No idea, but Airsofters do love to hunt down information like that when they’re putting their kit together.Originally Posted by slapout9
Question for your question: aren’t chest rigs really meant for mounted operations? I can’t imagine that chest rigs + taking cover are a good combination.
If you don’t read the newspaper, you are uninformed; if you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed. – Mark Twain (attributed)
Probably is the case. iirc, FAST was first created to work in Afghanistan. Of interest: http://sofrep.com/14889/afghan-drug-war-mission-month/
A fascinating subculture, isn't it? Somebody should do a dissertation on them.
“[S]omething in his tone now reminded her of his explanations of asymmetric warfare, a topic in which he had a keen and abiding interest. She remembered him telling her how terrorism was almost exclusively about branding, but only slightly less so about the psychology of lotteries…” - Zero History, William Gibson
Curious from "over the water". I know Airsoft is a development of paintball, but this emulation of the 'real thing' is rather more developed, so are they "mall ninjas" then?
davidbfpo
Airsoft folk have also crossed into World War 2 reenacting and a number of other areas. And I suspect that some of 'em are either Mall Ninjas or closely related to same...
"On the plains and mountains of the American West, the United States Army had once learned everything there was to learn about hit-and-run tactics and guerrilla warfare."
T.R. Fehrenbach This Kind of War
Yeah, you’re right. They’re a little hard to characterize. I have a friend who says that bikers are where hippies and rednecks meet. Maybe Airsofters are where gamers and historical reenactors meet?
If you don’t read the newspaper, you are uninformed; if you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed. – Mark Twain (attributed)
I don't know ganulv but I am sure somebody hear does know. All this neat stuff happened a long time after I got out. The only thing fancy I had was a pair of Ranger Eyes (two pieces of florescent tape) on the back of my patrol cap so the other team members could see me at night.
I was on a snowmaking crew this winter and we used little chestpacks for our radios, multi-tools, and flint-and-steels. (Here’s a pic of one of my coworkers with one on.) When the boss handed mine out to me I was like, “What a great idea! Everything is going to be right there!” But turned out that things were pretty awkward to get at.I don't know ganulv but I am sure somebody hear does know. All this neat stuff happened a long time after I got out. The only thing fancy I had was a pair of Ranger Eyes (two pieces of florescent tape) on the back of my patrol cap so the other team members could see me at night.
If you don’t read the newspaper, you are uninformed; if you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed. – Mark Twain (attributed)
They are in a way an unintentional parody and off-spring of the Gucci/COTS gear subculture that formed among Western soldiers during the 90's (when adding privately bought extras to the equipment became really fashionable).
Last year I embedded a really hilarious parody made by airsofters in my blog.
I think airsoft is originally a Japanese thing - seems to be pretty big over there.
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“[S]omething in his tone now reminded her of his explanations of asymmetric warfare, a topic in which he had a keen and abiding interest. She remembered him telling her how terrorism was almost exclusively about branding, but only slightly less so about the psychology of lotteries…” - Zero History, William Gibson
The guns certainly originated there. They also used to make some really amazing 1:1 scale models of firearms...I think airsoft is originally a Japanese thing - seems to be pretty big over there.
"On the plains and mountains of the American West, the United States Army had once learned everything there was to learn about hit-and-run tactics and guerrilla warfare."
T.R. Fehrenbach This Kind of War
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