diff --git a/OpenRA.FileFormats/Graphics/VxlReader.cs b/OpenRA.FileFormats/Graphics/VxlReader.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69548661e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRA.FileFormats/Graphics/VxlReader.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+#region Copyright & License Information
+/*
+ * Copyright 2007-2013 The OpenRA Developers (see AUTHORS)
+ * This file is part of OpenRA, which is free software. It is made
+ * available to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation. For more information,
+ * see COPYING.
+ */
+
+#endregion
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace OpenRA.FileFormats
+{
+	public enum NormalType { TiberianSun = 2, RedAlert2 = 4 }
+	public class VxlElement
+	{
+		public byte Color;
+		public byte Normal;
+	}
+
+	public class VxlLimb
+	{
+		public string Name;
+		public float Scale;
+		public float[] Bounds;
+		public byte[] Size;
+		public NormalType Type;
+
+		public uint VoxelCount;
+		public Dictionary<byte, VxlElement>[,] VoxelMap;
+	}
+
+	public class VxlReader
+	{
+		public readonly uint LimbCount;
+		public VxlLimb[] Limbs;
+
+		uint BodySize;
+
+		void ReadVoxelData(Stream s, VxlLimb l)
+		{
+			var baseSize = l.Size[0]*l.Size[1];
+			var colStart = new int[baseSize];
+			for (var i = 0; i < baseSize; i++)
+				colStart[i] = s.ReadInt32();
+			s.Seek(4*baseSize, SeekOrigin.Current);
+			var dataStart = s.Position;
+
+			// Count the voxels in this limb
+			l.VoxelCount = 0;
+			for (var i = 0; i < baseSize; i++)
+			{
+				// Empty column
+				if (colStart[i] == -1)
+					continue;
+
+				s.Seek(dataStart + colStart[i], SeekOrigin.Begin);
+				var z = 0;
+				do
+				{
+					z += s.ReadUInt8();
+					var count = s.ReadUInt8();
+					z += count;
+					l.VoxelCount += count;
+					s.Seek(2*count + 1, SeekOrigin.Current);
+				} while (z < l.Size[2]);
+			}
+
+			// Read the data
+			l.VoxelMap = new Dictionary<byte, VxlElement>[l.Size[0],l.Size[1]];
+			for (var i = 0; i < baseSize; i++)
+			{
+				// Empty column
+				if (colStart[i] == -1)
+					continue;
+
+				s.Seek(dataStart + colStart[i], SeekOrigin.Begin);
+
+				byte x = (byte)(i % l.Size[0]);
+				byte y = (byte)(i / l.Size[0]);
+				byte z = 0;
+				l.VoxelMap[x,y] = new Dictionary<byte, VxlElement>();
+				do
+				{
+					z += s.ReadUInt8();
+					var count = s.ReadUInt8();
+					for (var j = 0; j < count; j++)
+					{
+						var v = new VxlElement();
+						v.Color = s.ReadUInt8();
+						v.Normal = s.ReadUInt8();
+
+						l.VoxelMap[x,y].Add(z, v);
+						z++;
+					}
+					// Skip duplicate count
+					s.ReadUInt8();
+				} while (z < l.Size[2]);
+			}
+		}
+
+		public VxlReader(Stream s)
+		{
+
+			if (!s.ReadASCII(16).StartsWith("Voxel Animation"))
+				throw new InvalidDataException("Invalid vxl header");
+
+			s.ReadUInt32();
+			LimbCount = s.ReadUInt32();
+			s.ReadUInt32();
+			BodySize = s.ReadUInt32();
+			s.Seek(770, SeekOrigin.Current);
+
+			// Read Limb headers
+			Limbs = new VxlLimb[LimbCount];
+			for (var i = 0; i < LimbCount; i++)
+			{
+				Limbs[i] = new VxlLimb();
+				Limbs[i].Name = s.ReadASCII(16);
+				s.Seek(12, SeekOrigin.Current);
+			}
+
+			// Skip to the Limb footers
+			s.Seek(802 + 28*LimbCount + BodySize, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+
+			var LimbDataOffset = new uint[LimbCount];
+			for (var i = 0; i < LimbCount; i++)
+			{
+				LimbDataOffset[i] = s.ReadUInt32();
+				s.Seek(8, SeekOrigin.Current);
+				Limbs[i].Scale = s.ReadFloat();
+				s.Seek(48, SeekOrigin.Current);
+
+				Limbs[i].Bounds = new float[6];
+				for (var j = 0; j < 6; j++)
+					Limbs[i].Bounds[j] = s.ReadFloat();
+				Limbs[i].Size = s.ReadBytes(3);
+				Limbs[i].Type = (NormalType)s.ReadByte();
+			}
+
+			for (var i = 0; i < LimbCount; i++)
+			{
+				s.Seek(802 + 28*LimbCount + LimbDataOffset[i], SeekOrigin.Begin);
+				ReadVoxelData(s, Limbs[i]);
+			}
+		}
+
+		public static VxlReader Load(string filename)
+		{
+			using (var s = File.OpenRead(filename))
+				return new VxlReader(s);
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/OpenRA.FileFormats/OpenRA.FileFormats.csproj b/OpenRA.FileFormats/OpenRA.FileFormats.csproj
index abe857a003..df1eaa56db 100644
--- a/OpenRA.FileFormats/OpenRA.FileFormats.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.FileFormats/OpenRA.FileFormats.csproj
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Graphics\ShpTSReader.cs" />
     <Compile Include="FileFormats\XccLocalDatabase.cs" />
     <Compile Include="FileFormats\XccGlobalDatabase.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Graphics\VxlReader.cs" />
     <Compile Include="StreamExts.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>