Archive: Jungle-Viper - Cobra Jungle Trooper (Jungle Assault)

The Jungle-Viper was released in the fall of 2010 as part of the second wave of figures in the Pursuit of Cobra line. The Pursuit of Cobra line features environment-themed missions in which the G.I. Joe team pursues Cobra operatives to the ends of the earth.. As part of the Jungle Assault mission theme, a G.I. Joe team led by Duke discovers a heavily fortified Cobra fortress, the Terror Drome, in a remote jungle.

Without the ghillie suit, you could easily mistake the Jungle-Viper as a modern update to the Night-Viper. The black and green camouflage and flip-down, night vision visor have an obvious influence borrowed from the 1989 Cobra night fighter. Jungle-Vipers are more theater-specific troopers, however, and are different from Night-Vipers in that they aren't combat troopers, but snipers who lurk invisibly in the shadows, taking out the enemy with a precision shot from their high-powered rifles.

Release Date: 2010
Figure Number: 1013
Retail Price: $5.99
Accessories: night-vision visor; ghillie suit with head, shoulder (2), back (2) and forearm (2) camouflage blades; tassets with pistol holster; knee pads; pistol (2); break-down rifle; rifle rest; display stand with Cobra logo (JUNGLE-VIPER)

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Did You Know? At the collector's roundtable presentation at G.I. JoeCon 2009, Hasbro's design team noted that the Jungle-Viper's break-down rifle, when assembled, is the largest rifle made for a 3-3/4-inch G.I. Joe figure, to date. This, of course, doesn't take projectile-launching weapons into account.

Jungle-Viper

Cobra Jungle Trooper
7868-JU

Mission Equipment: Skulker-JS High-Powered Jungle Series Marksman Rifle

Jungle-Vipers are Cobra Troopers with special training as silent marksmen. Their opti-camo ghille suits have digitized camouflage blades, which make them disappear from any detection devices. They also use multi-visual imaging systems that give them wide visual displays of surrounding territory.