Handgun Information Page - Lots of articles and information on guns, cartridges and weapons in general.

Links to various sites on the A-Team.

I haven't checked on these links for a couple years, I aim to do that this year (2009).

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Here is a list of various characters that worked with the Team or were their allies or friends:

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I tend to use a lot of fan fiction terms here, and if there's any new fan fic authors around, I'm sure it's confusing. So I've created a little fan fic terminology dictionary. Some of them are more common to other fandoms, but I included them anyway.

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Here's a brief guide to fiction length, so you know what you're reading.

Micro Fiction - less than 100 words (1 page)
Drabble - A story that is exactly 100 words (definition often varied)
Flash Fiction - 100 - 1000 words (1-2 pages)
Short Short - 1000 to 2500 (3-9 pages)
Short Story - 2500 - 7500 words (10 - 22 pages)
Novelette - 7500 - 20,000 words (22 - 61 pages)
Novella - 20,000 - 50,000 words (66 - 175 pages)
Novel - 50,000 - 100,000 words (over 175 pages) average novel is 80,000 words
Epic - Over 100,000

Fiction under 500 words is sometimes called a Vignette. Chapters in a novel are usually at least 2000 words each.

And some lengths for different genres of original fic:

Picture Books - Up to 3,000 words (ages 6 and under)
Chapter books - 5,000 to 20,000 words (ages 6 to 8)
Juvenile books - 25,000 to 50,000 words (ages 9 to 12)
Young Adult books - 30,000 to 80,000 words (13 and above)
Detective novel - 70,000 to 85,000 words
Thrillers - 70,000 to 100,000 words

Types of Firearms

There are several broad categories of firearms. The first is handguns, which are designed to be held in one hand, and include pistols, semiautomatic handguns, machine pistols, revolvers and derringers.

Another broad category of firearms is long guns (shoulder guns), which include rifles and shotguns.

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Notes on weapons and gunfire:

• The Team never seemed to have a problem hearing after all the gunfire. In reality, the sound of a gun blast would cause a lot of ringing in the ears and render you hard of hearing for at least a day.


• The Team didn't seem to have or feel much recoil from their weapons. When you fire a gun, it kicks back a bit due to the power of the firing. Higher calibre weapons will give a larger recoil.


• When people get shot, they don't spin around or get knocked down by the force of the bullet. With adrenaline running, it's possible a person might not even feel it. The A-Team episode Without Reservations was very accurate with Face's reaction after he got shot. He was still on his feet and slowly sunk down once he saw what happened.

A list of fake names and disguises used by each team member in every episode, including Murdock's strange personas. Most of the names are ones used during scams by Face and Hannibal, and occasionally Murdock.

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A very long list of the places each episode was set, along with the clients that hired them and the bad guys that were after them, including reasons why.

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The A-Team served in Vietnam. The country was divided in the '60s, into South Vietnam and North Vietnam. The North was under communist rule, and Ho Chi Minh wanted to unite the country. The Johnson administration sought to prevent this, sending in advisors, and finally, the first combat troops arrived in 1965, and continued to fight until the war was declared over in January 1973 (for the US troops anyway...). South Vietnam surrended in 1975, uniting Vietnam. For more information on the war, check out the timeline at PBS.

Here are some of the big players in the Team's time in Vietnam, as well as a few notes about things they mentioned about the war and the people they served with.

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Some information about the various military police characters that chased the Team:

The main problem with the MPs chasing the A-Team is that in the Army, the real investigators of the A-Team would've been CID - Criminal Investigation Division (now Criminal Investigation Command....but still called CID lol). In reality the MPs chasing the Team should've been termed CID Special Agents. (In the Navy and Air Force, it is primarily civilians who investigate, the Army relies on military personnel).

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Name: Bosco Baracus
Nickname: B.A., which stands for Bad Attitude
Rank: Sergeant First Class (E-7) (Nice Place to Visit shows him wearing Specialist rank)
Birthdate: 51/09/03 (according to Dishpan Man) which makes him younger than Face
SSN: 554-84-310B (according to Dishpan Man)
Height: 5'10"

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Often Heard Saying:

• "Shut up fool!" - to Murdock


• "I ain't gettin' on no plane!" - to everyone


• often uses the words sucka and fool towards bad guys....or Murdock

Name: H.M. Murdock (they never revealed what the initials stood for)
Nickname: Howlin' Mad
Rank: Captain O-3
Birthdate: Never shown
Height: 6'2"

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Often Heard Saying:

• Anything slightly unusual, confusing or distracting


• "Hey Faceman" - he often refered to Face as "Faceman". Lots of fan fic writers have Murdock call Face "Facey", but he only said Facey once, in Deadly Maneuvres and it wasn't to his face. As he was driving along in Face's Corvette, seraching for him, he calls out "Here Face, where are ya boy? Facey-wacey?" as if he's calling a dog (oddly enough...it's a dog who causes him to stop lol). He also used "Faceyman" in I, when he was ticked off at Face. He also used "Face guy" in I when he was doing his Mack Murdock impersonation.


• Anything in an accent, often British

Name: Templeton Arthur Peck (according to Mexican Slayride)
Nickname: Face, Faceman
Rank: 1st Lieutenant (O-2)
Birthdate: 50/12/07 (Dec 7 in Dishpan Man), 8/26/35 in Mexican Slayride (but those documents are faked), Scorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21) (in Water Water Everywhere)
SSN: 522-70-5444C
Height: 5'11"

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Often Heard Saying:

• "Aw, Hannibal...." - or anything slightly whiny


• Anything that sounds remotely like a line, especially if directed towards a woman

Name: John Smith
Nickname: Hannibal
Rank: Colonel (O-6)
Birthdate: 36/05/02 (according to Dishpan Man), 1928 (according to Mexican Slayride)
SSN: 044-34-0681B (according to Dishpan Man)
Height: 6'0"

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Often Heard Saying:

• "Go BA!" or "Now, BA!"


• "I love it when a plan comes together!"


• "What's wrong kid?" - usually to Amy, Tawnia or Face


• Anything that sounds snarky, snide or joking, especially during moments when most people would be afraid and pleading for their lives