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•Knives, Cool Hand-Tools,
(and other edged weapons)

••Artermis Defense Hideaway Knives Hybrid model

••Artermis Defense Hideaway Knives Coogler Ti Drop Point Custom Profiles (Custom Titanium versions designed by James Coogler.)

(Some of the signature custom knives that pop up on Hans Strauss' fingers in The Genocide Engine.)

••Cold Steel Recon Scout

(In Chaos and Rage, Gerard Mahoney hefts one of these mini-Bowie prybars on his person.)

••Cold Steel True Flight Thrower

(Several of these dirt cheap, but damn near impervious to life knives are always on Hans Strauss' plate carrier in The Genocide Engine."

••Gerber Demolition Explosive Technician Multi-Plier 600

(Rob "Pimpzilla" Dewar totes this handy, specialist multi-tool that features prominent blasting cap crimpers and a big ol' capwell punch.)

••IMBEL Commando Knife (military version)

(Several members of the Destacamento Contra-Terror claim this model of knife as their throat-slitting tool of choice, including Major Sérgio Oliveria.)

••Leatherman® Wave multi-tool



(A handy device used by many characters, including A.J. Burmeister and Morton Tyler in Chaos and Rage.)

••Mission Knives MPK12-Ti (Multi-Purpose Knife) (Beta-Titanium Alloy)

(Rob "Pimpzilla" Dewar's main knife in Chaos and Rage. Titanium has no magnetic resonance, so less chance of an accidental Boom-Boom when playing with explosives.)

••Spyderco Police Model C07S

(A.J. Burmeister's waistband clipped "big, fuck-off, shiny" pocketknife surprise.)

••SturmMesser Gila Monster

(A.J.Burmeister's massive, evil tanto-cleaver hanging in a Kydex shoulder holster under his jacket.)

••SturmMesser SturmHook HMP ("Hook-knife")

••SturmMesser Mini-Katar

(A big, whoppin push dagger that makes several nasty surprise appearances in somebody's entry wound during The Genocide Engine.)

••SturmMesser Panzercroc


•Flashlights
(and other Illumination Tools)

    ••crookneck flashlight

(A common personal flashlight amongst the ranks of the Destacamento Contra-Terror.)


     ••Pelican VersaBrite II 2270

(Flashlight strapped to Rob "Pimpzilla" Dewar's forehead when he's installing explosives in tight, dark corners during the action of Chaos and Rage.)

    ••Sure-Fire M2

(A.J.Burmeister's (and other guys') handy dandy flashlight.)

•Miscellany

••Blackhawk Industries Gorilla Bar

(Here's the massive forcible entry tool the Destacamento Contra-Terror pries open stubborn portals with during the action of Chaos and Rage.)

••Colorado Mountain Industries (CMI) Ascender

(This here's the type of handy-dandy device Cabo Montoro utlilizes to climb on back up the rope in that elevator shaft in Chaos and Rage.)

••Hydroar EP T1 M1 portable gas spreader

(CS tear gas sprayer based on the same company's flamethrower. In Chaos and Rage, Teams Beta and Delta's number four guys in the Destacamento Contra-Terror carry this volatile backpack. Used to hose down a room or tunnel and flush out the inhabitants.)

   ••Protech Body Bunker ballistic entry shield (31"x48"/ 4"x16" polycarbonate viewport/ 31 lbs)


•NVDs
    ••Thales Optronics B.V. [Delft-Signaal-Optronics] LUNOS 1X (Lightweight Universal Night Observation System) (bioculars)

(One of the standard NVDs of the Exército Brasileiro.)

    ••Thales Optronics B.V. [Delft-Signaal-Optronics] MUNOS Mod OS1 Mk3 (Multiple Use Night Observation System) (handheld, head- or helmet mounted monocular)
(Also one of the standard NVDs of the Exército Brasileiro.)

    ••Litton AN/PVS-7B (Gen 3 biocular)

(NVD widely used by US Armed Forces, either as a head/ helmet mount or stand alone.)

    ••Brand spiffy new wide-angle holographic NVGs

•Radios (and other Communication Devices)

    ••Racal (now Thales) MBITR AN/PRC-148  (V) (C) ("PRC-148"/ "Prick-One-Forty-Eight")

         MBITR handheld radio
          (In common use by US Armed Forces and thusly pilfered and used by Los Pinche Chingaderos in Chaos and Rage.)


        MBITR repeater station suitcase
          (Los Pinche Chingaderos place these on every floor of the Compumercobrás building, ensuring a clear ringing radio signal throughout all the pandemonium and destruction.)


••Peltor Com-Tac II headset

(Standard radio headset worn by Los Pinche Chingaderos in Chaos and Rage. Is hooked up to their MBITR radios, as well as their MP3 players. Combine that with active noise amplification and you got one sweet apparatus.)