Who gets the funny suit and a gun? Well that kinda depends on the situation. In a typical field combat environment every soldier has a MOPP suit (Mission Oriented Protective Posture). Typically for ground operations one would send in an infantry unit to secure the area after an aerial recon. You'd have a bunch of guys going around in protective masks, thick rubber gloves and lace-on boot covers, and a suit with layers of charcoal-impregnated cloth to keep out the nasty stuff. The military MOPP suit, while not as fancy as the CDC suits that utilize positive pressure, are much more suited to a foeld or combat environment. They are easier to move in, more durable, and small tears and holes can be repaired quickly with little more than duct-type tape.

I don't know that there are any "elite" units that specialize in CBRN (we used to call it NBC when I was enlisted 15 years ago), aside from the teams that you see in "Outbreak" and "The Andromeda Strain." Those teams are "elite" strictly in the intellectual sense. I imagine that you're talking about "elite" as in "I could kill you with a napkin." Gren Berets, Rangers, SEALS, Delta, etc are all trained to operate in chem and rad environments, but as far as I know there's really no such thing as a team of professional shooters that specialize in CBRN environments, mainly because if things are that nasty wherever they are going, its unlikely anyone will be left alive to shoot anyway. Basically, nobody really expects resistance in an area that has been irradiated or chemically doused.

If you're going for maximum realism, don't make it out like your shooters are also experts on all aspects of CBRN, because they wouldn't be. They might, however, have a CBRN Specialist tagging along. This person would be a trained soldier who knows how to take orders and return fire, but would not be anywhere near the level of combat skill of your shooters.

Anything else you need to know? :)

Just something I noticed that kinda stuck out. Its about some of the firearms. In one story you described an Uzi running dry and going "click click click" on empty.

Uhh... no

Y'see, an Uzi is an open-bolt weapon. That means that it uses a fixed firing pin situated at the back of the bolt. When you cock the weapon, you are pulling the whole bolt back and locking it where it stays until the trigger is squeezed (squeeze, never pull). When fired, the bolt comes forward, strips a round off the clip, chambers it, and the weight of the entire bolt is transfered into the fixed firing pin. When the round fires, the bolt is returned to the open position. Rinse and repeat.

When an Uzi runs out of bullets.. err, I mean Happy Pills! Yeah, Happy Pills. Anyway, when it runs out, it doesn't go "click click click." It doesn't really make any noise because the bolt is locked back by the empty mag. There's no "click" of a hammer falling thought, because an open-bolt weapon doesn't have one.

A closed-bolt weapon like an M4 DOES have a hammer. When you chamber a round, the bolt is completely closed, but the firing pin is "floating" instead of "fixed." It has some wiggle room so it wont strike the primer until the trigger is squeezed, which causes an internal hammer to snap forward on the opposite end of the pin.

The trade-off. Open-bolt weapons are low-maintainence, high reliability weapons. Closed bolt weapons have more little moving parts so take more maintainence. However, since they have only a small hammer in a balanced position moving forward when the trigger is squeezed, instead of several ounces to a pound of steel bolt flying forward to upset your aim, closed-bolt weapons tend to be far more accurate, especially at long ranges.

Other open-bolt weapons:

MAC-10

M-60

AK47 / AK74 / AKMS (Ole Antonin was a big fan of the open-bolt)

M2 .50cal

FN M249 SAW

Closed-bolt:

M16 / M4

All H&K's

P90

Almost all semi-auto pistols.

I know, its weird that a chick knows this much about guns. Well, maybe not so weird around here ;)

there HAS to a line fighting men brawling to get to meet you.

The Irishman from Ohio

...most guys seem a little imtimidated by it. I can't help it. I was an Army brat, then enlisted right out of high school & did six years. I literally grew up around guns and shit that goes boom.

Seriously, my dad used to store C4 in our garage after training if he didn't feel like taking it back to the armory that night. At least that's what I was told. I dunno, he coulda been selling that stuff. I can think of a few creative uses for a pound of C4 and some radio transmitter detonators. I could get everything I need to make them at the Radio Shack down the street.

Aaand there I go again

I'm not really that dangerous, just keep me away from knives and explosives. And chocolate. And Ben & Jerry's Chunky Monkey. I loooves me some Chunky Monkey.

In time, a population of sheep must beget a government of wolves.

still a need there?

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I AM not just junkie, I AM a pusher man & I AM Sadocks Tangent Brother.

"elite" as in "I could kill you with a napkin."

Now that is bad ass...in a Jason Bourne kinda way!

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--Gmork (MP, CA, WC, TG, MoGC, AAGC, PWTG, TBG)

...that I was a 74D (CBRN Specialist) in the Army. Airborne too. Yeah, I'm kinda crazy like that, what with the jumping out of the planes and the hitting the ground & all. I was stationed at Ft. Bragg for three years in the 82nd. Lets see, there's JSOC, Delta, Special Forces Headquarters and training Brigade, plus Division and 18th Airborne Corps LRPS.

Yeah, I've known a few of "those" kind of elite guys. I actually dated one for a while, but he was way too hyper for me.

I know a guy that has "Cow Experience", but I don't think its they type you're looking for.....

Really wish I could help!!

- "When I get a little money I buy books. If any is left over, I buy food and clothes." - Erasmus

That's right, PerfectDayForDying...

Make the FDO beg! Make him want the way we do when we wait for our next fix of Junkie goodness!! >:^)

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--Gmork (MP, CA, WC, TG, MoGC, AAGC, PWTG, TBG)

- "When I get a little money I buy books. If any is left over, I buy food and clothes." - Erasmus

Scott I work with several people who are from China and speak Mandarin.  They said they could help you.  Shoot me an email or PM if you still need help.

"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it.  Boldness has genius, power and magic in it." - Goethe

She could suffocate us using Saran Wrap!

Although I'm really interested to see what kind of damage can be done using a spork :)

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--Gmork (MP, CA, WC, TG, MoGC, AAGC, PWTG, TBG)

The discerning assassin always chooses the finest tools...

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Just run the plays I call, Barnes!

I was going to hold out until Contagous #24, but I caved last night. The power of the FDO simply cannot be resisted :) 

Just run the plays I call, Barnes!

I HAVE THAT SPORK IN MY KITCHEN!!! Also, all that stuff you wrote is really really really REALLY cool! Now i feel like a lazy bastard! Meh...

Mister Crusher SHUT UP! Doctor, get this child off my bridge... - Captain Picard

Cyclops: "Fry em Storm"

Magneto: "Really? A lightning strike in a giant copper conductor? I thought you lived in a school.

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