Military Museum Participates in Europen Soft Air Tournament

[Carlo]

I rented 6 of my trucks this last weekend to haul "troupes" from one battle zone to the other. I had no idea this sport was so popular. These guys spend hundreds to thousands of Euros on their weapons, clothing, and etc.. The USA forces were against European forces and the US won! Some of these guys fought 24 hours straight! I'm a 25 year veteran and still in the reserves but I can't see the fun in it. Guess I'm "played" out. I do enjoy uses these trucks for what they were met to be used for.
Apart from a radiator leak in the M923A1 all went well for the equipment.

 

[CARNAC]

We won?! Oh that's right, guess that was because he wasn't in charge.

Gotta say that that looks pretty neat. I think I'd be too played out also but it looks neat.

 

[Flyingvan911]

We use out deuces to support the D-Day paintball game down in Oklahoma. We also use them during out Operation East wind airsoft game. The D-Day game is huge. The East Wind game is small with a max of 60 people on each side (NOTA and Warsaw Pact). Deuces are great fun for moving people.

 

[jwaller]

I too regularly rent mine for use in airsoft games here in sc. It's very popular.

 

[Carlo]

Another rental but ths one had all my trucks, 2 APC's. Very cool place in the mountains. I made some money today for the first time and I'm happy.
This club was very serious.

 

[nchittendon]

Yeah, those airsoft guys go nuts!
I'm an avid paintballer, so we have the whole "ford vs. chevy" rivalry between the two groups. But, we also have some guys that do both. And yes, thousands can be spent on gear just to go play "pretend." lol

One of my kits:

Some of my team making a drive across a clearing.


One of our fellow big teams even made their own "tank" for paintball purposes. A lot of creativity goes into this stuff!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlSKx5ov1tA

 

[clinto]

So for those of us on the outside, what's the difference between airsoft and paintball?

 

[nchittendon]

Airsoft shoots a little plastic BB. They can range between 250 and 700 feet per second.

Paintball shoots a .68 caliber gelatin paintball. 99% of legitimate fields are regulated at 300fps or lower.

The airsoft guys are almost strictly milsim only. Paintball basically has two renditions (with variations of each): Woodsball and Speedball.

My personal feelings: airsoft is an honor game. It can quickly turn into a couple of 5 year old adults screaming at each other yelling "I shot YOU first!" Paintball is still very much so an honor game, however when you get cracked with a paintball traveling at 280fps, the bruise is a constant reminder that you were, in fact, hit. There are videos of airsoft guys being injured by the BB's but that is simple disobedience and lack of rules/enforcement.

 

[fuzzytoaster]

So for those of us on the outside, what's the difference between airsoft and paintball?

To cut it down to the bone..

Airsoft = Simulation
Paintpall = Recreation

Variants of both exist of course.

 

[firefox]

Thank you Carlo for providing this info on what goes on over on the other side of the pond!

 

[Carlo]

These rentals are one way I can keep my collection healthy and under a roof. Many of these men are carabinieri, state police, workers, office people, students. I see more discipline in there ranks than the real army. To speak to the commanding general I was challenged no less than 10 times in one km. They had security on the roads as in check points. I was also stopped by a roving security team!
I had fun!

 

[srodocker]

Awesome!