Category: sniper tactics
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Airsoft Sniping in an Urban Environment
The typical image of an airsoft sniper is a walking bush, at one with the forest, moving quietly through the trees as they stalk targets, caked in mud and taking half the vegetation along with them. What is rarely discussed though is the sniper in an urban environment instead. Not the type of games you…
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Working with your environment
Having a really consistent rifle is a good start on your path to becoming a good sniper. A ghillie that blends correctly into your area and disrupts your outline helps keep you hidden. But your wallet will only take you so far, and it’s the stuff you can’t buy that makes the real difference out…
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Proactive vs Reactive sniping
After a long day at work, and suffering from an alcohol-free January, I pinged a message to team engineer Dan, who earlier in the week had suggested a game of online chess. My go-to game at the moment is Escape from Tarkov, but SkinnyBitch has fucked off to Denmark this week and there’s nobody online…
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Fighting Uphill
I have nightmares. Lots. Many reasons. Usually cheese. In airsoft though, one of the worst situations any player can find themselves in is trying to assault a position uphill. Worse if it’s fortified. It tends to be a game of attrition, the defending team usually with limited lives, the attackers simply throwing themselves at the…
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Sniper Tactics – “Machine Gun Theory”
OK, so I haven’t published a paper on this theory or anything, so it’s not official. But it might help you in picking out some good positions to shoot from. So, at some point as you travel around the site, you’ll end up finding a position to set up in to shoot from. Knowing where…
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Training and Culture
“Do you think you could train someone to be a good sniper in a day?” A question from around a campfire a few months back. I dismissed it as “no chance” during the conversation, but it’s been on my mind since. Assuming you’ve got a new player who has never even used a bolt action…
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Decoys and Distractions
A sleeve full of dirty tricks to help give an airsoft sniper the edge in game… “All warfare is based on deception” – Sun Tzu Most people know that phrase. Now, when I say dirty tricks, I’m not on about the ones you see on YouTube such as : Camping the spawn Turning hop off…
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Take your hits
Yeah, this sounds like a blindingly obvious one but it’s not about that… Airsoft has always been an honour game, it only works if we all call our hits when we get hit. Otherwise, we’d have to play paintball or laser tag. As Airsoft in the last few years has suddenly become competitive (where people…
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Fight the Night
It’s not often night fighting crops up during skirmish days (all in the name), but occasionally you might get the opportunity to play out in the dark. It sounds fun, and usually is, but what do you need to change about your kit and your playstyle to adapt? In this article, I’ll share a few…
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Mastering airsoft
Yeah. That’s a bold title. A look at airsoft as a whole, the roles and how to making the most of them. With 2021 upon us and the covid vaccine appearing, there’s some hope of getting games and events in this year. I do enjoy picking up an assault rifle now and then, especially at…
