Death of a Cobra Trooper

 

A Cobra blue trooper with a gas mask didn't know what hit him.

My Fireteam: Heavy Weapons

Bazooka + Roadblock = Massive Firepower

Bazooka: Three HISS tanks...Four Night Stingers...Two FANGs...Five Paralyzers...

Roadblock: It can only mean one thing: We're gonna bump off a lot of snakes today.

Fireteams are configured for missions that require speed and stealth. Hence, they travel light and pack only the necessary firepower to defend themselves. It is inevitable that things don’t go the way they are supposed to be, and a fireteam might find itself in a tight spot.

Here’s where the heavy weapons team comes in. Primarily composed of Bazooka and Roadblock (with some other Joes proficient with heavy weapons taking turns in deploying with these two), this team can help lay down suppressive fire to enable their comrades to exfiltrate safely. Bazooka’s primary MOS is anti-tank while Roadblock can play a rhapsody with a machine gun. Nowadays, he claims that a mini-gun can allow him to stage a full concert, that is, if he doesn’t run out of bullets (or Cobra targets, that is) first. They can also operate a 60 mm mortar (even an 82 mm one) in a pinch. Should FANGs or Trouble Bubbles enter the fray, this formidable pair can easily shoot them down with Stingers.

These versions of Bazooka and Roadblock are among my favorites. The ARAH/VsV molds really look good on camera despite my initial misgivings (I prefer collecting the vintage versions, after all).