COBRA RANGE-VIPER

(A Range-Viper reloads while surveying his surroundings.  Area of operations: Unknown)

CODE NAME:

Range-Viper

BRANCH:

Cobra Ground-Viper operative

PRIMARY MILITARY SPECIALTY:

Infantry

SECONDARY MILITARY SPECIALTY:

None

SPECIAL TRAINING:

Survival School

EXPECTED ARMAMENT:

Range-Vipers deploy with a 40mm automatic grenade launcher, 66mm M72A2 rocket launcher, and combat knife.

CURRENT ASSIGNMENT:

Wilderness Trooper

FIRST DEPLOYMENT:

1990

AREA OF OPERATIONS:

Any sub-arctic, sub-desert wilderness

     Range-Vipers are usually committed to long-term operations deep within unfriendly territory, completely cut off from communications or supplies.  They have an unusually high tolerance for discomfort and can survive on a diet of snakes, grubs, roots, berries, nuts, and whatever slow rodents they can catch.  One squad of Range-Vipers made it through their survival course by gnawing on a carcass that had already been picked clean by vultures and jackals.  They are expected to build their shelters out of indigenous materials, usually rocks and mud, and procure their own ammunition by way of hit and run raids on enemy ammo depots.

     Range-Viper troopers are unusual in Cobra's army in that they were assigned a unique, troop commander, code named Skullbuster, in 2002.

     The Range-Viper uniform was reused in the 2000 deployment of Rock Vipers.  Why Cobra choose to reuse the Range-Viper uniform and then revert back to the original uniform type for the Python Rock Viper deployments is still undetermined.  In 2005, Cobra deployed the Imperial Guard, who wears a uniform that combines the Range-Viper helmet, trousers, and boots.

OTHER LINKS:

COBRA VIPERS

Cobra Wilderness Troopers

Code Names: Range-Vipers

Range-Viper

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