GURPS Classic: Special Ops

✍ Scribed by Greg Rose

• Publisher: Steve Jackson Games Incorporated
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 162
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/SpecialOps/

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover
Table of Contents
Introduction
1 - What Are Special Operations?
Missions
Counterproliferation
Collateral Activities
Combating Terrorism
Foreign Internal Defense
What Special Operations Soldiers Are Not
Special Reconnaissance
Direct Action
Psychological Warfare
Civil Affairs
Unconventional Warfare
Information Operations
Roles
Historical Example of Special Operations
Early America
Combating Terrorism
Special Reconnaissance
Direct Action
Unconventional Warfare
WWII
Information Operations
Combat Search and Rescue
Special Activities
Overt, Covert, and Clandestine: What’s the Difference?
2 - Units and Personnel
United States
U.S. Military Training
The Ranger Creed
Special Operations Forces and Special Forces
Exercise ROBIN SAGE
SF A-Detachment Organization
U.S. Marine Corps
The “Funny Platoon”
U.S. Navy
Funny Foreign Hats
U.S. Air Force
Who Do I Send?
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Private Security Companies
Australia
New Zealand
France
Germany
Israel
Poland
Russia
United Kingdom
The Netherlands
Other Special Ops Units
Multinational Special Ops Teams
3 - Characters
Good Soldiers and Good Special Ops Soldiers
Point Totals
The "Gentler" Sex
Unit OJT: Training as a Way of Life
Attributes
Advantages
Disadvantages
Skills
Character Templates
Overview
The United States
Australia
New Zealand
France
Germany
Israel
Poland
Russia
United Kingdom
The Netherlands
Military Personnel File
Personnel File Summary
In Play
US Rank Structure
Foreign Rank Structures
4 - Operations
Classified Material
Strategy
Mission Planning
Tactical Command
After-Action Review (AAR)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Operations - Warts and All
5 - Equipment
Special Ops Equipment
Armor and Clothing
Load-Bearing Equipment
Communications Equipment
Dressed To Kill
Meal, Ready to Eat (MRE)
Assorted Tools
Medical Equipment
Navigational Equipment
Optical Equipment
Climbing/Northern Warfare
Diving Equipment
Explosives
The Logistics and Supply System
Tactical Communications Procedures and Security
Weapons
Weapon Accessories
Weapons of Choice
Automatic Pistols
Revolvers
Rifles
Submachine Guns
The H&K MP5 Submachine Gun
Machine Guns
Light Antitank Weapons
Surface-to-Air Missiles
Hand Grenades
Antipersonnel Mines
Weapon Tables
Vehicles
Land Vehicles
Rotary-Wing Aircraft
Fixed-Wing Aircraft
The AC-130 Gunships
Watercraft
Remote-Piloted Vehicles
6 - Opposing Forces
Opposing Forces
Stockholm Syndrome
Al-Qaeda
Cell Structure
Terrorism Backfires
Unconventional Warfare
A Typology of Unconventional Warfare
Low Popular Support, Low External Support
Low Popular Support, Medium External Support
Low Popular Support, High External Support
Medium Popular Support, Low External Support
Medium Popular Support, Medium External Support
Medium Popular Support, High External Support
High Popular Support, Low External Support
High Popular Support, Medium External Support
High Popular Support, High External Support
Conventional Forces
World Terrorist Organizations
7 - Campaigns
Types of Campaigns
Small-Unit Operations
Large-Unit Operations
Scenario Creation
From Scenario to Campaign
By the Numbers: Hierarchy vs. Anarchy
Sample Scenarios
Variations on a Theme
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
Back Cover

✦ Subjects

GURPS