Charbroil / Repeater

G.I. Joe - Classic Collection

Night Force

Hasbro

1989

Charbroil

As a childhood chore, CHARBROIL had to heat the water pipes in the family basement with a blowtorch to keep them from freezing and bursting in the winter. As a teenager, he worked in the mills on the Great Lakes, feeding coal into blast furnaces. When the recruiting sergeant asked him what type of job he was interested in, he replied, "What have you got with open flames?"

"Flame weapons are scary to the max. Why do you think he wears that asbestos suit? He's the only one on the Night Force squad who enjoys wearing a full tank of jellied gasoline on his back. Do you know what happens if a hot tracer round hits that? Would you want to be standing next to him? For a flamethrower specialist, he's a pretty nice guy but with that thing on his back, he isn't going to win a popularity contest in the middle of a firefight."

Repeater

With close to twenty years in the Army, REPEATER never got any higher in rank than E-6. His performance in the field was always top-notch but he could never hack it in garrison. He's not a barracks soldier and never could be. But send him out in the bush beyond the furthest base camp, and you'll find that he's the one the other grunts want to soldier with-because he's the one who's going to bring the grunts back in one piece! As Night Force's machine gunner, Repeater has to draw enemy fire while his unit moves in to get the mission accomplished. It's a tall order, but this tough guy is not one to disobey an order! "Being the machine gunner is probably the toughest job in an infantry squad. For one thing, he's got the heaviest load to carry. Secondly, as soon as he starts firing, the enemy knows where he is and he becomes their primary target. Thirdly, the squad depends on him to provide maneuvering cover. Your machine-gunner should always be the strongest, most stand-up trooper you have . . .'