Tag: Airsoft kit
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Green Team Loadout
A look at my green team/US Woodland/Rifleman loadout for airsoft. This is a great all-round skirmish loadout for a variety of events and it’s been working well for me. It’s ideal for woodland sites where you want more manoeuvrability than a heavy chest rig or plate carrier setup. Standing in the safety briefing at Dirty…
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Event Review – Op Irene
“Irene. I say again, Irene” Most airsoft players will have seen the film Black Hawk Down. I love it, it’s a superb film and the actual event behind it is awe-inspiring. The loadouts of the US Rangers and Delta Force are iconic. And when an opportunity comes up to play a Gothic Serpent inspired event,…
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The Airsoft Recon Role
Building an airsoft recon loadout for the warmer weather, combining the best bits of lots of other roles, with a view to providing bigger teams with an alternative to sniper fireteams. Think LRRP or LRDG type action, which was a big part of the inspiration, but in airsoft. I’ve had a lot of downtime recently…
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The Airsoft Rifleman
Airsoft has (d?)evolved into a fantastically varied experience compared to where it was as recently as ten years ago. The safe zone is awash with all sorts of different characters, from paintball influenced speedsofters to milsim operators, bedroom YouTube warriors, pink mandalorians, gamers wearing cat ears, hawaiian shirts and animal onesies. It’s a far more…
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How To Switch On Sniper God Mode
Sniping successfully is a test of your overall skills vs that of your opponent, but there are ways and means of getting ahead of the game and giving yourself advantages. And I don’t mean breaking rules, like hot guns/cheating chrono, spawn camping, or being unethical by trying to run a ghillie with a minigun or…
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How much 3D?
How much 3D should you add to your ghillie or camouflage suit? Is more, more effective? Or is less more? Recently there has been a noticeable shift towards lightly decorated suits, as the Russian factory made leaf suits have disappeared and many airsoft snipers are starting to wake up to the idea of adding Haloscreen…
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Stepping it Up – Moving up from Skirmish
A few thoughts on building a kit suitable for battlesims, milsims and weekend events, from a skirmish setup. This isn’t a sniper blog, it’ll be for those running as part of a team with an aeg. Which is always fun from time to time. Following on from the England vs Scotland game (report and intro…
