Special Weapons Force

Background
Special Weapons Force is the R&D group of Action Force, specialising in modifying and improving vehicles, weapons and equipment. Originally made up of only five personnel, the group now numbers nine. Most of the personnel are not field-deployed. SWF's work includes modifying various GI Joe vehicles to suit the needs of Action Force. These modifications include improvements to engines, fuel tanks, computer software, weapons and sensor gear. Amongst the vehicles so improved are: MOBAT/Z-Force battle tank, VAMP/SAS Force Panther jeep, AWE Striker/Recon Jeep used by Z-Force and SAS-Force, APC/Z-Force ATC, Mobile Missile System, FLAK/Z-Force Attack Cannon, Skystriker, Dragonfly attack helicopter and Tomahawk helicopter. SWF also created the Swordfish attack craft for Q-Force, the Z-Force jeep and the Space Force Cosmic Cruiser and Triad. Such vehicles are then built under license by companies like Land Rover, MARS Industries and others. SWF has also produced a series of modified near-silent weapons for use on covert operations and carries out testing and evaluations of possible new equipment like the V-22 tilt-rotor transport and the Sky Hawk VTOL jet craft.

Key Personnel
Prof. Anthony Bruce Richards, aka Boffin - British lead scientist.

Bombardier - American weapons of mass destruction specialist, former member of the Nuclear Emergency Search Team.

Lightning - American specialist in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.

Fixer - British mechanic and engineer.

Sniper - American specialist in non-lethal weapons.

Brains - British test-pilot for aircraft.

Egghead - British test driver for vehicles.

Bright-spark - Japanese naval test pilot - for boats.

Rupert - British officer, serves as liaison to command.

Stories
SWF personnel appear in these stories:

Operation Cheetah

Skulls in the Sand