiate, oxycodone

  School girl gang- national gang of women who dress like school girls

  SUB-2000- Kel Tec novelty submachine gun. Folds in half to store in small spaces

  Libero- Defensive specialist in volleyball

  LMG- Light machine gun, SAW and RPK are examples

  RPK- Heavy AK47

  MP5k- H&K Submachine gun, popular with police and military in the 90s

  XM307- Experimental 25mm grenade launcher

  AP- Armor piercing

  AR- Civilian semi-auto M-16 clone

  HE- High explosive

  Bradley IFV- Light tank or heavy APC, US modern troop carrier and fighting vehicle

  Hummer- Humvee- Army truck

  Deuce & a half- 2.5 ton truck, standard army troop carrier for years

  CWII- Civil War II, refers to the first unrest

  RWII- Revolutionary War II, when the military revolted the CW became a revolutionary war

  CIWS- Close in weapons system, a large bore Gatling gun usually mounted on ships.

  SCAR- FN infantry weapon. Available in 7.62 and 5.56mm versions.

  Trireme- Greek ship with three sets of oars per side

  TOW- Small anti-tank missile, wire guided

  RPG- Russian small anti-armor weapon, unguided

  MLRS- Multiple launch rocket system, tracked rocket launchers with devastating firepower

  M-60- Vietnam era main battle tank

  M-1- Modern era US main battle tank

  M113- Vietnam era troop carrier

  Polaris A3- Decommissioned nuclear missile. Used to be sub mounted. Carried 3 200 kiloton warheads on a single re-entry vehicle

  Panhard VCR- French armored personnel carrier used by the Mexican army

  ERC-90- French light tank

  BMP-1- Russian APC, same era as M113

  Hellfire- Small air to ground missile, can be configured in many ways

 

 

 


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