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Clothing/Gear / Re: ACU Usage

« on: July 22, 2006, 02:00:59 PM »

well, the general consensus from where I come from is that the only reason the ACU was chosen over a variation of CP Multicam was because the bean-counters (not the brass concerned with soldiers (meaning all bean counters)) liked the fact that it was about $40 less than ANY MultiCam setup, and the Desk-Jockeys (the soldiers who's lives are rarely, if ever, in danger) were fine with it. I, personally believe that that is where the Generals supporting the ACU's get their "Well, every soldier I talk to is perfectly happy with the ACU..."

Does anyone here know of a Brigadier General R. Mark Brown? He just assumed command of the most important Army-direct R&D facility in the USA: Natick Army Lab Soldier Systems Center (I live like 20 minutes from it). He is trying to push a new system through: CP MultiCam. MultiCam was designed for use by big-time professionals: Private Military Contractors. I honestly haven't heard many reviews from any of them on this.

The truth is that in the modern world, camoflauge isn't as helpful as it once was. anyone with a good IR scanner can see your entire company. Yes, Camo does help.

Actually thats what the ACU is based upon. It deters TIS and NVS, and with it's digiltal design it palys with the eye's, if your moving your harder to spot in ACU's. I have spoken to a many (including my father) wabout what he thinks about them his words where "Awesome, it's a great all around utility uniform. No ironing, it is breathable, it blends in somewhat with most enviortments, it's alot more comfortable, plus all the pockets"

The ACU is not just about camoflaging into tree's. It was bulit around being IR/NV resistant, comfortable, easy to maintain, multi-enviorment uniform. And these so call "desk jockies: you speak of, your clueless about. My best friends father was on the R&D for the FCS adn he served in Storm and is right now in Iraq with a Cav unit, so there goes you whole "bean counter" and "desk jocky" theory.

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Airsoft Players / Re: Take advantage of the "Player Map" feature

« on: July 20, 2006, 05:13:37 PM »

Same here (No pins in the map), definitely FUBAR

No, no you mean SNAFU.

edit: well i mean "useless post" as in "don't make useless posts".

-atilla

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Clothing/Gear / Re: ACU Usage

« on: July 20, 2006, 03:54:33 PM »

yes, that is the principle behind Disruptive Camouflage versus straight blending camouflage


Weps!! it's back   oh, and it's "yea, though i walk...  "  kinda oldschool like "yay"

Thats the way I like it, Oldskool.

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Clothing/Gear / Re: ACU Usage

« on: July 20, 2006, 02:52:31 PM »

AAAAAAH! I SAID THIS LIKE 4 WEEKS BACK IN THAT THREAD ABOUT ACU'S! AND YOU PEOPLE SAID I NEEDED GLASSES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT!!! WELL I"VE BEEN RIGHT!!!! MUAHAHAHAHHAHA.

I wonder if I'll get "reported" for "post whoring".....wow that's stupid

It's the way you word stuff and address things. If you give an example, facts, and the whole picture you'll have a much better outcome.

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Skirmish Reports / Re: Game in the rain.

« on: July 20, 2006, 02:08:39 AM »

Well if you keep everything greased and well kept they will be fine.


One of my biggest problems is when I or someone fires a weapon I wait to hear a report, it's weird.

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Clothing/Gear / Re: Which boot do you prefer?

« on: July 20, 2006, 02:01:56 AM »

tactical/patrol boots IMO are teh best   prob cuz i'm a CQB addict..

Well I do alot of Jungle type op's so I somewhat require jungle's, but I love a good CQB.

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Clothing/Gear / Which boot do you prefer?

« on: July 20, 2006, 01:58:04 AM »

I myself prefer Jungle and Para's. The jungle's have those cool gromets that work right if you know how to use them, and para's have that awesome leather strap instead of laces.

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Airsoft Players / Re: "Four Ace's" Radcliff/E-Twon/Ft.Knox, Kentucky area.

« on: July 20, 2006, 12:44:14 AM »

Weps,

I role play at Ft. Knox about once a month or so, and we have an airsoft team based in Bowling Green, www.opforce.net

Our team is also the staff/Shadow Squad for Operation Irene, being held at Zussman again this year. You can find more info here, www.oplionclaws.com

I've visited your Op Force site once before, and I already talked to John Lu about Op Irene, I doubt I'll be going, money is the biggest issue for me but so is what I will be able to do.  So you role play at Zussman, might know eachother. Do u know the Old German guy (I'm not posting his name cuz of OPSEC).

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Airsoft Players / Re: "Four Ace's" Radcliff/E-Twon/Ft.Knox, Kentucky area.

« on: July 19, 2006, 04:16:31 PM »

hey cool looks like ky teams are comin around. i have a team in burkesville its about 45 mins from glasgow. what kind of weapons do you guys use

Nothing right now. I'm ordering a huge lot. G3A3 by Well, G36, FAMAS, and an MP5K Custom.

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Airsoft Players / Re: "Four Ace's" Radcliff/E-Twon/Ft.Knox, Kentucky area.

« on: July 18, 2006, 07:06:56 PM »

if your near ft,knox you should look into the OP: IRENE 4 this fall its a a must go if your in the area

I've heard of it and had a chace to go as a Non-Combatant OPFOR with the Zussman Staff, but I can't seem to find out much about it.

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Misc. Weapons / Re: My *Prop* LAW M-72 for an objective during games - *PICS*

« on: July 18, 2006, 05:26:02 PM »

I think the earlier M-72s was acually made of two cardboard tubes with a rocket in it, so it was colabsible and disposible. So that could be somewhat relistic.
http://www.world.guns.ru/grenade/gl12-e.htm
This says it was made from from aluminum and fiberglass, but my dad that fired live ones told me that they were made of cardboard.  (he was in the guards when the laws came out)

Doubtful that a LAW was made out of cardboard. The carrying tubes are though. The LAW came out in the early 60's as an expenable variant of the "Bazooka". Cardboard would catch fire and burn. The LAW wasn't really a very good AT system, it's a Use and Toss weapon that costs quite a bit to make so after a while they stopped producing them but recently they are being reproduced by the launchers are reuseable.

I think it was the Carl Gustov and AT-4 that replaced the LAW's.

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Airsoft Players / "Four Ace's" Radcliff/E-Twon/Ft.Knox, Kentucky area.

« on: July 18, 2006, 05:09:39 PM »

Anyone out in the Radcliff/E-Town/Ft.Knox Kentucky are. If so give me a holler. We've got a good team, just need more players or someone to play against.

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Clothing/Gear / ACU Usage

« on: July 18, 2006, 04:59:22 PM »

Ok it seems alot of people on here don't totally get the whole point or idea behind ACU's. SO I just wanted to throw this out here.


The Army Combat Uniform is not made for close-up, covert like operations. ACU's are designed to play with the eye and the mind, it is hard to spot them at a distance and while the wearer is moving. The digital pattern dirrupts the eye's tracking abilities and also deter's Night Vision and Thermal systems.

The whole idea ACU's was long distance combat, and basically a really really good Utility uniform. Light, cool, multi-enviortment, and non-iron washing.

Most pictures comparing ACU's MARPAT and Multicam are taken from 3-7 feet where in actual life if a person where standing that far from you, you'd see them. Unless of course you where in a heavily vegitated area where then it wouldn't matter of you where wearing a red shirt. Now if you want to blend in like a ghost, thats why the Gillisuit was invented.

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Clothing/Gear / Re: Who DOESN'T dress like SWAT/Special Ops?

« on: July 18, 2006, 04:50:25 PM »

I hold my stuff in a red back pack with branches strapped on it I don't waste my money on unnecessary exact replica uniforms only priorities in airsoft is what I always say.

well that depends. Is that bag going to give you away? I only use most of my rig's becuase of  the veratility and accessablity of them.

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Clothing/Gear / Re: PASGT Helmets and covers. Specific Question.

« on: July 18, 2006, 03:53:48 PM »

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and Weps   HAHA  I love your sig man... we should get Samuel L Jackson to say that!!

Well most people dislike it.

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Skirmish Reports / Re: Game in the rain.

« on: July 17, 2006, 03:25:13 PM »

What Guns do you use? I've never played in the rain with anything but springers.

usually springers, but sometimes we use AEG's. We get "down and dirty".

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Clothing/Gear / Re: PASGT Helmets and covers. Specific Question.

« on: July 17, 2006, 03:18:39 PM »

Well if it's PASGT you may have a hard to finding any DPM covers to fit them because of the ear covers and lip visor, they might fit a ACH or MICH.

I have a Old style woodland and Tactical black covers for mine, and I know German Fleckcar fits, but for DPM it's hard to say.

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Clothing/Gear / Re: pistol belt ideas?

« on: July 17, 2006, 01:33:56 AM »

Put a canteen on the otherisde, works for me. Plus then if I want to strip my other gear I can and still have water without carrying my Camelbak.

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Clothing/Gear / Re: MICH 2000 Replica Helmet

« on: July 16, 2006, 03:38:39 PM »

I was not aware each variant of the M1 had a different power plant. I've been told Allied produced parts and equipment contracts for the Abrams since before the A2, including turbines and APUs, but I was never told which variants of the Abrams they were for. I also am not familiar with the SEP and HA suffixes to the type classifications. Don't be condescending.

Thats because with each new variant each engine was upgraded. Yes Allied made and still makes parts, over 15 companies have made or make parts for the M1 Abrams. UAAPU are made by Allied, but Cadilac Gage made them in the 80's.

SEP is System Enchanment Package with the CITV, updated data bus, upgraded Thermal, and BFT/2000.

HA is the Heavy Armor version of the M1 that came out in 85', along with the upgraded AGT 1500.

I'm only condescending to those who are condescending to me.


M1 Variants:

XM1 (Test Bed)
M1 (First Production batch)
IPM1 (Improved Production)
M1E1 (Test Bed)
M1A1 (Upgraded)
M1A1HA (Addition of Depleted Uranium to outer Armor)
M1A1HC (Marine Version)
M1A1HA-D (Digiltalized to keep up with advancement of tech)
M1A1HA-AIM (Abrams Intergrated Mangment, in addition with the Digitalization program)
M1A1E1 (Test Bed
M1A2 (Upgraded)
M1A2 SEP (System Enhancment Package)
M1 Grizzly (Engineer Variant)
M1  Breecher (Engineer variant)

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Clothing/Gear / Re: MICH 2000 Replica Helmet

« on: July 15, 2006, 06:02:13 PM »

Weps, Honeywell Corp. and Allied Signal are the same company. I just find it funny because my father was an accountant for them for a decade before Allied acquired Honeywell and pretty much ruined Christmas for a few thousand people with their announcement of December job cuts.

Crimson_Phonex, thats where you are soooooo wrong. My father is a US Army tanker and certified Master Gunner on the M1/M1A1/M1A2.

The M1A2 SEP has the Honeywell Turbine, the M1A1HA has the Avco-Lycoming Turbine. All M1A1's under Army command still use the Avco turbine becuase they have enough spares to last til 2020, even through Avco Stopped making the AGT 1500 Multi-Fuel 1500HP Turbine in 1995.

The M1A2 came out in 1996, a full year after Avco stopped makiong the AGT 1500, so of course Honeywell makes the M1A2 SEP turbine.

Both turbines differ, even though slightly. Honeywell doesn't produce the 85' version of the AGT 1500.

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Skirmish Reports / Re: Game in the rain.

« on: July 15, 2006, 12:06:27 PM »

How's the goggle foggle?   That's my biggest complaint.

Goggle fog? They get quite foggy, but only if you breathe extremely heavy on them.

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Skirmish Reports / Re: Airsoft Games & Scenarios

« on: July 14, 2006, 05:49:00 PM »

JUNGLE SWEEP


Basically a reindition of Vietnam, best played with six people. Three are SOFOR and three are OPFOR.

You mission is to find the enemy encampment, destroy any cache's, radio gear, and any rebel's/terrorists. You must Insert and Extract without heavy loss, you must elminate all rebel's and aquire info on anyother encampments or ect....

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Skirmish Reports / Re: Ever had fog of war?

« on: July 14, 2006, 05:38:34 PM »

Never really had that happen. I try to keep my team close, or at least know where they are. I really stress the point of FF and Comm's. Plus I know most of my team by heart, so I know that they will only do vertain things. Like one guy will sneak up on you, but he won't crawl or my sis will crawl if it's on dry, rockless ground in the daytime.

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Skirmish Reports / Game in the rain.

« on: July 14, 2006, 05:25:49 PM »

I play most of my games when it's raining, but thats because we prefer a jungle type setting. Anyway, we setup poncho's in concealed position's and then set ambushes while we wait for more guys to join. It's is a relly fun way to play.

 We get super dirty, but I love it. Crawling through the mud, moving through the pucker brush, dashing through open area's, covering the squad area, ect..... We crawl through the large pond type water resivor's that collect in the feild (Ya I know sound's foolish).

Anyway, we have a good time and thats what counts.

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Sniper's Perch / Re: Are the UTG and Pro 9 Actually Sniper Rifles? Forum Decision!

« on: July 14, 2006, 04:02:37 PM »

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^ agreed

anyway they should go in the spring section, the S9 is only defined as a "sniper" rifle by those who dont know what a sniper rifle is. and as for the UTG M324, its bets used as a tool to get the shock wheights out of the USR-11.

IMO there are many things thta make a gun a sniper rifle, the things that i think represent sniper in msot peoples eyes are

bolt-action
power

well what if you had a bolt action rifle that shot at an all time high of 230 HMMM sound like a UTG M324 with .28's oh wow but its soo good i love it just becasue it ahs the same accuracy as my UHC Mp5 with .20's.

True most people have watched to much TV, lol. Well in the US Army and USMC manual's a sniper is basically a person trained in the usage of camo, using a weapon to snipe a target. A sniper's M/O is not to just kill target's at a certain range, they also are responsible for target's in close range and point blank. But as we see airsoft has a different defenition of a sniper.