the Rock Slide
The Rock Slide is a 1.5 ton snow vehicle deployed by the Joe team for use in Arctic climates and/or heavily snowed-in areas. A modified Polar Battle Bear, it is propelled by two powerful treads driven by a 160 H.P., rear-mounted v6 engine, with steering controlled by two front-mounted skis. A one man arctic power house - though it can carry two passengers in a pinch - the Rock Slide has these statistics and capabilities:
| C Gd 10 |
S Ty 6 |
B Ex 20 |
P Gd 10 |
Bullet-Proof Windshield: the front of the Rock Slide (and thus its driver) benefits from the presence of an acrylic composite, bullet-proof windshield. This windshield accounts for the Rock Slide's protection rating, which only applies to front-based attacks. However, the windshield offers the Rock Slide's driver Good (10) protection against physical attacks while driving it.
Heat-Seeking Missiles: mounted on the two steering skis, these surface to surface miniature missiles are quite effective in striking their targets in the icy northern (or southern) wastes. Each of these missiles can strike a target to inflict the listed damage, though if the Rock Slide's driver strikes a single opponent with both rockets at once, they inflict +1 CS damage. These rockets have these vehicular statistics:
| C Rm 30 |
S Rm 30 |
B Gd 10 |
Damage Rm 30 Edged Attack |
Quartz Halogen Headlamp: the front of the Rock Slide is equipped with a powerful quartz halogen lamp, allowing its driver to see the terrain before him even in the darkest of nights. The lamp illuminates the area in front of the Rock Slide with Excellent (20) intensity light, and if used cunningly, it can be utilized to inflict a blinding attack upon an opponent...
Roll Bar: this special steel bar, wrapped over the driver's seat of the Rock Slide, offers the listed Protection rating to its driver regarding rolls and crashes. It wouldn't shield him from, say, a bomb blast, but if the Rock Slide gets struck or toppled somehow, at least its driver will benefit from Good (10) protection against the resultant damage applied to the vehicle.
Rotary Multi-Missile Launcher: the chief difference between the Polar Battle Bear and the Rock Slide is, of course, this exceptionally large rocket launcher. This thing, about half the size of the Rock Slide itself, is loaded with four powerful rockets, each of which is loaded into the firing position by a complex rotary system. The heat-seeking rockets launched by this thing have these vehicular statistics:
| C Ex 20 |
S Am 50 |
B Ex 20 |
Damage Rm 30 Edged Attack |
Synchronized 50mm Cannons: fitted with a 650 round drum of ammunition, these twinned 50mm cannons can inflict devastating damage upon enemy personnel, vehicles, and fortifications. They fire to inflict Remarkable (30) Shooting damage per deadly burst, and can dish out punishment for quite a while considering the exceptionally large amount of ammunition available to them.
Extra Goodies:
Gi Joe directories featuring a version of the Polar Battle Bear:
| 1983 | 2002 |