Posted on November 9, 2023
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Please note this article was written before the current 3d Printed Bear miniature was released. The purchase links have been updated accordingly, but images still show the pewter miniatures.
HACS-01HG-FS Black Bear
Black BearA straightforward refit of the standard Bear introduced in very small numbers in the TN 1850s, the Black Bear was designed to generally increase the firepower wielded by the Bear. The T-12 mortar unit’s precision was exchanged for the raw firepower of GH-25 85mm back-mounted rocket tubes, while other weaponry remained the same. The Black Bear was used to form some heavy fire-support squadrons, especially in the forces of the Western Frontier Protectorate Army. The Black Bear was largely retired when the Bear began to be slowly decommissioned with the introduction of the Grizzly in the TN 1870s. By the time of the War of the Alliance, the Bear was used most widely in the Badlands and became one of the heaviest machines able to be fielded by the rovers and guerrillas who fought rear-guard actions against the Colonial Expeditionary Force occupiers from TN 1913 to 1916. When Paxton Arms entered the fray and put together its Peace River Army many of these rag-tag forces were refitted with cutting edge weaponry and a new Black Bear configuration was fielded as a heavy assault vehicle, replacing the M225 autocannons with a cutting-edge RFL-2 Soothsayer rapid-fire bazooka.
