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Serpentorslair Staff · February 24, 2025

Revisiting the 1985 G.I. Joe Armadillo Mini Tank – A Compact Classic!

February 24, 2025February 24, 2025 Serpentorslair Staff1985 G.I. Joe, 80s action figures, A.W.E. Striker, Battle Platform, Check Point Alpha, Classified Series, Cobra Bunker, Cobra Moray, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Armadillo, G.I. Joe playsets, G.I. Joe Steeler, G.I. Joe vehicles, Hasbro G.I. Joe, retro toy reviews, Snow-Cat, toy collecting, U.S.S. Flagg, vintage toys0 comment

Story By Mitchell Smith Welcome to The Outpost. Today I’m checking out the 1985 G.I. Joe Armadillo mini tank. 1985 sported some pretty awesome vehicles from the A.W.E. Striker to the Snow-Cat, and the Ferret to the holy grail U.S.S. Flagg. There were many awesome playsets like Check Point Alpha to the Cobra Bunker along with the GI Joe Battle Platform that was essentially a Joe base that was frequently attacked by the Cobra Moray in the cartoon. So many awesome figures and vehicles came out this year and overshadowed…

G.I. Joe Inside The Filecards Featuring ‘Steeler’

January 19, 2024January 19, 2024 Serpentorslair Staff19A MOS, Armor Officer, armor platoon, Artillery, artillery fire, Cavalry unit, CIA, combat arms branches, Covert Ops School, experimental armored fighting vehicles, filecards, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Steeler, Hama, Joes, Joint Fires Observer Course, Langley, Lieutenant, military career, O-1 rank, officer rank, OG13, PMS, Sergeant First Class, SMS, Staff Sergeants, tank, tank commander, tank platoon, tradecraft, Transportation, US Army, XAFV Project0 comment

Story by Staff Writer Shaft Today we look at G.I. Joe Steeler. His PMS is “Armor” and SMS is “Artillery” and “Transportation”. He is listed as a “Tank Commander”. A tank commander is actually a position in an armor platoon in the US Army (four tanks per platoon, four soldiers per tank). So there are four “tank commanders” per platoon, each leading their own tank. The actual platoon leader would be an officer of the rank of lieutenant and also serve as that tanks “tank commander”. The other three tank…