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CONTENTS
AirsoftXtreme
GUN REVIEW
A&K M249 Review
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An in-depth review of the amazing m249
JG HK 416 AEG
JGs latest offering is literally a hit!
AIRSOFT NEWS
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MADBULLS DRAGON FIRE
Why its a must-have for CQC.
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AX Babe, Prin-
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expression,
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A home made chronometer
EVES DROPPING
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NOCOM INDONESIA
Gorgeous girls from indonesia
Indonesian girls go head to head
against male airsoft players and if
looks could only kill, anyone who goes
up against them will surely be toast!
IN THIS ISSUE
GUNS, GIRLS &
GEAR OF
AX
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CONTENTS
EVENTS
4TH QUARTER STORM
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AGLs coolest game of the year!
MEGABALL 2007
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Another challenging year!
KALIS 7 :Tip of the Spear
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A yearly fellowship cum skirmish event
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STORY
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GUNS, GIRLS &
GEAR OF
AX
: Iron Maidens AXs
Eastern European babes,
Katya and Yuliya show us
how to look good in the
battlefeld with genuine
Eastern Bloc-issue uni-
forms.
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Weathering the Storm
rom the beach to the desert and now, the mountains of Eastern EuropeAX has
been to places where only a few have dared. We were right smack in the meat
grinders of Megaball 07, at the tip of the spear in Kalis 7 and we belittled the gloomy
weather forecast during the 4QS! We will risk everything just to bring our readers the best
of what the airsoft world has to offer whether it be within our borders or beyond. We have
made our friends, forged alliances and incurred the ire of those who frown upon our efforts
and smirk at our achievements. I guess it is true that when youre behind the lead horse,
the view never changes.
For those who still doubt what we stand for, we can only say that we do take airsoft seriously.
Not only do we cover events, we also immerse ourselves in the game get our share of welts
and bruises. It is such a comforting fact that people we meet in the feld know us by name
and our reputation remains unblemished. One year, four issues and eight countries later,
here we are still at it and going strong! If ever we can attribute our success to one single
factor, that would be the undying support of people who believeairsofters, friends and
our sponsors.
And for those who keep believing, Iron Maidens is proof positive of our commitment to play
beyond our borders and reach out to all airsofters around the globe. Our cover girls, Katya
and Yuliya are two teeners who came straight out of Eastern Europe to pose for us and
the uniforms they donned are as authentic as they can get. Airsoft for some may simply be
playing soldier but for me and my staff at AX, airsoft is our way of life.
CHRISTIAN UYBENGKEE
PUBLISHER / PRESIDENT
Publishers Note
Cover Girl: Ekatirina Katya Tsabinova
and Yuliya Sovina
Make-up : Candice C. Nocom
Photo and Styling: Airsoft Xtreme Magazine
DI SCLAI MER
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advertising platform and does not endorse or make
representation or guarantee safety or effectiveness
of the products advertised in this magazine. The
publisher expressly disclaims any and all liabilities as a
result of misuse of such products and services and the
applications illustrated in the magazine.
AIRSOFT XTREME
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(Editor@airsoftxtreme.net)
Editor-in-Chief Albert-Anthony Abando
Associate Editor Randy Caluag
Local Contributing Writers
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Richard ambion, Lamberto Vtech Zulueta,
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Acknowlegdements
Tactics SOG products c/o Boy Pascua,
Park Villa Resort c/o James Barnes, Tactical Hobbies shop, Airsoft
Warehouse, LowDog Hobby Shop, Museo ng Makati & , Rex
AlmightyVilalrosa, AGL, Jovi Bernabe, Noel Manalo

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AIRSOFT XTREME COPYRIGHT 2007
Katya and Yuliya are dressed in authentic Russian KLMK uniforms. On Yuliya, the Desert Tun-
dra and on Katya, the Black/Mountain Tundra camoufage uniform from the collection of Papa
Charlie. Krinkov and RPK courtesy of Tactical Hobbies,Airsoft Armory and web gear provided
by Tactics.
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After months and months of nagging you guys as to where I
could pick up an issue, I nally grabbed a copy at Airsoft Extreme. Unfortunately, that means I have to start my collection with issue #4 instead of issue #1.
Nagging aside, I must say... FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Someone else gets it! Finally, we have another airsoft magazine from people who arent just trying to cash in on the sport. After reading through issue 4, I can easily see that you guys are players like us! Its all in the perspective and something that those who dont have, never will. But you guys do and it shows with
the in depth content and even though its not all airsoft, its all entertaining and educational. Great magazine guys, and I really mean that. I cant wait to pick up your next issue!
My only complaint would be that you guys need to get out on the eld more before you begin to see the sour side of the sport (the business aspect). Being cooped up at NAM HQ so much made us near crazy to be handling all the new gun releases and not
be able to get our game on. So we rethought our priorities and rediscovered the fun! Please, for the sake of all thats sane, before you go insane, GO PLAY!!!!!!!!
Sincerely,
Reaper
Editor-in-Chief
The NAM: National Airsoft Magazine
LETTERS FROM THE FRONT
To the people that make it hapen!
waddup!im gaeL fom cagayan de oro, cur-
rently in cebu (iaf, bigfoo).
I love airso even if i can t ge my time to
snc for a game!but i hope my creative
graduation phoo will show my love o the
game and wat the game repreents to every
oher hyper-addic wo can t ge their fn-
gers o the triger! *winkwink* hehe!
I bow to your magazine and to any oher
aspiring to do watever it take to be out
there and share the moment and the blood
lust (fgure o speeh!) woH!GET CHILLS
JUST WRITING ABOUT IT!
God ble and take care!
Rock For God! \m/,
AirsoftXtreme
Hi AirsofXtreme, I just saw your mag. anxious but
just want to try if I have the guts on this hehe... just
wanna surprise my team (if I passed from u guyz
hehehhe) dont worry no hard feelings.. btw good luck
to your magazine it has a lot of cool features. -ciao
Honey Macapagal <honey.macapagal@hotmail.com>
want to be seen and be
heard worldwide ?
Email us at:
editor@airsoftxtreme.net
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AirsoftXtreme
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LETTERS FROM THE FRONT
I am Sam Antonio, Guam Airsoft player. I hope that
you may publish our photos in your prestigious magazine.
I and my two sons are avid readers of your magazine and
players of airsoft. The sport started here in Guam 2 years
ago by a group of local Filipinos and local chamoros.
Now we have some U. S. Navy and U. S. Army as well
as some local cops playing this sport.

Thank you and more power to your magazine.
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AirsoftXtreme
Name: Carlos Ramos
Nationality: US Merchant Marine
Position: Quartermaster
Magazine review:
I was just recently introduced in
to the world of AIRSOFT by my
brother back home last summer
and I really find it interesting
and exciting and through
your magazine, Im starting
to understand everything
all about AIRSOFT...MORE
POWER & GOD BLESS!!!
Hi airsoft xtreme!
This is Deathcloud of Team Raptors.
I have been enjoying reading your
magazines and its getting better and
better. I hope that you make more
articles about histories of teams so
our newbies will know where they want
to sink in and to show the world how
Filipinos excel in this kind of sports,
how we are dedicated and how we play
the game. I hope our team photo will be
shown on the next issue.
More power to your magazine. I have a
request for your d.i.y. segment: can
you have a d.i.y. suppressor or d.i.y.
kittykat assembly for m4 because this
could help our fellow airsofters a lot.
thanks again!
Our team was originally
composed of 15 members during the
late 90s and disbanded after a
few years. Now, we recently have
been playing and starting to form
the team again. I was wondering if
you can post our picture to let the
other former members know that
we exist. Thanks and more power
to airsoft xtreme.!






Team CUJO
My name is Sam, 28years old and a certified airsoftaholic.
Im a avid fan of your magazine,actually I had in hand the
First issue up to 4th issue of your magazine. I know you
actually dont believe it because it shows that I only have the
2,3,4 issues,But theres a reason behind this. Actually, I hand
over my first issue to a non-airsoft player because he beg
for it, Ive done that because I can see through his eyes that
he really loved and enjoyed your magazine and I am hoping
that someday, he can join us playing. For now, I am proud for
doing such a thing because ONE TRUE AIRSOFTER WAS BORN.
MABUHAY! Hooah!
Sam Thoe Sema Sanday
Cotabato Elite Airsoft League (CEAL - Cotabato City)
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LETTERS FROM THE FRONT
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AirsoftXtreme
Hello Airsoft Xtreme,
I was just wondering if you people would be
interested in an article from the UK about our
WW2 teams that we have got going over here.
We have an event in November, which we wish
to promote our D-Day weekend with over 200
participants taking part on the beaches of
Wales. I have enclosed some photographs for
you to have a look at and would be grateful if
you would consider using
a WW2 front page and
centre page article with
more photos for your
next issue.
We are THE UNIT RP, we operate on jungle & urban settings..
we are a team who specializes in reconnaissance operations.
Conceived last 2006 as a recon team for big groups...now our
service is under the umbrella of Nothern Alliance... w/ team
members ian,richmond,andrew,dou,vince,rj & aljin
OUR unit CODE:
WE NEVER FEAR
WE NEVER FAIL
WE NEVER FALTER
WE ONLY ANSWER TO ONE PURPOSE THE MISSION
HOOOORAAAAAAH!!
thank you sir...hope ull like the pics!!!
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Photo submitted by Ullie Gumilar (Indonesia)
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AX NEWS
WEstern Arms have come up with a new Smith
and Wesson Shorty 40. The Shorty 40, which
has been becoming widely popular because of its
size. Its a new model dubbed as M4013TSW!
Specifcation is as follows:clip size :22 + 1,
weight :approx. 793g 6.03 mm, Accuracy:Hop
barrel R type magazine
AirsoftXtreme Now Available in Indonesia
Smith and Wesson Shorty 40
Wiley X
New Wxstryker
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Make this an incredibly comfort-
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Got any airsoft related
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Email us at:
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Aside from being available in the U.S. and the U.K., Airsoft Xtreme continues to
delight fans from SoutheastAsia as it
lands in Indonesia. 12-retail outlets will
be distributing one of the most popular
airsoft publications in the world! Expect
our airsoft community at AX grow larger
as we will be getting articles and photos
from our Asian brothers and sisters.
Yes, there are female airsofters in
Indonesia and they look hot!!!
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FOR MAVERICKS ONLY
AirsoftXtreme
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Handcrafted
Elegance
Handcrafted
Elegance
FOR MAVERICKS ONLY
e can all agree that most of
us in the airsoft world are passionate
players. But there are simply some
of us who take the sport well beyond
the realm of the average garden-va-
riety airsofter.
While some of us can afford
elaborately adorned gun set-ups
and aftermarket parts and acces-
sories, there is one particular player
out there who chose to fabricate his
own Richard or better known as
Richard Ambion of AZR Machine &
Tool Co.
AX: What was your main line
of business before AZR?
AZR: My family was in the
public transportation business for
twenty nine years. I was at it for
almost twelve years before AZR.
So going back, how did the
orders come across? Who noticed
and thought about it as a busi-
ness?
AZR: We started off with the
wood kits before we went into the
machining of metal parts. I started
out with M700 with the adjustable
cheek-piece and butt. It began as a
sort of hobby for me then after that
somebody asked me if I could do
the AK. I tried it based on a pattern
that was given to me. At this point
I started thinking about trying out
other designs based on what friends
wanted. I just kept going until I met
Tony Canon who contracted me to
do enhancements for his KART M14.
It wasnt the retractable stock yet.
Then after that, another guy asked
me if I could do the old A3 then I
showed him the process. Eventu-
ally, I got an inquiry from a South El
Monte, California based wholesaler
of Airsoft Equipment. They ordered
the monolithic upper receiver
assembly, bullpup modular rails
and a Co2 mech box. Then there
came another inquiry from an Ohio
web-based retailer. This guy was
interested in my wood kits. When
the U.S. inquiries died down, I got
orders from Netherlands, Sweden
and Russia for my gas mech boxes.
For some reason, there were quite a
number of players who were fasci-
nated about gas rifes. I knew right
there that I was already engaged
into it as a business. Although some
say that it is just work, for me it is not
entirely true because Im able to do
the thing I like doing. Theres always
excitement and thrill in every order
that we make. Im also fortunate that
my team shares the same passion
as I do.
What got you into the idea of
the CO2 mech box?
AZR: I could not afford to buy
one. A friend of mine showed me
a gas-powered airsoft gun. I was
amused at the cycling action and the
sound that the gun made while fring.
I was also fascinated back then with
the high-FPS muzzle velocity of the
gas gun. Then came the CO2 version
of the Uzi, which had a blowback-
action and high-FPS but I couldnt
afford it. So I thought to myself,
What if I make one? So I borrowed
my friends KG9, broke it apart and
studied how it worked. I discovered
the inner workings of the old gas
mech boxes, which I compared to ex-
isting version-2 gearboxes. I had to
fnd a way to ft an older gas system
to a modern-day AEG with little or no
alterations to the receiver.
Richard Ambion of AZR Products
W
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I thought about this air rife my
dad bought me when I was 11-years
old. So I also broke it apart. Thats ba-
sically how I came up with my mech
box design.
During the research and de-
velopment, were there certain haz-
ards involved?
AZR: I had one accident. The
tank I had exploded. The frst experi-
mental tank was a bar stock threaded
on both sidesone for the cap and
one to attach it to the receiver. Unfor-
tunately, the thread did not hold on to
the pressure. I had the tank reflled
while it was still cold. I put it in my bag
then I placed it in the car, which at that
time was hot. It was only a matter of
seconds when the hot air inside the
car was enough to expand the gas
in the fabricated tank so it blew up.
The good thing was that the tank was
not facing in my direction when it ex-
ploded! Thats why now, its sealed on
the back and the threaded part is also
welded shut.
Does one need to have an ex-
tensive engineering background to
do this?
AZR: Yes. On creating metal
bodies, you should have knowledge
of metallurgy and machine workshop
skill. I, being a Bosconian helped me
a lot in discovering my talent and skill
in working on metals.
Basically, who designs?
AZR: I do. I do mechanical
drawings and have it carried out in the
machine shop. Most of the fnishing
processes are still done by hand.
Are your works usually one-
offs?
AZR: No, as I speak I have re-
peat orders of woodstocks, M14 and
mostly M1 Garand as well as the CO2
mech boxes.
Based on your experience,
how do the orders come in and how
do you accommodate each one?
AZR: Locally, it started to
spread through clients in the airsoft
community who referred me to their
friends and teams. Stories of my de-
signs got its way to people in the air-
soft community. Our opportunity in the
international market would never have
materialized so fast without the help
and support given by Thor and Steel
of Airsoft News EU as well as Steve
of DEFCON Airsoft UK who gave us a
chance to present our products to the
International Airsoft Community.
Most of our orders came from
private individuals. Each project is
treated with the same excitement
and fervor as if it is my very own. I tell
my clients up front of the lead-time it
takes to complete each order depend-
ing on their requirements, and update
them in the process until the order is
shipped.
So as a manufacturer, would
you like to see yourself going into
mass production?
AZR: Yes, particularly with the
Gas Mech box. Wood products for
the M14, M1 and the AKs require
handcrafting; we devote more time in
bringing out the appearance we need
and enhance the natural beauty of
the material. Our objective is to en-
sure that each product that comes out
bears the unique craftsmanship, qual-
ity and ingenuity that AZR will always
be known for.
For further inquiries, Richard
can be reached through azrproducts_
ph@yahoo.com
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AX correspondence had a
chance to interview one of
Indonesias active lady air-
soft player. Her callsign is
G.I. Jane and is known to
many airsoft players in In-
donesia. Heres what she
has to say.
Background
Im Joanita Rebecca, they call
me the G.I. Jane, 36 years old.
Ive been playing airsoft since
January 2007 , about a year ago.
Ive 2 teenage boys (they are air-
soft players as well) & my lovely
husband who also loves airsoft
very much. Ive been married
about years.
Favorite Playing Grounds
We play airsoft in several places
for jungle warfare and urban war-
fare.
For CQB: Area 51, Area 81, Ke-
mayoran Hotel, KTC Basecamp,
Battle Ground,Putri mountain.
For jungle warfare we play at
Pancar Mountain at Bogor ,
Bekasi , Cianjur.
Airsoft Affliations
Yes , I am a member of NO-
COM (NORTH COMMAN-
DO). An airsoft group established
in 2004

EVES DROPPING
Article and photos submitted by:
Joanita Rebecca
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Photos by: Leo Pacalda, Karlo Paulino, Manny Talavera
Location: Park Villa Apartelle, Quezon City, Philippines
About Women Airsoft Players
For me .. being an airsofter is dif-
ferent sport for woman. And i think
some of them Ladies arent so keen
on playing rough sports such as air-
soft. But for me .. being an airsoft
player is much more challenging.
Ive learned to be strategic about
my team and myself, think on my
feet, and lead a team (I also have
and all -female team in NOCOM) ,
which pumps my adrenaline to the
limit.

Primary weapon
My favorite AEG is the M4 and
my favorite pistols are the 1911
and Glock.
FAv senario
We play several types of
scenarios such as Rescue the
VIP , Find the bomb , Find the
base of the enemy
Betrayal and also
battle of royal. in
different types of
settings whether
its MOUT,CQB or
jungle warfare
Favorite Expression
HHOOYYAA
Parting Shot
Stay cool with airsoft and I wish
airsoft will be like a long lasting
friendship which will go on forever.
Airsoft is not only boys zone,
thats also for galz zone.
I velearned tobestrategic about my teamand myself, think on my feet, and lead a team...
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4
th
quarter Storm
The AGL
blazed a trail
no one else
could follow
typhoon or no!
ome said it would
never push through
but it did! The Ac-
tion Games Leagues
4th Quarter Storm
whipped up quite a crowd
despite a very bleak and di-
sastrous weather forecast
that 2-storm systems would
actually hit Southern Luzon
where the games were to be
held! We were all in anxious
anticipation as we watched
the hours tick by and stayed
glued to weather updates until
the last few hours before we
pulled out of AXHQ and hit the
road. What greeted us as we
reached the mountain city of
Tagaytay was the cool breeze
and warm sunshinethe
most conducive atmosphere
for a most enjoyable game of
airsoft!
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More than 250 players from Air-
soft Teams from all over gathered
at what is now known as The Ea-
gles Nest (an unused portion of
the property owned by the Ever-
crest Golf and Country Club).
City folk like the Airsoft Xtreme
team were treated to a lush green
scenery, cool mountain air and
undying airsoft camaraderie!
The Eagles Nest lends itself to
a variety of game scenarios with
its vast land area still untouched
by human hands and a couple of
abandoned structures that served
as playing ground for CQC
(Close-Quarters Combat).
For veteran players, it would
be a nostalgic trip back to
The Last Castle except for
the rolling hillsides and thick
vegetation.
EVENTS
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Scenarios were kept simple and
each player had to wear a dead
mans vest after getting hit. AGL
Marshalls were vigilant and fair
and no one really took the games
so seriously so that no alterca-
tions arose from petty fghts. We
had funThats it!!!
EVENTS
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26
EVENTS
MEGABALL 2007
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MEGABALL 2007
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oint Blank and Team Semper
Fidelis of Angeles City did
it again. With more than 50
teams consisting of more than 700
troops, this years Megaball 2007 has
been marked as the largest attended
airsoft fellowship event in the country
since 2003.
Registration started at
eight in the morning of Novem-
ber 10. To the organizers
surprise, the frst early
registrants were teams
from Nueva Viscaya
and Apari. By after-
noon, more than 700
participants have signed up
for the event. At some point,
the organizers were quite
alarmed because they were
only expecting 500 participants.
But the event still went on.
The long horn sounded by
2:20 p.m. as to start the first two
scenario games of the day. It was
a non-stop firing till the end. More
than 30 marshals were deployed
in the playing field, but most of the
time all they can do was take cover.
Fortunately, only one severe injury
was reported and everyone came
out safe.
At the end of the day, everyone
started to
proceed to
the fellow-
ship din-
ner at Mimo-
sa Casino.
J u s t
a f -
ter a f e w
speeches and raffes, a
great band started play-
ing. And with beer all you
can, the gathering went
wet and wild until mid-
night.
On Sunday morn-
ing, a few teams were
already playing skirmish
games, since most vil-
las players were just
across the play site. Two fag game
scenarios were prepared in the af-
ternoon.
Winners for the gun show
were announced during the recog-
nition. Awards were given to Team
APOCALYPSE for being the Larg-
est Team Contingent and Loyalty
Award, Northern Alliance headed by
Jun Guillermo for the Largest Team
Alliance, Team APARI for the Far-
thest Team Contingent, Team RAGE
Subic for the Best Squad, and a
member of Rangers Elite for winning
the Punisher Award.
The Megaball fellowship event
had just signed off and well be sign-
ing in again on November 2008. n
Article Submitted by: Lambertovtech Zulueta
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GUN REVIEW
An elite military force stationed at forward operating base,
FOB-alpha, received reliable intel regarding a well armed ter-
rorist cell operating near an urban area. recon units are cur-
rently gathering data re: troop number and location, civilian
proximity, routine movements, etc.
the group, is on alert status awaiting more intel
and the order for deployment, they are the
leading unit in combat, the tip of the spear!
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The roses and the thorns at the gate...
Its a dirty job but someones got to do the marshals chores!
Some of the Kalis OPFOR team members
Nothing left to chance: Team OZ brought their own BBs
and Chronometer to enforce the FPS limit
Real cops showed us how to do it right!
EVENTS
Pictures by: AX Team & Grey_man
Kalis 7
Tip of the Spear
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This guy had too much Tears of the Sun for breakfast.
The ultimate urban chic...desert tan and black!
Real cops showed us how to do it right!
We almost thought this guy was part of the garden!
Lord Baden Powell impression
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The A&K
M249
Para
By: Benjamin Tan
Photographed by: Abs Abando
Supervised by: Capt. Ramon David Hontiveros, Phil. Marine Corps
Make Up by: Rolly Concepcion
Modeled by: Ronn Fuentebella
AEG provided by: X-Pro Hobby Shop
Web Gear by: Tactics SOG
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Ive been want-
ing to get my
hands on the
China-made
M249 for the
longest time!
When our
specimen
fnally ar-
rived,
I just
couldnt
wait to rip
the box open
and get to
the beast
within.
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First Impressions
It seemed like forever taking out the gun from
the unmarked cardboard box. The gun comes
with a standard drum magazine and a 9.6V,
1400maH battery. First thing I noticed upon
picking up the gun was the hefty weight due to
the all-metal construction of the AEG. Most of
the frame is made from pot metal, the folding
bipod and retractable stock tubes are made from
steel. This is one heavy mother!
The A&K M249 is pretty much straightforward
and looks as mil-spec as it can get. Aside from
the standard metal sights, the top of the upper
receiver is equipped with Picatinny rails to ac-
commodate a variety of opticsjust try not to
mount a sniper scope on it, ok? Just like the real
thing, the top cover fips up to reveal the gear
box which is longer than the usual AEG rife
gearbox confguration. You cannot use stan-
dard AEG upgrade springs with this gun. The
retractable stock rotates and locks in place with
a positive clink and is solid with no wobble
at all. The steel bipod folds neatly under the
handguard. The bipods height is adjustable and
locks into place via detents. The carry handle
also locks in several positions and can be locked
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down when storing.
The drum magazine houses the winding motor and re-
quires AA-batteries. It has 2-modes: sound-activated
and continuous. In sound-activated mode, BBs are
feed every time the gun fres while in the continuous
mode, BBs are constantly ferried up the feed tube even
if you dont fre the gun. Main power is stored under
the heat shield in a manner similar to an M4A1 AEG.
Performance
The A&K M249 is said to clock in at 400-420FPS.
Not bad for a fre support weapon or Squad Automatic
Weapon. I couldnt wait to see how this beast performs
out in the wild. I fnally had a chance to rockn roll
during the 4QS(Fourth Quarter Storm). The terrain was
a combination of unfnished buildings and rolling hill-
sides with fairly distant shooting ranges. I fgured that
the 249 would give me both frepower and reach.
So given my small frame, I was lugging around an AEG
that was the equivalent of half my entire body weight,
haha! Well, that may sound like an exaggeration but in
a game, you sort of multiply everything by 3-times as
much especially when youre running or getting away
from hostile fre or simply going uphill and moving
around in full-battle gear. Although it was relatively
cool in the mountain town we were in, being dressed
to kill can get a little hot somehow. The jungle environ-
ment also made it diffcult to maneuver. The 249 is not
a compact weapon!
But as expected, the 249 has a relatively high rate of
fre given a relatively small battery. The only major
drawback was that in the middle of a fre fght, the bat-
teries went fat and I had to sit out the rest of the game
and played spotter to those who were still engaged.
After the game, I got hold of a spare battery and con-
tinued to play the next skirmishes using the 249. One
great disadvantage is that the supplied battery pack is
simply not suffcient for a weapon thats designed to do
fre support roles. Another drawback is that the drum
magazine can only hold about a thousand rounds at a
time. If youre tasked to cover your team, get a battery
that packs more juice!
Conclusion
The A&K M249 is built like a tank and weighs just
about as much! Its a burden if you do a lot of running
and maneuvering. But it looks really cool if youre
into the realistic look and feel of a replica. As an
AEG it does what its expected albeit a little lacking
in both frepower and battery life. I guess the 249
was really meant to be used from a covered position
as a machinegun nest and thats basically the role
a SAW plays best. Should you go out and get one?
Thats pretty much a personal decision. As for me,
my arms and legs still hurt!
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JING GONG
HK 416
JG HK 416 V.2 Review
This release from Jing Gong (aka Golden Bow, JG) is modeled
after the Heckler and Koch HK416
B
asically, the HK416 is
an improvement over
the famous American
M4/ M16 by using a
proprietary gas system derived
from the HK G36, replacing the
direct impingement gas system
used by the standard M4/M16.
This results in a more reliable
and less maintenance by the
reduction in heat and fouling of
the bolt and also creating less
stress for important compo-
nents. It was initially made as a
drop in kit for existing AR based
weapons, though eventually HK
mad it a standalone. It has a free
foat forend equipped all four
sides with MIL-STD Picatinny
rails. It uses HK based front
and rear sights, is compatible
with STANAG M4/M16 based
magazines, as well as most parts
made for the AR variants.
First Impressions
The box is a nice box with a pic-
ture of the gun and a crest thing
that says Golden Eagle. The
gun was pretty hefty. The front
rails are metal and the
body/ stock is plastic. Upon tak-
ing it out of the box, I noticed
the rails were loose, which
was fxed with a little tape be-
tween the bolt that holds it in
the fore grip. The gun is pretty
front heavy although adding
the battery helps the balance. It
is mostly made of plastic, but
metal parts are abundant. Little
pieces of styrofoam were stick-
ing a bit on the rails from the
packaging but it is easily
taken off.
External Build
The body is black, but the frst edition mod-
els with the incorrect angled
magwell is in a grey
fnish. I
be-
lieve the
frst runs of
even Echo 1
614s
will be grey as well.
There are seam lines
between the body but it
isnt too
noticeable.The paint is also
easily chipped off in the metal
areas.but it is easily taken off.
Reviewed and Submitted by:
MGS_FOX, USA
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SPECIFICATIONS
- Jing Gong JG / Goldwn Bow GB HK416
PEQ Airsoft AEG (Airsoft Electric Gun)
Rifle.
- New Reinforced version with upgrade
barrel, gears, and bushing.
- 400+/- fps (0.2 g BB)
- Integrated RIS Rail System
- Hi-Cap Quick Wind (Single Wind) Mag:
400 Rounds
- Full Metal Gear Box (Reinforced ver-
sion)
- Adjustable Hop Up
- Removable Carrying Handle
- 8.4V 1500 mAH NiCad Large Battery
Included
- Standard Wall Charger
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Metal parts include
Entire foregrip, rails, bolt cover,
dust cover, charging handle, front
and rear sights, fash hider, bolt re-
lease (which the manual says it sup-
posedly holds back and releases the
fake bolt cover but it doesnt), mag
release, front and rear sling mounts,
lower trigger guard and trigger.
The HK style grips fts around my
hands pretty good, and even bet-
ter with gloves. My middle fnger
starts to hurt after awhile and I wish
it was made of rubber because the
grip is a bit too wide towards the
trigger. The bottom plate is heat sink
type. with a motor adjustment screw
in the middle and two phillips head
screws for removal for the plate to
access the motor.
The Stock feels cheap and hollow,
which it is for space for the batter-
ies. It does not wobble, at least. I
suggest purchasing a better quality
stock. Why? The batteries are a su-
per tight ft, but taking off the plastic
piece on the upper part of the stock
well helps to alleviate the problem.
The End piece (battery cover) snaps
in to place in two points and it can
pop out of place if hit the wrong
way. I may need to mod it or tape
it to get it to stick better. Recently,
the butt pad, which is the battery
cover has two tabs that clip on the
stock, has already broken so the
butt pad has to be taped on. An af-
termarket stock is a must because
of the extremely tight space for the
battery and the cheap battery cover/
buttpad, which the attachment tabs
break easily.
The Sights are both metal HK style
diopter sights adjustable to four
points in the rear for target engage-
ment from different size holes. They
are made out of metal and the rear is
removed with an allen key. The front
sight is fold down by a button you push
up and not adjustable. The rear sight is
adjustable for windage only.
The guns report IS LOUD. It shoots
with a deafening crack and the report
will give away position. Dry fring it
by your ear is not recommended be-
cause like I said it is loud!
FPS: Doing the poor mans chrono,
1.5 inch away, it shreds through both
sides of the can and punches a hole
through the bottom middle of the
can.
The FPS when chronographed is on
average, is 410 FPS. It ranged from
low 400s to 418 FPS.
The ROF is decent for the powerful
spring, but it isnt high at all. a 9.6v
battery with a proper crane stock will
help it immensely.
The Internals are a Version 2 type.
It is accessed by taking pins down
and diong the usual TM style dissas-
sembly procedure for M16/ M4 type
guns. From what I hear, it is a Sys-
tema cloned gearbox. Removing the
rear pin reveals the top half of the
gearbox. It is painted Black. I was
really impressed and I think JG has
outdone themselves this time. The
majority of the high price of this gun
is because of the upgraded internals
of the gearbox not found on most me-
dium priced guns.
Conclusion:
Pros:
Fantastic exterior
Nice amount of metal parts
Pretty Detailed
Already upgraded gearbox
Great Quality internals
High FPS
Decent ROF
Cons:
Wobbly front assembly (easily fxed)
Paint chips on metal easily Magazine
slight wobble, but my A&K mags ft
nice and snug. Price (here its $170-
ish compared to other JG M4s which
are $120-ish) Stock is a tight ft on
the batteries and low quality, with the
battery cover tabs easily breaking off.
(I suggest switching it out)
Performance Characteristics:
After inserting the battery to the stock (which I would
recommend you mod it like I did) and inserting a load-
ed and winded mag, youre good to go. Dont forget
eye protection! The range and power is amazing. It eas-
ily hits 150 feet and a human sized target at that. The
gearbox a tad bit loud, but proper shimming is a must
since the stress on this gun is high due to the spring.
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HISTORY
The CYMA thompson is modeled after , the Thompson M1A1. The real Thompson SMG was made a shortly after WWI in 1918.
The Thompson had many variants but the most famous are perhaps the Thompson M1928 and Thompson M1A1. The Thompson
(M1928) was made famous in the 1920-30s where it was used by both police and gangsters during the great prohibition. The Thomp-
son also gained its reputation as the gun of WWII through the many Hollywood movies it was used in. The Thompson stayed in
service through WWII (both M1928 and M1A1), the Korean war (mostly M1A1), and the early stages of the vietnam war (by early
military advisors).
PURCHASING
I bought this gun from Big 5 for a bar-
gain price of $160, which is about the
same price you can get it online.Cyber-
guns regular retail price is $266, which
is what most stores would sell it for.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
When I frst opened the box and held the
gun, My frst thought was: dang this is
heavy! The gun had a very simple de-
sign. It looked and felt almost exactly
like the real thing.
PACKAGING
The gun came in a styrofoam package
with a cardboard cover with cybergun
logos, a picture of the gun etc. , wrapped
in clear plastic. Inside the package was
a 8.4v battery, wall charger, standard
green/OD nylon cyma sling, quickload-
er, clearing rod, and the gun.
EXTERNALS
The CYMA thompsons externals feel
very strong, and robust. The gun without
its battery weighs a little over 7 pounds
(according to my scale). It has a feeling
you would expect from a thompson. It
has alot of metal parts. The entire upper
receiver including the external barrel
is metal. Other metal parts consist of,
selector switches, sight ears, trigger,
magazine release lever, sling mounts
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and buttplate.
When it comes to durability I would say
this could survive a drop or two but the
stock seems to be a tad bit wobbly. Im not
sure how the stock on the TM version is but
If you have a tendancy to drop your gun
or dive I would suggest getting wood fur-
niture. Im pretty sure it would take alot of
beating but I would take precautions by just
plain holding on to your gun.
The fake wood however looks good enough.
It looks similar to the wood on the CM.028.
It looks good from afar but you can tell its
fake by the way the pattern is. If you look
closely you can see a seam line, and on the
bottom of the trigger grip, you can see a
small blemish. And that blemish is there on
evry model.
The cocking lever/bolt surprisingly has no
function. It does add an authentic touch. If
you even want, Ive seen people mod the
bolt so it became blowback. But other then
the fact that it you can pull it back and let
it slam foward to your hearts delight (due
to the metal metal parts- ), it really serves
no purpose.
The magazine is a 60rnd standard cap. It
has a nice weight to it, but unlike its marui
counterpart it is made out of ABS plastic.
Its design seems to be pretty sturdy. Ive
dropped it a couple times and the only
thing that happened was a paint scratch on
the edge. When it comes to misfeeds, this
mag has none. It even feeds all 60 bbs. So
theres no need to hold the gun upside down
to fre that last shot.
TRADES
There are no trades whatsoever on this gun
and the only engraving that can be found on
the left hand side of the receiver are the fre
selector settings.
PERFORMANCE
I:FPS Using the poor mans chrono, I shot
a A&W root beer can. The BB penetrated
both sides of the can.It left a noticeable
dent in the entry and left a clean exit hole
about 7mm wide.
II:ROFThe gun comes with a 1100mAh
8.4v battery. A fully charged battery gives
the gun an average ROF of ~200-220 RPM.
The method I used was timing how many
rounds it let off in 10 seconds then mul-
tiplying it by 6, a very simple method. It
came up with about the same ROF as the
well R6. However this can be fxed by buy-
ing a new battery.
III trigger,hop-up, and selector switch re-
sponse-Ill start with the trigger. Although it
may have the same ROF as the Well R6,
it doesnt have the crappy trigger response.
The trigger pull isnt hard at all. And there
is no noticeable trigger delay. Then Ill talk
about the hop-up. The hop up obviously
seems to be a copy of the hop-up unit on
the TM version of the M1A1.
The hop up responds very well, although
the fact that its a wheel and not a gear (like
in an armalite) it takes a bit to get used
IMO, but it wont take long to fne tune it.
As you can see, the hop up unit is modeled
after the TM version
And Finally, the selector switches. This is
where things got a little wierd for me. The
few frst day they worked and responded
like a charm. But around the 5th day of
having it the semi-auto gave out on me. so
I fgured it worked like my old (very very
old) DE M4. So I fred a few shots on full
and switched it back to semi and fred. But
that didnt work. So the way I found to fx
this was to hold the gun at an angle (basi-
cally crooked) and shake it a little (not too
violently). Then fre a few shots on semi. It
should act up a little by half fring (you hear
the motor whine but not fre). then after the
3rd pull everything should be locked into
place and working fne. Other than that in-
stance, the selector switches havent let me
down yet.
One thing I might note is that the switches
are not set up like the M4. Instead of hav-
ing the little notch facing away from the op-
tion (i.e. FIRE -O SAFE = fre) the notch is
pointing towards the option.
IV: AccuracyWhen it comes to accuracy,
this thing is just slightly above average It
sports a brass tightbore (a standard to all
CYMA guns now a days) improving its
accuracy. It can easily hit a can at 50 feet
without hop.
When it comes to groupings at 100 feet, I
got about 1/2 to 1 cm groupings on semi (a
few shots strayed off to the corners of the
target though.). And on full auto it can eas-
ily hit a target the size of (or even slightly
smaller) a human torso at 100-150 ft. On
semi-auto it 4/5 shots could hit a target the
size of a human torso easily at 100 ft.
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Echo 1 M79 Grenade
Launcher
trigger housing is all metal but I
learned the hard way of being im-
patient and got something where
its longevity is questionable. For
now
Ill just have be extra careful
w i t h this Echo1
M79 and
hope I
d o n t
get more
bad luck with it. I
get what I paid for;
however this gun may perform
great but I shall see when I get to
feld it in battle.
The only altering of the gun that
I did was spray
painting the plas-
tic grip and butt
stock a cherry
wood color and
it looks way better than the dull
original brown color.
the stock is coming loose and ev-
ery time I tighten the stock it gets
loose again. This stock wobble I
think is contributed to the plastic
trigger housing because the stock
bolt screws in a plastic hole of the
main body.
The fip up sight is all plas-
tic unlike the
C A W
a n d
the bar-
rel like the
original CAW
version is all plastic. I have yet to
battle test the durability of the gun
and now I just have to
wait and see how long this M79 will
last. Over all I should have bought
CAWs original M79 because the
just recently bought an
Echo1 M79 grenade launch-
er for scenario games and for
the NAM thing. Craft Apple Works
and Echo1 Joined forces to provide
affordable launchers for the airsoft
market but the affordable price is
not
without its consequences as Echo1s
M79 version sacrifces key strong
points in structure.
T h e
E c h o 1
M79 is
all plas-
tic
and the
m a i n
body (Trig-
ger Housing)
that holds the
barrel and
the butt stock
together is all plastic and too me
that is the weak point as its pos-
sible while Im loading a shell that
the barrel can snap off one day if
it was dropped or ran into. Already
Article submitted by AX correspondece in
U.K:Retrofox
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speed of the sensor being used, but theoretically a reading of at
least 1,000 FPS can still be measured.
POWER SUPPLY REQUIREMENTS
The chronometer can be powered by using a 9 volts bat-
tery or a universal DC adaptor of at least 9-12 volts and
a minimum of 300mA. Polarity is not a concern for the
user as the circuit is protected from reverse polarity.
PARTS
1 pc diameter PVC pipe, 5 inches in length.
1 pc diameter PVC union
2 pcs. photo transistors
2 pcs. IR led
1 pc Microchip 18 pin MCU
3 pcs. seven segment display (common cathode)
3 pcs. general purpose transistors
1 pc 9 volts battery holder
Assorted cables
1pc rocker switch
PORTABLE CHRONOMETER
Proudly Philippine Made
Introduction
In June of 2005, I was introduced to airsoft and not long after, I was
already trying to upgrade my gun. At that time, the only available
means for the team to confrm that our guns have gained in muzzle
velocity was the coke- in-can test or the so-called poor mans chro-
no. Then I was able to see an F1 chrony at team SWAKs airsoft
store and said to myself, This gadget doesnt look that all complicat-
ed to make. So I set off for the quest to make my own chronometer.
My frst try was made up of a curtain rod, two photo transistors, two
IR leds, an MCU and an LCD display (as seen on www.acmgames.
proboards66.com). But I abandoned that design and went for a more
compact and less costly design that is shown below.
Theory of Operation
The chronometer is basically a timer acquiring the time needed by
the BB to travel the distance from sensor 1 to sensor 2. At start up,
the microcontroller (MCU) displays a value of zero. When a plastic
BB passes over sensor 1, the MCU is triggered to start its internal
16 bit timer. The signal for stopping the timer and displaying the
computed FPS is acquired from the BB passing over sensor 2. The
distance from sensor 1 to sensor 2 is 3inches. So applying the basic
equation (V = d/t), the velocity of the BB as it exits the barrel can be
computed.
Take note that using a 16 bit timer; the MCU can only time an event
for approximately 33 msec (8 MHz clock). So if a BB passes over
sensor 1 and did not pass over sensor 2, the timer will hit its maxi-
mum value and the MCU will display three ho zontal lines signifying
that an error in measurement occurred. This limitation means that
the minimum FPS reading that the chronometer can display is ap-
proximately 7 FPS. The maximum measurable FPS is limited by the
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Yuliya and Katya
behaving in the uni-
versal manner that
all teenagers will.
The mood during
the photoshoot was
simply, light and
bubbly.
IRON
MAIDENS
WORDS AND IMAGES BY: ABS ABANDO
COVER STORY
We at AX take the word, realism quite seriously. In this particular cover shoot, we once again took the
trouble of fnding the most realistic location for our cover story. But the location is only part of this realism.
We envisioned a sort of Eastern European scenario for this issue and what we came up with is nothing less
than serendipitous. First, we met real Eastern European talents Katya and Yuliya from Uzbekistan. Then we
were invited by the Action Games League to a dry run of their 4th Quarter Storm event in Nasugbu, Batan-
gasroughly an hours drive south of Manila.
Yuliya and Katya behaving
in the universal manner that
all teenagers will. The mood
during the photoshoot was
simply, light and bubbly
Katya wears a
Russian kamufirovannyy
letniy maskirovochnyy
komplekt or KLMK Black
Tundra/Mountain pattern
uniform and carries an
Inokatsu RPK. This uni-
form consists of an upper
and lower garment and a
tie-on face mask
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Yuliya blends into the night with this
KLMK sun bunnies camoufage pat-
tern. This uniform was frst issued to the
Soviet Border Forces or the KGB-PV
(Pogranichnyye Voyska Komiteta Gos-
darstvennoy Bezopasnosti ) and the
GRU(Glavnoye Razvedivatelnoye Up-
ravleniye)
Iron Teens
Our Iron Maidens, Ekatirina
Tsabinova or Katya and
Yuliya Sovina are no differ-
ent from any teenager from
any part of the world. They
are both lively and some-
times rather impish to say
the least. They are of the
same age and their like-
ness would lead anyone
to think they were actually
twins!
Traveling in separate vehi-
cles, I assigned Ronn and
BT to baby sit the girls so
I would at least get some
focus on the day
ahead. It didnt
take long for the
ice to be broken
between the AX
staff and the
gi r l s
a n d
life in the
second vehicle
was a riot! At the frst stopo-
ver, Ronn was sort of com-
plaining about the noise
in the van and BT said
he couldnt get any
sleep. I was frm
on the order for
them to pull se-
curity in their van.
On the inside,
I was laugh-
ing out
loudThis
was going to
be an interesting shoot!
Yuliya blends into the night with this KLMK sun bun-
nies camoufage pattern. This uniform was frst issued
to the Soviet Border Forces or the KGB-PV (Pogranich-
nyye Voyska Komiteta Gosdarstvennoy Bezopasnosti )
and the GRU(Glavnoye Razvedivatelnoye Upravleniye)
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The Uniforms
Like we said, its all about
realism and the uniforms
are as real as they can get!
Resident AX Quartermas-
ter, Papa Charlie has pro-
vided us some of his East-
ern Bloc uniforms. What
you see in these pages are
authentic camoufage uni-
forms from the former So-
viet Union and Uzbekistan
itself. Need we say more?
Yuliya wears the
Tundra Desert
version of the
KLMK uniform, an
Inokatsu AK-74S/
u and an authen-
tic, Chinese-made
AK-bandoleer
COVER STORY
Katya wears a Russian kamufirovannyy let-
niy maskirovochnyy komplekt or KLMK Black
Tundra/Mountain pattern uniform and carries
an Inokatsu RPK. This uniform consists of an
upper and lower garment and a tie-on face
mask.
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Juxtaposed into an old spiral staircase, Katya
blends in a Ragged Leaf pattern uniform from
her native Uzbekistan
The unusual color scheme makes
this Uzbek uniform blend not only
in the forest but also in an urban
setting
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No AX issue will ever
be complete without our
Guns, Girls and Gear sec-
tion. Our 3Gs babe, Prin-
cess Bagatsing shows
us how authentic military
uniforms can also be chic
and trendy.
Nice and toasty: this Hungarian M-1987 Para pattern is a
nice way to keep warm and concealed. It is a standard-is-
sue pattern for the Hungarian Army, Air Force, Paratroop-
ers, Border Guards and Police Counter-terrorist units
3GS
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Desert Ops: originally designed for dry terrain, this
Hungarian Pakizstani desert camoufage uniform is
based loosely on the Vietnam-era ERDL leaf pat-
tern. This uniform was intended for use by Hungarian
peace-keeping troops deployed in the Middle East.
its not my frst
time to see and
feel different
type of guns.
My father has
collection of
those....
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3GS
Choco Chip Redux: Should you fnd yourself in a mixed
terrain, this desert uniform from Tajikistan would fll
the bill nicely. Similar in pattern to the old U.S. 6-color
desert camoufage pattern, the only difference lies in
the darker shades of green added to the palette
it turned out really great I
can say. I really had fun do-
ing our shoot. It gave me
a strong feeling of an in-
dependent woman. Like,
dont mess with me aura I
should say. haha!
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Tell me a little something about
yourself that few people know
about...
~I like the fact that my life has variety.
When I am at home, I get pampered but
when I am working, I do my own thing.
All I have to do is take care of myself.
The only downside of having so many
people pamper you is you also have to
take care of them. So sometimes,
its very liberating to be all
alone, not have people
who really know who
you are. If I am in a
crowded place,
people dont re-
ally notice me.
Sometimes, its nice.
:) Id love to try and
play airsoft w/ my
brother just so I can
get even with him for all
the times he tortured my Barbie
(Ken) during our younger days!!
hahaha!!! HmmSPONSORS
ANYONE??
How did you come to know
about AX?
~Well this is the frst time that
Ive come to know about the
magazine. But its not my frst
time to see and feel different type
of guns. My father has collection
of those. So I grew up seeing stuff
like that. So all you men beware!
How did it feel working for
such an unusual assignment?
~its a whole new experience for me. I
mean, I mentioned growing up seeing
those kind of stuff, but to be actually
doing work with it is a totally different
thing. Nevertheless, it turned out really
great I can say. I really had fun doing
our shoot. It gave me a strong feeling
of an independent woman. Like, dont
mess with me aura I should say. haha!
How did you like the uniforms you
were wearing?
~I liked it. Its not my usual wear but it
added some spice in the character I was
trying to build while doing the shoot. Its a
lot of fun to be wearing such clothes. It felt
like it wasnt me for awhile but in a good
kind of way.
Do you see yourself as a Lara Croft-
type of character?
~YES! I was totally thinking of her while
working with the camera. I tried to put
myself in her shoes because she is the
perfect AX lady for me and Im sure you
will all agree with that. But in real life, I
guess I am pretty much like her if you
would take away her skills in fghting and
throwing herself out of the air while doing
stunts. haha! The strong and independent
woman is me, but doing stunts is really not
my cup of tea.
Would you agree that airsoft isnt
only for men?
~Totally. We have come to know the fact
that women can do things men does.
I mean, there is a reason why
we have characters like Lara
Croft. Strong, ferce, independ-
ent women exist. And these
characteristics make
up an AX LADY. :)
Gone Commando: similar in pattern to the M1987 Para
and the Hurrikan, these Hungarian camo shorts might
just be the thing for your next PT or just bumming
around at the beach
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This Tactics CCW Bag may be your
personal choice for everyday stuff
like your mobile phone, PDA and
wallet but it is also designed to hold
a full-sized autopistol and extra am-
munition! Internal thumbreak holster
adjusts to ft a 1911, Glock 17 or SIG
p226
Fashionable presentation
Military
Fashion
(MILf)
MISSION ESSENTIALS
These spoofs of actual
military insignia will surely
delight anyone in the ac-
tive service or those who
simply refuse to take life
in the feld so seriously.
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These spoofs of actual
military insignia will surely
delight anyone in the ac-
tive service or those who
simply refuse to take life
in the feld so seriously.
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Serious professionals require equip-
ment that would endure the toughest
combat conditions. This is just the
working environment Tactics Special
Operations Gear is known for. Used
by and issued to real professionals in
the feld, Tactics SOG equipment are
now also being made available for the
civilian or off-duty operator on R and
R. Here are some mission-essential
equipment you might need on your
next insertion into hostile territory or
your next recreational activity.
Carry a weeks worth of rations,
some extra ammo and supplies and
still be mobile! This Tactics Special
Forces Pack is roomy enough on
the inside yet compact enough for
unrestricted movement in the feld
TACTICS PRODUCTS
GRAB BAG
The Tactics Rife Bag accommodates
a variety of weapons. Carry an M4
carbine, an MP5 submachinegun and a
pistol in specifcally designed, padded
compartments. External compartments
hold magazines, cleaning kit and other
essentials. Hidden shoulder straps
allow the case to be carried like a
backpack.
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MISSION ESSENTIALS
Gung Ho:
The Philippine
Marine Corps
spoof shirt. Muscles
are required
intelligence
now
essential
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TUTORIAL.
Now that Im part of helping
around in this section, I thought id
share with you all a bit about how I
do my reviews, take my pictures, as
ive been known for both. I will explain
both what should be included in a re-
view, as well as how to use your cam-
era and a few props to make a great
photo.
TAKING THE PICTURES.
It is my opinon that pictures are
one of the major selling points to a re-
view, if I see bad pictures, Im more
likely to not read it...
Ive seen em all, the good the
bad, ive seen wonderfully set up shots
on a good backdrop and then ive seen
the ever dreaded foot in the shot, gun
on kitchen foor type of shot. Now I
know you wont be able to take shots
like my Tools of War
featured below and on
my DA page right away,
but with practise, it will
come to you, until then,
I can help you take pic-
tures that will be away
from the Snapshotish
look. This will be pretty
brief, I dont want to
write TOO much... Keep
in mind this is for indoor
shooting, a lot of great
shots can be produced
outside as well, I might
go into that.
First thing is a camera, that is
ARTICLE SUBMITTED BY: DAVID HINTZE
General Digital Photographer
United States
I like Photoshop, Airsoft, Graphic
Design, Photography, Filming,
Snowboarding, MilSim
Personal Quote:
I dont trust images anymore, now
that I know how to make them lie...
Tools of the Trade:
Canon Rebel Xti, Canon Powershot
A630, Adobe Photoshop CS2
What Makes
very Important. As long as its made
by a good brand and has that nice lit-
tle Auto Shoot feature, your good to
go. I myself use a Canon Powershot
A630. If you dont have access to a
camera, try and borrow one.
Second thing is lightning, you
need a good place to take your pic-
tures, either a room with lots of light,
or a light or
l a m p
p o s i -
tioned in
such a
way that
is cast
light on
said gun
you are
t a k i n g
a photo
of. differ-
ent lights
and posi-
tioned will produce different results. I
didnt worry to much about lighting in
these shots.
Third is positioning your gun,
for pistols, what I sometImes do it just
get a chair, and drap somthing over
it, a white cheet, green blanket, black
silk, even an old coat that has some
military essence to it... whatever. As
long as it gives some type of back-
ground to shield it away from your
closet or feet, Im sure we all have
a chair, if not, a fat surfae will work
just fne. some examples...youll see
some of the shots with a board in the
chair, that made a nice fat surface for
shooting on.
A Good Review?
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What Makes
A Good Review?
Simple chair and a desk lamp is all I used for these pictures,
only thing I had to adjust was the chair angle and the position
of the light, some shots need more, some need less.
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Fourth, taking the shot. if you
have a tripod, thats awesome if not,
your still good. I usually take a lot of
photos, and then review them later,
take it from different angles, focus on
various parts of the gun, like trades,
barrel front, grip, sights, and so on,
just take lots of pictures, and post
them according to that you talked
about in your review.
Above all...try to AVOID USING
A FLASH!! that one of the worst things
people do, light bounces off shiny met-
al. (youve sll seen those super glary
ictures world lighting and no fash will
produce the best results, notice the
difference between the following pic-
tures. theres only a few cases where
a fash is ok. Flash tend to take away
some of the depth. try it if you
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fller
like, sometimes it turns out ok, I
just try not to use it.
Also notice how much more
crisp these pictures are, as I used a
tripod for them...tripods are a good
tool, the one I used cost me 14 dol-
lars, and it works great.
CHEAP BUT GOOD TRIPOD
Again like in my Tools of
War, that was a good set up shot,
notice the M1 helmet, the hevers-
ack, the grenades, the extra mags.
notice how they were placed, kinda
layered. ExperIment with this, us-
ing various pieces of equiptment or
gear, to get the look you want.
More examples, all using the
auto feature.
Keep in mind these tips also work
on your everyday gear and items.
Hope that helped, now go
and have fun, photography can be
a very fun thing, once you get the
hang of it. n
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in very tight areas. Make sure you own one of these
packs.
Another essential set of tools
is the hex key/ Allen wrench
set. These are used to unlock
and unscrew many of different
pins on the AEG. Because
airsoft measurements are all
metric, you will want to pick up
metric hex keys to get perfect
matches. This is a must have
for any airsmith.
These are standard
tweezers. One of the
greatest applications for
these is to remove the
hopup packing when it
gets stuck in the hopup
chamber. Make sure
you own one of these; it will make your life MUCH
easier. Tweezers can also be used in tight or close
quarters manipulation of items, and are life savers.
Another life saver is the multiple head ratchet that I
picked up at Sears. If you own or work on TM guns,
this is absolutely essential. Luckily, the smallest
Torx head works perfectly on the TM gearbox
screws. You will also
want this just to make
screwing in Phillips and
standard head screws
easier in applications
where it can fit. I highly
suggest it to cut down
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The first tool on my list
is the standard Phillips
screwdriver. In this case I
have one that will switch
from a smaller, thinner,
and more beveled
head, to a wider, larger
head. I find this feature very useful and am able to
handle any screw without danger of stripping the
screw. I also suggest that the Phillips heads that
you use are magnetic. This will save you much
time, especially when screwing in the handgrips
on version 2 variants. Make sure you avoid drill-
drivers for obvious reasons. You will be in danger of
stripping a screw.

The next essential tool is a
standard screwdriver. I suggest
two, because many receiver
pins require two standard
drivers to unscrew, as seen on
my G3 SG/1. My red flathead
driver has two different flathead
sizes, which will give you more
versatility in one package.
Next is a set of tools that I use almost as much as
my Phillips screwdriver. Mini screwdrivers are used
in many applications on the AEG. One example
is on the switch
assemblies inside the
mechbox, and the
selector switches of G3s
and MP5s. They can
also be used to hold
and manipulate things
I have gathered a collection of tools over the years of airsofting that have helped me multiple times.
I now wish to present this collection of tools and their uses, and my recommendations. If you wish to
become a serious airsoft technician, these tools are essential to have, as they will make your repair
or upgrade more professional and efficient. Remember, this is an expensive toolkit, but with these
tools you will be able to easily tackle any job that your gun presents you with:
Phillips Screw Driver
Screw Driver
Mini Screw Driver
Allen wrench
Tweezers
Multiple Head Ratchet
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on the time to close and open the gun. This is a
cheep accessory that you will not regret.
Next is your standard
set of pliers. I own 2
or 3 of these. They are
used in applications
where a pin is jammed
or very tight, and
needs to be rotated.
On metal bodies make sure you put paper towels
on the teeth, so they dont scratch the metal. Pliers
can also hold objects in position, or can be used
as a cheep hammer for a punch or pin. Ive also
crimped items with these pliers. Also, one smaller
application is removal of glued flashiders.
Gun cleaning patches are essential to keeping
your gun and barrel clean. They are primarily
used as high end barrel swabs, and they perform
wonderfully in that
application. Just fold
them in half, put them
on the end of the
cleaning rod, spray
them with silicon, and
wipe the barrel. They
also serve as good grease removers, and pick
grease up off gears and plastics VERY well.
The G&P grease set is a great thing to own. If you
are too lazy to go to an auto parts store and pick
out the correct white lithium grease, just use the
G&P set. It saves me time and effort, and I know
Im getting the right stuff.
It comes with gear grease
(white lithium), cylinder grease
(lube gel), and standard low
viscosity bearing grease for
open bearings like the spring
guide, piston head bearings,
and 8mm open bearing
bushings.
Ever been in the middle of a tech job, heard one of
your gears rattling, or found out that you never did
shimming on an upgrade? If so, you NEED to have
a spare set of shims, they are cheep and essential.
Ive had enough times out
hopup units going out on me.
Thus, I have decided to hold
at least 2 packs of Systema
$5 hopup buckings at home
at all times. Make sure you
have at least one of these, as
your hopup bucking can tear
at any moment due to dirt,
temperature, weather, or wear. You can also lend
it to a guy at your field if he gets a broken one, and
maybe get yourself double or triple for it because of
the demand, all because you were resourceful.
This is completely
optional, but I always
have some spare gears,
tappet, and piston just
in case of snapping
or stripping. Also not
pictured is an extra
motor, with the proper shaft size. Especially when
using high voltage batteries like I do, you motor can
die any time. Always be prepared with a backup
motor. I have already had a tappet failure, and thus
have learned my lesson. Have spare parts if you
dont have a second AEG. Even though I have a
backup AEG, I still like to keep all my guns running
24/7.
Have you ever had a
spring pop out of your
AEG upgrade, and you
have NO idea where it
went? Be safe and buy
an extra spring set for
your AEG to be safe
and to avoid ordering parts and waiting for days for
your gun to be operational again.
A digital multimeter (VOM) is another essential part.
A key step in diagnosing
any electrical problem in
an AEG is to be able to
check circuit amperage
flow, battery voltage and
voltage under load, and
circuit resistance.
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Pliers
Gun Cleaning Patches
Shims
Hop-up
Spare Gears
Spring set / Latch
Digital Multimeter
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A gift to me by ASF.
flyingstar is a set of
needle files. These
seem to be a savior in
metal body integration
and installation. There
is rarely a time a metal
body slips right on. There is always miniscule
modification that must be done, and what better
tool to do it than the needle file. If a corner has to
be edged, or a hole widened, these are the perfect
tools.
Always have some silicone
lube and a cleaning rod in
your tool kit. The silicone lube
can be used for anything from
inner barrel cleaning to hopup
lubrication, to make the hopup
sleeve easier to slide on. Low
viscosity silicon lube will never
hurt your gun, so if there is
ever a tight fit or non-smooth motion, spray some
on for smooth operation.
A must for any custom
external or internal
work is the dremel
rotary tool. My set with
tons of attachments
lets me get any
trimming or cutting
done in no-time. Make sure you have one of these
in your tool kit. Though it is hard on your wallet,
it is definitely a tool that will serve you in many
applications, airsoft or not.
This multi-tool functions
as a wire stripper,
crimper, and wire
cutter. It is another life
saver when working
on the electrical end of
airsoft. Anything from
installation of deans connectors to system rewires
and MOSFET installations require the use of this
tool.
Also, if you have a battery that is acting haywire,
or a dead motor, you can check the voltage and
resistance on these two with the multimeter. Make
sure you have one of these.
There is a lot of
electrical work that
must be done to airsoft
guns to increase
optimal performance.
More than once Ive
been confronted with
working on lower end guns, where if pushed to
the limit, need new wires and connectors to be
installed. To do this a soldering iron and 60/40
tin/lead rosin core solder is essential. I use a 10-
20W soldering iron, as I also work on MOSFET PC
boards and cannot burn those using a larger iron. A
soldering iron is another cheep but important tool.
A very rare and
overlooked tool is
the tamiya connector
remover. Mine comes
with two attachments,
one for large and
one for mini tamiya
connectors. When a connector has to be removed
to be replaced by a deans ultra connector, the
contacts have to be swapped, or a rewiring job is
done and the connectors must be preserved, this
tool comes in handy. Make sure you use one of
these.
Another item that is
good to have in your
toolkit is some 16AWG
wiring. If you ever need
to make a quick wire
extension, fix broken
wiring, or just plain want to replace wiring with low
resistance wiring, be prepared to have 14AWG,
16AWG, and 18AWG wiring in your toolkit. Another
great tool not mentioned is electrical tape. Electrical
tape will save you in many cases. It can be used for
anything from fixing wires to patching holes in the
stock (like on my G3).
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Soldering Iron
Connector Remover
Wiring
Needle Files
Silicon Lube
Dremel Rotary tool
Multi-tool function
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To install deans
connectors or patch
broken wiring, you
need heatshrink tubing.
To heat the tubing, you
need something that
will give off enough,
but not too much heat.
I have found a standard barbeque lighter to be
the best bet. If you hold this lighter about and inch
under the heatshrink and move it back and forth, it
will effectively shrink the tube over your open wire.
A razor blade can
always help in many
airsoft technician
applications. One
of these is to bore
the piston head of a
stock TM to replace
the spring. Make sure you have this cheep but
necessary tool in your toolbox at all times.
Next is the trusty old hammer. If you ever need to
get out a punch pin, use this hammer along with
a center punch to remove it. Butmake sure you
NEVER use this hammer to pound in gearbox
bushings or things on the outer body. This is
because pressure from an iron or steel hammer
can cause warping and eventual weakening and
cracking of the pot metals and aluminums in airsoft
guns.
Andnot picture, but certainly not the least, is the
trust old roll of duct-tape. Never again will you have
to sit in the mail waiting for that scope mount to
come in, or to hold your loose butt-cap to the stock.
Just apply duct tape and you are done, no worries.
More than once have I applied duct tape as a quick
fix in urgent situations.
Thank you for taking the time to read this guide.
Submitted by:
-ASF.KrYpTiK
Photo submitted by Ullie Gumilar (Indonesia)
Heat Shrink Tubing
Hammer
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The M4 Patriot Conversion
By: Dennis Tikoy Esguerra
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An aluminum outer barrel had
to be fabricated and threaded to
accommodate the handguard
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After disassembling the barrel,
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barrel
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barrel.
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barrel is properly crowned.
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This was the
base gun used,
an M4A1 RIS
0
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Everybody wants to have
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a sample of what Tikoy can
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good old creativity. The part
used for this conversion was
done entirely by hand and
custom-fit to the gun.
Most of the parts had
to be scrapped except for
the muzzle suppressor and
crane stock which was es-
sential in keeping the power
source within the gun itself
and not in an external false
magazine pouch.
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Re-insert the inner barrel into
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THE QUARTERMASTER
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The Rayadillo or Milraya, which
means thin stripes, is an original
Spanish uniform used in tropical
countries like Philippines, Puerto
Rico and Cuba. Since the climate is
hot in these countries, the Spaniards
mixed white vertical stripes on the
blue uniform to make it cooler (since
light colors are cool). At a distance,
these stripes are no longer visible but
rather appear grayish blue or light
blue.
Although the blue and white
striped Rayadillo was more common
at that time, there were other shades
of black and gray, green and white
or white and gray Rayadillo. Accord-
ing to historians, Andres Bonifacio
did wear the Rayadillo instead of the
usual white kamiseta matched with
red pants mostly documented in
paintings and some sculptures.
Rayadillo is usually made from
cotton but due to scarcity during the
war, Gen. Aguinaldo ordered to pro-
Philippine Rayadillo, 1800s to late 1900s
Evolution of the Philippine Military Uniform, Series 1
By: ENGR. PEDRO ANTONIO V. JAVIER & the Buhay ng Kasaysayan Reenactment Group
duce Rayadillo coats made from the
Kapok tree as an alternative for his
army.
At some point it was unique
to a number of Spanish
and Filipino revolution-
ary offcers not to wear
their belts outside their
Rayadillo coats. Instead
of doing it the normal
way, they attach their
holsters and swords
through a slit in the belt
on their trousers inside
their coats. A typical
reason as to why many
wondered how those
things were connected
to the waists of some
revolutionary offcers.

DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN SPANISH
& PHILIPPINE RAYADILLO
Filipinos adapted the Spanish
Rayadillo during the outbreak of the
war in 1896. In 1897, Filipinos adopt-
ed their own unique design which was
used until the Fil-American War. Be-
low are the differences between the
Spanish and Filipino design of Raya-
dillo uniform:
1. The Rank insignias of Filipi-
nos differ from the Spanish. Just af-
ter the outbreak of the revolution on
August 1896, Filipinos wore the rank
insignias on their left chests or as an
armband. By October 1896, the rank
system changed and was placed on
the cuffs of the Rayadillo coat. Then
in 1898, Filipinos began to place their
ranks on the shoulder (shown in fg. 5,
6 & 9) unlike the Span-
ish who commonly
placed their ranks on
the cuffs.
2. In 1896,
Katipuneros wore the
captured Spanish
Rayadillo having hori-
zontal breast pockets.
By 1897, Filipinos
made their unique
design by having two
vertical pockets on
the chest just like the
Norfolk hunting jacket
for offcers (shown on
SOURCES/ REFERENCES
AFP Museum* Dan Dizons
historical paintings & interview* San
Juan Katipunan Museum* Philippine
Army, The First 100 Years, by Col.
Rodolfo S. Obaniana* Vision of the
Possible, Legacies of the Philippine
Freedom, Felice Sta. Maria* Kasay-
sayan The Story of the Filipino Peo-
ple by Milagros Guerrero* William K.
Combs Collection, www.agmohio.
com/losrayadillos.htm
Fig. 1 Spanish infantry soldiers
wearing the Rayadillo used to fold
their collar, Bill Combs Collection
Fig. 2 Spanish 1892
Rayadillo (Minnesota
Military Museum) with
two horizontal pockets
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Fig. 8 Katipunero Mascot. 8-month
old Alexander Agilard Javier, wearing
a corporals Rayadillo
Fig. 7 the Philippine Rayadillo from
Bill Combs Collection. Notice the
vertical pockets similar to the Nor-
folk hunting jacket design, which was
unique to Filipino offcers
Fig. 6 Gen. Gregorio Del Pilar, wear-
ing a lighter shade of Philippine Ray-
adillo coat
Fig. 5 Gen. Antonio Luna wearing a
darker Rayadillo shade (probably a
black and gray stripes) with blue pants
with two yellow piping for offcers
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fg. 6, 7, and 9). Filipino offcers used
to wear standing collars unlike the
Spanish who used to fold their collars.
There were also slits from the chest
down to the waist used as a design
variation.
3. Aside from wearing Rayadillo
trousers, Filipino soldiers also used to
combine different colors of trousers
with their Rayadillo coats to designate
an offcer or a unit. Some examples
were blue or dark blue trousers with
yellow piping can be worn by offcers,
Fig. 3 Spanish offcers wearing the
Rayadillo used to fold their collar. No-
tice that they are not wearing a belt
outside the coat. Their holster and
sword were connected in the belt, on
their trousers inside the coat through
a slit.
Fig. 4 Gat Andres Bonifacio, wear-
ing the Philippine Rayadillo with a slit
design on the chest similar to Gen-
eral Luna
Fig. 9 Buhay na Kasaysayan reenac-
tors: Engr. Jose Felizco (left), wearing
a Rayadillo of a corporal as shown on
two red stripes on his cuffs with red
epaulette on his shoulders used by
Morong Battalion with Spanish Rem-
ington ammo pouches and webbing.
Engr. Pedro Antonio Javier, wearing
an offcers Rayadillo (similar to fg-
ures 4 and 5) as an infantry Lt. Col.
(two gold stars on black epaulette).
a red-maroon trouser with thick white
piping for Artillery, a red trouser with
black piping for Cavalry and dark blue
trousers with red piping for Adminis-
tration offcers. n
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ON TARGET
started playing airsoft because I wanted to fnd a hobby that both my son and I can enjoy. I have been playing airsoft for 4
years now. I have made a lot of friends and learned more about the game as time went by. Airsoft to me is not just a sport
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There is just nothing like climbing up those terrains, geared up for bat-
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...with Jax TFR sniper
On Patrol @ the Reservation
The reason why I got into
Airsoft
Chillin w/ Dragoneyes @
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IN COUNTRY
S
ometime in 2000, a Marine
2Lt was tasked to provide
perimeter security for one of
the frebases of the Philippine Armys
6th Infantry Division, which was then
about to launch an assault on one
of the MILFs camps. This 2Lt was
provided with a Section of Marines
(two squads), one weapons team
equipped with one 81mm mortar (81-
Mike-Mike) and one 90mm Recoil-
less Rife (90RR), and two V-300
Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs),
one of which was ftted with a 90mm
main gun with night sights, a coaxial
M60 General Purpose Machine Gun
(GPMG) and a pintel-mounted Cal .50
GPMG while the other was ftted with
coaxial Cal .50 and M60 GPMGs.
Arriving at the intended location
of the Army fre base a day early (D-5),
the Marines took the high ground, dug
their mortar pit, established run lines
for the APCs, allocated sectors of fre,
and hunkered down for the night.
FIREBASE DEFENSE By Lt. Cold Steel
POSITIONING
When the Army battery com-
mander arrived the next morning (D-
4), he chose to position his battery
of twelve 105mm cannons on a plain
about 200m west from the main high-
way (which ran in a roughly north to
south direction) and 150m north from
a certain large concrete building, plac-
ing the target MILF camp well within
the 10km range of his cannons. He ar-
ranged his cannons in a straight line
from north to south, roughly parallel to
a 10m deep depression, which ran ap-
proximately 50m west of the battery.
Fortunately, the location which
the Army battery commander chose
was only 150m from and roughly
north-east of the high ground occupied
by the Marines, so the Marine 2Lt only
had to make minimal adjustments to
his defense plan.
Coincidentally, the Army Brigade
Commander, upon arriving later in the
morning to inspect this battery, which
was placed under his Operational
Control (OPCON) and seeing the large
concrete building just south of the bat-
tery, chose to occupy it and use it as
his Tactical Command Post (TCP).
This drastically changed the
tactical situation, since the perimeter
that the Marines would have to defend
suddenly grew four-fold in a span of
ffteen minutes. Fortunately, the Army
Brigade Commander brought in one of
his Battalion Commanders to set up his
own TCP in the same building who, in
turn, brought in one of his line compa-
nies. The Army Company Commander
had two undersized platoons and two
60mm mortars. They also brought in
two Simba armored vehicles, both of
which were armed with Cal .50 GP-
MGs and two 81mm mortars.
The Marine 2Lt coordinated with
the Operations Offcer of the Army
Battalion and they agreed to halve
the entire perimeter, with the Marines
taking the northern
sphere (where they
were already locat-
ed) and the Army
took the southern
sphere. This result-
ed in the Marines
becoming respon-
sible for protecting
the fre base (which
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was their original mission
in the frst place) and the
Army becoming responsible
for protecting the Brigade
and Battalion TCPs.
D-3, D-2 and
D-1 passed without
incident as the dif-
ferent Operations Offc- ers and
unit Commanders met repeatedly to
strategize and plan out their attacks.
HOSTILITIES
On D-Day, at approximately
0100H, the Marine 2Lt passed the
word that the assault would begin with
prep fres. By 0300H, the frst salvo
was fred with all twelve cannons fr-
ing simultaneously with a deafening
roar. The preparatory fres kept up
until the sun rose and by then, eve-
ryone around the perimeter was deaf
and couldnt even hear themselves
curse. As D-Day rolled into D+1 and
onward, the battery fred less and less
frequently as requests for fre support
got less and less and everyone grad-
ually regained their hearing.
By D+3, the MILF was already
intent on destroying the battery, as
well as the two others which were lo-
cated at approximately 5km intervals
along the highway to the north. They
sent word to the few remaining civil-
ians who chose to stay to guard their
houses in the vicinity of the highway
than to leave, since they were plan-
ning to exact retribution on the batter-
ies which laid waste to their camp.
On the early morning of D+4,
a single explosion was heard near
the perimeter of the frebase,
sending the Marines to
General Quarters (GQ).
The Army troopers on
the southern perimeter
also assumed Battle Stations. An
alert crew chief of the Marine V-
300 APC climbed onto his tank
and cocked his Cal .50 machine gun
while scanning the perimeter. Upon
seeing the tell-tale puff of smoke in
a clump of underbrush about 150m
north of the frebase, he trained his
gun on it and fred away.
Many years of experience had
taught the Marines to differentiate the
tell-tale smoke of locally-made RPG
rounds from the normal mist or fog
which gathers close to the ground
every morning.
After fring several bursts and
eliciting no response, the Marine crew
chief held his fre. A squad was sent
out later to reconnoiter the suspect-
ed enemy location. They found out
that, based on the way the grass had
been trampled on and beaten down,
an MILF fre team had tried to crawl
towards the fre base, most probably
to probe the AFP defenses. The back
blast of the RPG revealed that the
MILF had fred their RPG at an upward
angle, instead of the usual direct fre
mode. Apparently, they resorted using
their RPGs in an indirect fre mode in
order to reach the frebase since they
couldnt crawl up to within 100m of
their target, which is the normal maxi-
mum effective range of an RPG in
the direct fre mode.
The lack of any
bloodstains in the
area indicated that
they had scampered
away immediately
after fring just one
round since they,
being in an exposed
position with only tall
grass as concealment, would surely
have been mowed down by the Cal
.50 GPMG.
The impact area of the RPG
confrmed the Marines assumption
that a locally-made RPG had been
used since the tail and fns of the pro-
jectile, which were recovered there,
showed that they were made of local
PVC pipe and tin plates.
Everyone understood that this
attack was a mere pin-prick and that
the MILF was merely probing the AFP
defenses. True enough, on the early
morning of D+5, the frebase to the
north was also hit, although the vol-
ume of fre was more intense.
RIGGED FOR HELL
By D+8, the attack of the 6th
Infantry Division on the MILF camp
was completed and the Army troops
began to pack up. The Division sent
down fourteen trucks to evacuate all
AFP units. Unfortunately, the fourteen
trucks could accommodate only half
of all the men and equipment. Natu-
rally, the Brigade got frst priority, as
well as half of the battery, a sizeable
portion of the Army Battalion thereat
and all of the remaining 105mm am-
munition. Unfortunately, there was a
delay in the loading of the vehicles
such that the frst serial arrived at
Camp Siongco sometime after lunch.
It took another two hours for them to
unload all of their cargo and reassem-
ble the convoy. By the time the trucks
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IN COUNTRY
got back to the frebase for the second
serial, it was already 1600H; hence it
was too late to travel since the danger
of a night-time vehicular ambush was
very much apparent. To make matters
worse, two of the trucks broke down
in Camp Siongco and didnt make it
back to the frebase, while one truck
broke down along the way and had to
be towed to the frebase.
Everyone was expecting an at-
tack that night, since they knew that
the MILF already knew that only half of
the personnel of the frebase was left,
hence making it a tempting target. Also,
every night beginning D+5, the Marines
could hear boats running at night along
the river approximately 10km to the
north-west.
Many years of experience
had taught the Marines to recognize
the sound of the boats as that of a
palayap1, an indigenous round-bot-
tomed boat with a single engine and
rudder that is commonly used for trans-
port throughout the Liguasan marsh.
The Marines learned to distinguish the
size of the boat based on the sound
of its engine. They could also tell if a
boat was full or empty by the sound of
the prop wash2. Naturally, the sound
of an approaching boat that was full
and the sound of an empty boat that
was leaving, told the Marines that
those boats had brought in and dis-
embarked their passengers. The fact
that the boats were travelling at night3
and in a combat zone revealed that no
one else could have been riding those
boats except MILF combatants. To
make matters worse, they had come
up behind the AFP units, thereby mani-
festing their intent. But in spite of such
viable deductions, the AFP units could
not just take the short-cut of peppering
the river with artillery, since there could
be civilians in that area.
Hence, both the Army and Ma-
rine units just had to make do with
tightening up their respective perim-
eters. With the Army battery com-
mander gone, his Ex-O did his best
to reposition the six 105mm howitzers
which were left behind, such that they
would be easier to protect. Although
all of their 105mm ammunition had
been taken with the frst serial, he re-
arranged his cannons such that they
were facing outward of the perimeter
in a direct fre posture (with the bar-
rels parallel to the ground), in order to
make it appear that they would be fred
if the frebase was attacked.
Both perimeter units readjusted
the sectors of fre of their subordinate
units. The Marine 2Lt positioned his
90RR crew in the center of the perim-
eter, ready to bring their weapon
to bear on any side of the perimeter,
which would come under heavy attack.
The mortar crew was primed. The two
V-300s were warmed up with cupolas
scanning the perimeter. All the Marines
were wound up, full-pack but trigger
fngers out and eagerly awaiting any
opportunity to sink their teeth into the
enemy. The Army unit on the southern
sphere was also ready.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Intel had warned the Army troops
and the Marines that the MILF was
expected to attack at 0100H the fol-
lowing morning, but at around 2100H,
fve RPG rounds almost simultane-
ously landed near the perimeter, en-
gulfng a nearby house in fames and
accompanied by a hail of small arms
fre. Naturally, the Marines let em rip,
unleashing a wall of hot metal onto the
enemy.
Based on the sound of the en-
emys fring and their gun fashes, it
became apparent that the MILF was
attacking from three directions.
The frst attack came from the
east across the highway. The MILF
had crept near to the frebase using
the civilian houses thereat as con-
cealment. It was also from there that
they fred their RPGs. Apparently, they
were very much intent on destroying
the howitzers which had ravaged their
camp completely.
The second attack, the enemys
main effort, came from the north-west.
Apparently, the enemy thought they
could creep up on the battery by crawl-
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1 Unlike its sea-borne variant, the banca, a palayap doesnt need outriggers since the rivers are always calm. The slim design
allows these boats to negotiate narrow waterways and canals with ease, thereby providing the enemy with an effective means of troop
transport.
2 A boat that is full produces a low gurgling sound since it is riding low and the deep draft submerges the propeller and muffes
its sound, while an empty boat or one that is lightly loaded will produce a high-pitched whirring sound, since the shallow draft brings the
propeller up to just below the water surface.
3 Civilians never travel by boat at night, not even civilians who fee the fghting. Since the early 90s, refugees have always travelled
by day and on land.
4 A sympathetic detonation occurs when an explosive detonates and imparts a suffcient amount of heat and force onto a nearby
explosive in order to cause the latter to explode as well. If an RPG round were to impact on a pile of 105mm ammunition, it would naturally
set off at least one (1) of the 105mm rounds, which, in turn, would cause the detonation of the rest of the ammunition.
ing along the depression which ran
close to the battery. They tried to get
as close as possible along that gulley
before coming up onto the plain ap-
proximately 100m from the perimeter
of the frebase. Fortunately, the Ma-
rine 2Lt expected this and had already
placed his heaviest defenses there
and to which he added his 90RR as
the fght drew on.
The third attack targeted the
large concrete building, which the Bri-
gade had used as a TCP. They came
up from the south-east and ran straight
smack into the Armys defenses. The
Army SIMBAS were fring like crazy,
spitting death at the enemy as they
transited their run lines. Any MILF fght-
er who was foolish enough to stand up
or even raise his head would surely
have been cut to pieces there.
Back in the northern sphere, the
Marines had successfully repulsed the
frst attack but it was still very much
apparent that the enemy was still very
much intent on destroying the howit-
zers since they kept up the pressure.
Upon coming back to the cent-
er of the perimeter after bringing the
90RR to the northern fank, the Marine
2Lt noticed that the empty boxes of
105mm ammunition were still stacked
up in a neat pile almost 1.5m high. The
light color of the wooden boxes made
them almost shiny in the moonlight,
thereby presenting a clear target. The
Marine 2Lt realized that the enemy
wasnt targeting the howitzers, rather
they were targeting what they thought
was a pile of ammunition, in the hope
of causing a sympathetic detonation4.
He shouted to one of the Enlisted Per-
sonnel of the Army battery, Ano ito?
Bakit nakai-stock pa ito? Ibaba ninyo
yan! Tina-target yan ng kalaban!
(Whats this? Why is this still piled up?
Take them down! The enemy is target-
ing it!). The Sergeant answered, Sir,
wala naman laman yan. (Sir, theyre
empty anyway.) The Marine Lieutenant
answered, P&%*$@#! Hindi alam ng
kalaban na walang laman yan! Tina-
target nga nila dahil akala nila may
laman yan at gusto nilang pasabugin
yan! Ibaba nyo yan! (P&%*$@#! The
enemy doesnt know that theyre emp-
ty. Theyre targeting them because
they think theyre full and they want to
cause it to explode. Take them down.)
The Sergeant understood the rationale
and dutifully crawled over to the pile
of ammo boxes, kicked it down and
crawled back to his cover.
The enemys volume of fre de-
creased continuously after that. Soon
they were reduced to merely taking pot
shots at any AFP personnel who ven-
tured around too boldly. By morning,
the enemy had completely withdrawn.
The Marines suffered only one
WIA. He was hit in the stomach with a
small piece of shrapnel in the frst salvo
of fve RPGs. He was quickly brought
to the Station Hospital in Camp Siongco
where he stayed for less than a week.
The Army troops and Marines
happily returned to their respective bar-
racks and shared a few beers to com-
memorate a good example of coopera-
tion between these two great ground
combatants. HOORRAAHH!!! n

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Editors Note:
This article was done at the Eagle Sports
Shooting Club Range in the Clark Economic
Zone in Pampanga, Philippines. The frearms
used here are REAL and all the photography
was done under the supervision of an in-
house Range Safety Offcer.
GUN SAFETY
As always, let us not forget
the 4-rules:
1. All guns are loaded.
Verify just to be sure.
2. Finger off the trigger until
ready to fre.
3. Keep the muzzle of the frearm
pointed in a safe direction.
4. Look around and beyond
your target.

Having the best frearm in the world
will not necessarily make a good
shooter out of anyone. Some gun
owners (not shooters) will often
brag about theirs SIGs, HKs or
Smiths without even bothering to
take the frearm out to the range and
try a few magazines full of practice
rounds. A good gun would be nice
to have in a frefght but without the
skill, one may just as well run and
hide.
There are a few things to consider in
becoming a skilled shooter. Stance,
eye dominance, grip and trigger
control all contribute to putting that
bullet where you intended it to be.
It doesnt matter what youre shoot-
ing. Airsoft or frearm, the principles
remain the same.
There are a few things to consider in becoming a skilled shooter.
Stance, eye dominance, grip and trigger control all contribute to putting
that bullet where you intended it to be. It doesnt matter what youre
shooting. Airsoft or frearm, the principles remain the same.
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STANCE
When shooting, it is important to as-
sume a solid stance. Remember that
your entire body is the shooting plat-
form. There are two major stances in
use today: The Weaver and Isoceles.
WEAVER: a two-handed fring grip
developed by law enforcement of-
fcer, Jim Weaver where the hand-
gun is fully-supported by the weak
hand to enable the shooter to align
both the front and rear sights. The
strong hand is thrust towards the
target while the weak hand is bent
and locked close to the torso to aid
in stabilizing the strong hand. The
weak hand-side leg is slightly forward
supporting most of the upper body
weight. This grip is best for engaging
targets at long ranges.

ISOSCELES: also a two-handed
fring grip developed for practical
shooting competitions. As the term
implies, both the strong hand and
the weak hand form an isosceles
triangle in front of the body. Both
legs face the target squarely and the
upper body weight is evenly distrib-
uted. This stance allows the shooter
to engage targets from side to side
with ease regardless of shooting
distance.
The Weaver Stance The Isosceles Stance
EYE DOMINANCE
Ideally, a right-handed shooter must
be able to focus his right eye on his
sights without having to squint. This
takes some getting used to but is not
a diffcult skill to master.

FIGURE 1: With both eyes open, focus
on the target and enclose it with your
hands in the form of a triangle.
FIGURE 2: Slowly bring your hands
towards your face.
FIGURE 3: Your dominant eye will be
revealed as your hands touch your face.
SHOOTING GRIP
Both the Weaver and Isosceles stances
share a common handgun gripping
technique where the palm of the weak
hand wraps around and completely
covers the shooting hand. Weak hand
fngers rest between the knuckles of the
strong hand. Some experts will claim a
60/40 grip meaning, the weak hand
exerts 60-percent more pressure on
the strong hand to aid in keeping the
muzzle forward as a result of recoil.
Different shooters will profess to a dif-
ferent technique. As ones shooting skill
develops, the grip becomes instinctive
and technique becomes academic.
Practice cupping your hands together even
without the gun in hand.
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All the techniques discussed in this
article can be practiced even without
fring a single round. Simply devote
a few minutes to dry-fring at home
but keep in mind the four rules of
Safe Gun Handling and consider
a good backstop when practicing.
Repeatedly check the cylinder or
chamber of a frearm for a round
that may have failed to extract while
racking the slide. As an added safety
measure, keep all live ammunition
away from your practice area!
Keep both eyes open when aligning your
sights.
SIGHT ALIGNMENT
The front and rear sights were incor-
porated into a frearms design for a
simple purposekeeping the barrel
straight. This translates into an im-
aginary line which runs from the rear
sight all the way to the target.
TRIGGER CONTROL
There is more than one way to pull
a trigger. Some will exert a straight,
smooth squeeze and some will
simply jerk it. There are those who
prefer the pad of the index fnger
over the joint. A smooth squeeze is
still best because it does not affect
the muzzles angle before the bullet
is fnally discharged. Exerting too
much effort on the trigger or jerking
the trigger will defnitely cause the
muzzle to rise or swing either left or
right and ultimately affecting the bul-
lets point of impact.

The holster is a good safety device.
It keeps your fnger off the trigger,
keeps the muzzle away from any-
thing or anyone and the chance for
an accidental discharge caused by
unsafe handling is minimized.
Now that youre all set, wipe off the
mildew from your forgotten gun case.
Practice, practice.Practice!
TACTICAL
HOBBIES
FOR ALL YOUR
AIRSOFT
NEEDS
VISIT US AT
+632.410.55.45
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Its no big secret that the guys at AX are certifed airsoftaholics. We are so passionate about
the sport that we would go out of our way to infect others. Just the kind of thing BT and Christian are
good ator so, it would seem. This particular Double Dare scenario is proof-positive of the old ad-
age: Be careful what you wish for.youre defnitely gonna get it!
One day at the AX office: Xtian and BT
are being their usual selves
Double Dare
Featuring Christian Xtian Cunanan and Benjamin BT Tan
Words and Images by: Abs Abando
After arguing pointlessly, they settled for
the nearby tapsi restaurant.
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DOUBLE DARE
Im Hungry
You ate up all the
MREs, dude!
There wasnt much left!
Theres some traces peanut
butter right there
Hmmmm.what to
do?....
Lets go for take-out!
Chinese?
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Double Dare
Location: Gladylicious Don Galos Best Tapsilog, Araneta Ave., Quezon City and Boom
na Boom RC Track and Airsoft Field, Pasay City
Weapons by: Tactical Hobbies
Loadouts by: Tactics Special Operations Gear
BT and Xtian order everything on the
menu
Chow time!!!
Two boa constrictors digesting a meal.
Fast as it came, disaster strikes! The boys seem to have
forgotten to bring cash. The waitress raises the alarm.
.and calls the manager!
BT prays for a miracle while
Xtian pleads his case.
Suddenly, from out of nowhere
Xtian pulls out a copy of Summer
Assault
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Anything else?
Id like your phone
number!
Id love to hold your hand!
This is the life!
Check please!!!
Oh crap!!
Double Crap!
You boys are in so much
trouble!
Never heard that line
before!
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Xtian dares the lovely manager, Gladys to a game of airsoft. If she beats
them, theyll have to do the chores for an entire day in exchange for the meal
Gladys considers the proposal and chuckles at the
prospect of kicking some serious butts!
BT and Xtian are thrilled. The plan
seemed to work.
Xtian and BT give Gladys a crash course
The boys just let it all hang out. Gladys
carefully chooses a weapon
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ess
YES!
This should protect your
upper body!
What a body!!!
What am I getting myself into?
Oh, how Id love to be the
vest that protects you!
Not on your life!
This is the ammo we
use.
I wonder how many of those it
would take to screw you up?
Ill get the left, you get
the right
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Suddenly, someone beat Chris to the
punch
The mood gets serious as the boys teach Gladys how to
shoot.
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HmmmI like the size of
this!
Allow me
Just watch your paws,
pervert!
Ooooh, skin so smooth !
Keep your hands to your-
self, jerk!
Hey, thats my job!
Ill get the left, you get
the right
What the????
What the????
Nice shooting, Gladys!
Im imagining you guys are downrange
thats why!
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The duo admires their sexy adversary
Then all Hell breaks loose, Gladys draws first
blood!
All the boys could do was return fire!
But Gladys was just too clever.!
Xtian runs out of ammo. Gladys
goes for the kill!
Xtian is felled. BT runs for dear life!
But Gladys suddenly changes position
and gets a good angle of fireEat this!!!
Gladys squeezes off a long burst!
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Youre a tough cookie,
arent you? Take this!
My rifles shot! Going for
pistol!
Roger that, I got her!
Roger that, I got her!
I dont have a shot!
Gotcha, animal mother!
Eat this!!!
Im hit! Im hit
OUCH!
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But Gladys just wont let up
The agony of defeat.
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Double Dare
Thats enough!!!
Alright, alright! You got
us! We give up!
Thank you, boys! Id like to beat
your behinds again next week!
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THE BATTLES
Operation
Cypress II
O
n the 18
th
of October in Los
Alamitos, California, a D-day
for Operation Cypress II--Air-
soft meets defense logistics. 80+ air-
softers, most of which were veterans
from the last operation, once again
took part in the most realistic airsoft
training experience. Like the last op-
eration, it wasnt the expected run-of-
the-mill-backyard shootout; it came to
be a full scale, full combat simulation.
For this operation, our players
were provided by Stryke Airsoft retail
shop in Costa Mesa, CA, courtesy of
Mr. Arlo Claveria. Veterans from the
previous operation already knew what
to expect, however, the new players
did not expect that it was a totally new
and breathtaking experience. Similar
to the previous operation, the event
took place inside the Los Alamitos Joint
Forces Training Base. A huge facility
with 40+ housing complexes complete
with two storey, yards, and roads. The
place was total urban chaos for airsoft-
ers; with unlimited places to go and
hidea would-be nightmare for US
forces. The opportunity for snipers, the
freedom to barricade yourself in a room
and climb a roof seemed endless. But
all this fun would be nothing without
having some kind of purpose or sce-
nario. We were also brought to the aid
of the Department Of Defense as OP-
FOR (opposing force) in their training
simulation; we were there to help them
train contractors that were getting ready
to be shipped out to the Middle East as
peacekeepers. We were also there to
help them experience and prepare for
real-world combat/security details.
The day was split into three phas-
es: Phase One, was a military convoy
proceeding through a simulated Middle
Eastern street and environment; Phase
Two was a simulated ground battle
between insurgent forces; and Phase
Three was an all-out assault and am-
bush on the Humvee convoy complete
with a simulated I.E.D. explosion.
Article and Photos Submitted by: Stryke, USA
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After they arrived at the com-
pound, players began gearing up as
they got ready for the day ahead. At
that point, everyone was waiting for
the morning briefng and lunch. Once
everyone was ready, we set up our
grills. The frst operation was that we
were supplied with 18 pizzas but this
time we were so graciously supplied
with steak and flet mignon courtesy
of Mr. Arlo Claveria. As we were done
and satisfed, the briefng started.
During the briefng, we were
instructed about how the day was to
proceed, to whom we were allowed to
open fre and at what point we were al-
lowed to go to. We were also informed
on who were going to participate in the
event. We were introduced to the per-
sonnel, all the combatants and specta-
tors. The event organizers explained
to us in detail about each phase. We
were split into separate groups and
were each instructed our parts in the
event. We were grouped into smaller
units: OPFOR and allied U.S. forces.
Photographers and cameramen were
also present at the base recording all
the action. We were instructed that the
people who needed our help in train-
ing had no idea that we were there.
They had no idea that we were armed,
locked and loaded ready for an am-
bush! Our goal was to prepare them
for the unexpected since its always
better to be trained for something that
you might encounter than not to train
at all because in times like this, you
just never know what you might come
up against with.
After the briefng was com-
plete, we were split into our smaller
squads and instructed to proceed to
our frst location. The frst phase for
my unit was to pose as civilians in an
urban street. The convoy was to pass
through unharmed. However, we were
allowed to show them some smiles
and gave them kind waves.
In between convoy runs, we had
time to walk around and explore the
housing units, which were two-storey
condominiums: each building usually
had about 3 or 4 units next to each
other, side by side. Each unit comes
complete with a kitchen, a full size liv-
ing room and two bedrooms. Most of
these units had already been heavily
damaged: windows and doors were
broken, ceilings were torn, and the
grass outside have grown beyond our
knees! It was every airsofters dream:
a full S.W.A.T. style entry, breach
anyway you want it! Someone boxed-
in a room? Kick the door down!
After a short while, we were
done exploring and now getting used
to the surroundings when we saw
the convoy approaching. The convoy
consisted of 4 Humvees flled with ci-
vilian contractors and Allied Security
Forces. We were instructed that in
this run we were not to engage the
convoy but rather act as angry civilian
non-combatants. We were allowed to
throw our fsts and frown at them, give
them an unsatisfed look.
Phase 2 was a simulated
ground battle between two insurgent
groups. As the convoy drove by, we
were instructed to put on a simulated
ground battle but not to engage the
convoy. Both sides anchored them-
selves behind bushes, in the housing
and on the rooftops. As the convoy
rolled by a storm of BBs, the players
began a massive assault on each oth-
er. You would be deemed a madman
to attempt to be in the open. OP-FOR,
which were dressed in shemaghs and
plain uniforms, were battling it out.
The convoy was supposed to get
the feeling that they were like driving
through a small battle between two
opposing forces. Combatants were
hidden all-over the facility, hiding out
in living rooms, bedroomsanywhere
that can serve as concealment and
cover. Some combatants even went
as far as using closet doors in be-
tween hallways and stairways to bar-
ricade themselves.
Phase 3 was kicked off with an
I.E.D. detonation. A simulated I.E.D. ex-
plosion was to be set off in a similar style
like what our armed forces are currently
encountering in the Middle East today.
I dont think that the contractors knew
about the I.E.D. just like the veterans
didnt even know what to expect; we
were all anxious for the I.E.D. to go off!
The moment fnally came and boy was
it loud! The explosion set off the fnal
phase, which was an all-out ambush
between OP-FOR and the Humvee
convoy. As the Humvees came driving
by, OP-FOR was nowhere to be seen.
We all took positions and got behind
cover. The streets looked deserted.
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THE BATTLES
As the convoy came around, everyone
went out of their hiding spots and began
an intense assault on the Humvees.
Men even went as far as to position
themselves on rooftops. The ambush
was a success; we had the Humvees
speeding away in no time!
After the normal training was
complete, we then had the grounds to
ourselves. We had Mr. Mike Duong or-
ganized and refereed games between
U.S. Forces and OP-FOR. We had
the housing to ourselves; so of course,
we took advantage of it and played
and battled fercely. It was a no-holds-
barred, free-for-all clash between two
teams. The action and game-play we
got that day was unmatched and unpar-
alleledthe same can probably be said
by many of our invited combatants. The
two teams played until sunset, playing
some good hard games until nightfall.
What a rush!
Just like in the previous opera-
tion, it was indeed another success and
another realistic military experience.
You just dont get that kind of action in
any Airsoft feld. The games were long,
fun, and intense! I absolutely cant wait
for the next event! n
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The TEAM MERCENARY is a close-
knit group based in Cavite City, par-
ticularly in Noveleta and Kawit. The
team members are composed of
more than twenty individuals includ-
ing engineers, skilled professionals,
businessmen, government employ-
ees and college professors.

The team was originally formed in
March 2005 by Jay-R Prodigalidad,
a.k.a. 3gerhapi, Ronan Paking-
gan a.k.a. Hilux 26, Ricardo Rosal
IV a.k.a. Low_life, Raymond Alfaro
a.k.a. Raybang, Garry Alonzo a.k.a.
Wasalak, Rommel Cruz a.k.a. Toy-
man, Athan a.k.a. slasher63 and
Vincent Erwin Bola a.k.a. Tomasuka.
Initially, they had no offcial names, no
formal rules or bylaws and there was
no designated leader. On June 2005,
Nelson Perez a.k.a Juliet Echo, Hen-
ry Cabuco a.k.a. Kernel, Jefferson
Antonio a.k.a. Jek, Adriano Antonio
a.k.a. Andy and Jay Cyne Matias
a.k.a. Major_Pain joined the group,
completing the founding members.
By mid December 2006, the Warth-
ogs changed its name to Mercenar-
ies D.C. Company. The team grew to
about 35 members. Still without any
formal rules, a few issues were en-
countered. But the camaraderie and
trust prevailed, as the founders have
agreed on one philosophy, There
is nothing higher than the value of
friendship.
It was on July 2007 when the found-
ers unanimously decided to reform
the team under a new identity: TEAM
MERCENARY of CAVITE (TMC).
Since the team was based in Cavite,
most of the styles of play were jun-
gle scenarios. But recently the team
has been going around sites in Manila
where the style of play is mostly CQB.
Tomasuka c,)
Team Mer cenar y
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T
he team has been in
formation since January
2006. Several members
of the team have previous expe-
rience in airsoft or paintball prior
to joining the team.
We favor quality replica AEGs,
particularly from TM, ICS and
CA. The bulk of the team uses
a MP5 or M4 variant. However,
as the team has matured, sev-
eral members have invested in
more exotic weaponry including
Famas, M14, L85, Psg1, M15s
etc. We encourage all members
of our team to invest in qual-
ity weapons since they need to
endure falling, moving and heavy
combat scenarios.
As a mil-sim/tac-sim team, we
favor objective-based games
rather than simple elimination
or re-spawn games. Among the
favorite games we enjoy playing
are bomb extraction, prisoner
extraction, defending the base
and hill assaults. As for indoor
games, we like hostage rescue.
Load-outs vary from person to
person and experience level.
New players on the team often
find themselves shoving mags
in their pockets and wearing a
simple Army
Woodland BDU
with boots. Howev-
er, many of the more
experienced players
have switched over to MOLLE
systems, including Eagle plate
carriers, CIRAS systems, multi-
cam uniforms, marpat uniforms,
ALICE gear rigs in some cases.
75% of the team uses a tacti-
cal vest of some kind. Standard
load-out for the player is at least
2 functional batteries: one car-
ried on person for emergencies,
and 3 hi-caps. The SOG group
has switched over to mid and lo-
caps and often have 10 mags to
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compensate for the lower rounds.
We live in the US, in Washington
State around the Seattle area.
The last big event we participat-
ed in was Fear This II, a tactical
operation awarding points for
teams with a trophy as the prize.
Teams competed in operations,
received points for success or
failure, casualties taken and
earned, and time completion. On
July 22, the SOG group will be
participating in CQC6, an indoor
CQC competition in Oregon.
We have been evaluated on LE
procedure, military operations in
urban terrain and VIP escort duty
involving a motorcade.
We have two primary fields we
do our practices. The ERA team
(with a roster of 38 people) plays
Eastside Paintball in Duvall,
Washington, sponsored by Splat
Em Sports in Monroe. Theres
a quarter mile between bases
on the field, with many elements
and bunkers to practice on with
just about anything. In addition,
the SOG group practices in a
church in Redmond, Redmond
Assembly of /THOU SHALT NOT
USE MY NAME IN VAIN/, who
graciously let us use the facil-
ity for maneuvers. We practiced
multiple styles of entries, stairs
and size rooms.
Ben Ill let you post a story here
for sure. Ill grab some stories from
Kirby and Matt. Heres my story:
Undoubtedly one of the most
amazing times for the team is
during the annual retreat (2nd
one being held August 1-3rd).
In here, the squads are pitted
against one another in a 24 hour
style scenario. Members ate and
slept with masks on, not know-
ing when an attack will come.
Sentries were posted all night
long on rotating shifts to alert the
camp. One such attack came at
2 o clock in the morning. Having
roused Squad 1, the leaders led
them through the woods in pitch
black darkness, and positioned
to attack on Squad 2. Expect-
ing sentries, they were shocked
to find the entire camp asleep.
Squad 1 proceeded to open tent
flaps and eliminated the enemy
where they lay. At one point,
a leader drew a rubber knife
and jumped on a guy to stab
him. The victim and the leader
wrestled for a minute before the
victim resisted no longer and
therefore, eliminated.
Ive been an airsofter for almost
five years now, but it was only
recently that I joined ERA. As
of now, I am there gun tech and
I do upgrades, inspections for
a cheap price and can work on
many gun variants.
SpOoKs armory:
-PSG1 Magnesium body kit
-Systema Drop in gearbox
-DeepfireTightbore
-shoots over 550 FPS
TM G36c
-STAR Integrated 3.5 scope
carry handle with rail
-G&P K fore-grip painted Krylon
Ultra Flat Black
-400 fps internals
-Prometheus Tightbore
TM m14
-400 FPS
-Psg1 tightbore
-paintjob
-Mount and aimpoint replica
-TM mp5k pdw
-9.6 battery
-suppressor
At our last 3-day OP, we went
to a field in Oregon and stayed
there for 3 days living off with
MREs and water. We waged
war during the day and at night
we fought off indigenous forces.
Needless to say, we all had fun
and employed our military tac-
tics.
I personally like this team for the
Milsim aspect when we went to
CQC competitions. It was also a
time to kick it with some friends,
to have fun, and of course, to do
the usual training.
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FEATURED TEAMS
B
lack Bear Private Warfghter
is an airsoft team out of Bar-
rie Ontario. We are spon-
sered by Wasaga paintball.
We have based our team patch on
Black Water out of the States. Black
Water is the most comprehensive
professional military, law enforce-
ment, security, peacekeeping and
stablility operations company in the
world.
Our team has been playing together
since last fall when we decided to
all join together and start our team
Black Bear Private Warfghter. As
of May, we offcially started playing
together as a team at the Wolf Pack
game.
Each team member has a role and
not one team member is in charge.
There is no command structure; we
all do our part.
Members:
Tattooedfreak
Scooby
Joker
Bones
Viper
Blanks
Fanatic Salamander
Lucky Devil
Gear/Guns/Camo:
We all have different tastes in gear
and guns, so there are no restrictions
on what type of gear and guns you
can use.
As for camo, we use different types
of camo depending on the season
and area. The types of camo we
have are: Tiger Strip, ACU, Marpat,
Black and Three Colour Choclate.
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In the last year of World War II Germany
was desperate. The Wehrmacht turned
to superweapons which could give
them a technological advantage that
could overcome
the numerical inferiority to the Allies in
personnel and material. The trend in
armor warfare seemed to point towards
bigger is better, so Germany designed
the largest
tank it could build: the Maus.
The mouse was truly a monster. It was
188 tons, armed with a 150mm main gun
to easily destroy in enemy tank it might
encounter and a 75mm coaxial gun to
destroy lesser targets. Its armor was
between 50mm and 200mm thick, which
made it invulnerable to most tank and
anti-tank armament then in use.
The powerful weapons and heavy ar-
mor of the Maus were ouTweighed, so
to speak, by its sheer mass. The tanks
maximum speed, despite the 1200
horsepower engine it boasted,
was only 12 mph. This made blitzkrieg
impossible for the lumbering Maus.
THE MAUS
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Blackops Elite
Special Forces
B.o.E
FEATURED TEAMS
Articles and Photos Submitted by: Aaron Radl
a.k.a. Captain Radrockin
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Blackops Elite
Special Forces
B
lackops Elite Special Forces
have been creating combat-
simulated airsoft operations
for over a year now. We had
the opportunity to work alongside the
U.S. Army in bringing Airsoft to the
next level of combat simulation. We
look forward to working more Opfor
for the U.S. Army and other law en-
forcement agencies. We hail North-
ern Utah to be more specifc.
Airsoft Guns
Our airsoft guns are too diverse to
list, but they range from G&G SR25
sniper rifes to Classic Army or Tokyo
Marui airsoft AEGs and Tactical Air-
soft Supply custom AEGs. Our team
member, Ajax, does a great job with
combining airfow and light springs in
our upgrades to give both power and
reliability in guns.
Game Play
Blackops Elite Special Forces strive
for combat simulated war games
which give the airsoft operator the
ability to think while under combat
stress and to instill integrity-driven
game play to the best of our abili-
ties while utilizing the minds of the
men and women on the team.
The insight that we
receive from each
member of B.o.E
SF is duly noted
and worked into
our stress-induced
war game opera-
tions. B.o.E SF is
scenario driven with
operations devel-
oped by its mem-
bers. B.o.E believes in force-on-force
action while using airsoft as our tool.
B.o.E SF has created Night Opera-
tions, which we are proud to pioneer
here in Utah. We are always learning
from mistakes and/or take advice from
our operators on how to improve our
operational game play.
Clothing
We are a team who believes in
uniformity being a weapon in airsoft.
Ragtag civilian clothing is not allowed
at our operations and it should not
be allowed in airsoft. We use U.S.
ACU, U.S. Woodland, and SF casual
load outs to match our native envi-
ronments. Once again, our load outs
are very diverse and range from LC-
1 Gear to high speed MOLLE setups
. We believe that communication
is a necessity in any type of com-
bat scenario, so B.o.E requires all
members to have a 5 watt radio and
headset . The majority of our guns
and gear are provided by www.tacti-
calairsoftsupply.com, their unrivaled
customer support and love for airsoft
have made it possible for us to enjoy
airsoft on the NEXT LEVEL!!
We use a rank structure like the
U.S. military. There is no main guy
attitude; we all work on frst name
call sign basis. The rank structure
is a management structure and every
member has earned their respected
rank.
We allow members of our team to
have slots prior to the operations to
go over fundamental training such as
CQB, moving in squads, and elimi-
nating opfors in woodland, desert,
and urban environments. We are
fortunate to have real-world train-
ing from members of the U.S. Army,
as well as training involving others
on the team who have been there,
done that!!
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Pride
We also pride ourselves on the
Green Berets. We are fortunate to
have a few prior and active U.S. SF
on the team. B.o.E has adopted the
Green Beret as our headgear with
a custom made B.o.E fash, and it is
earned! If it drops on the ground you
must give 20 pushups in full battle
rattle! All patches that our members
of B.o.E SF wear on the uniforms
are non-military (custom B.o.E SF
patches) with an exception for those
who have properly earned them
- right, W01 AIRBORNE?!?!
B.o.E SF think we have the proper
terrain to create an excellent operat-
ing environment. We utilize many
locations in and around the state of
Utah, year round, including heavy
winter snowfall. This offers us op-
tions in terrain, vegetation, and cli-
mate; so it just depends on what we
want to do for the Op/game. If you
are curious you can visit us at www.
BLACKOPSELITE.com to learn more
about our terrain we operate in.
Unforgettable Airsoft
Experience
I asked some of my men this ques-
tion and here is what they had to say
about unforgettable experiences with
B.o.E SF and airsoft.
Sgt Glycerin said: Night games
without a doubt. Clearing an aban-
doned house (in the dark, with moon-
light only and by yourself because
your team is busy!) is an intense
experience!
Warrant Offcer 1 Airborne said:
B.o.E is not just an airsoft team to
me anymore. Its a band of broth-
ers that has formed a bond through
a sport, hobby, or pastime called
airsoft.
Sgt Solid said: I dont forget the
times I spend with my team. But the
best moment was when I frst met
them all.
SFC Shifty said: My team is a fam-
ily... we have had to earn our place
and have proven ourselves to many
seemingly unsupportive teams. One
day, it was just sort of hit us all... we
dont need other teams. We get the
most games in on a game day. Our
rules are feld-tested and designed
for 3 things: safety, realism, and
overall game-play. Our scenarios are
complex, multi-objective, non-linear
experiences. B.o.E has arrived and
this magazine article, along with
many other things, has proven it.
SSgt Chewy said: This past year
has been an unforgettable experi-
ence. We have all grown closer as a
team and as friends. I can still think
back to the frst day Shifty and I just
went out to check it all out. Capt.
Radrockin and Lt. Ajax were the frst
people we approached because we
knew they played as the U.S. Army
and thats where we wanted to be.
(This was one game before B.o.E
was offcially created.) We had not
planned on even playing as we had
no gear, but captain and the rest of
the team insisted and handed us a
couple pistols and away we went.
The adrenaline and the rush were
awesome and its in that way I play
every game. I love playing airsoft and
it will be a hobby til my legs wont
move me anymore.
Pfc. Dryfre said: I can think of a
couple, but I wont call any particular
one out. One of the best experiences
was how I received my call sign.
I was in a ditch, crawling up a hill
when an Op4 appeared less then 75
feet in front of me. I stood up, took
aim and pulled the trigger, but he just
stood there. So I put it on semi and
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tried again. My captain, as well as
myself, asked the Op4 if they were
getting hit, he said no. Of course,
SSgt. Chewy took me out with his
upgraded M4. Turns out, I forgot to
wind the mag. To make the story
short, I was deemed Dryfre.
Game Style
In Utah, we found the standard game
play very unrealistic and it left no
room for tactical ability. When we
formed B.o.E SF, we made it a point
to develop a unique set of rules that
would make combat simulation pos-
sible while maintaining the highest
standards in safety. This includes re-
alistic weapons classes. For example:
M-14s shoots faster then AKs, which
shoot faster than MP5s to represent
real-world, weapons classifcations.
Our unique medic rules eliminated
the invincible meat-shields. There
are more innovations, which we dont
have enough space for!
Words of Encouragement
Make sure you are always having fun.
If you get to the point that you not
having fun then something is wrong
and you either need to fx it or ditch
it! If you have ideas, you want to try
and you are ambitious, then make it
work for you and your friends. Going
against the grain can often be tough,
but we have proven that it is worth it.
We would like to give a big SALUTE
to the editorial staff at Airsoft Extreme
Magazine for including us in this
issue, and for tying the international
community together with this awe-
some publication. Thank you again,
and from all of us at B.o.E SF, we say
GAME ON, HOOAH!
Photo submitted by Ullie Gumilar (Indonesia)
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Old Death
Squad
T
he name of our team is Old Death
Squad (ODS). We are from Wro-
claw, Poland, which is one of the
biggest polish cities here. We have
been playing airsoft for four years. May-
be its not that long but airsoft in Poland
is very new to us (circa 6 years). In the
beginning, the team has gathered the
most experienced players from the city
(where we have more than 400 play-
ers). We started with spring (long) rifles
but we quickly changed our replicas to
Tokio Marui AEGs. Now all team mem-
bers must have M4/M16 family gun or
M249 (the reason is compatibility of
magazines at battlefield or trainings),
some of them were custom-made guns,
which were based on our ideas and per-
sonal preferences. We also use AKS-
74U next to AEGs.
The tactical gear in our team was a per-
sonal choice of each member. We only
have a few American uniforms (MCCUU
MARPAT woodland/desert, BDU wood-
land, DCU 3c, Nomex flight suits) and
some clothes for PMC style actions.
Basic uniform is MCCUU and we use
it in most cases. All members currently
have vests, body armors, backpacks,
etc. Each member of the group had
developed 2 lines of geargreen and
black tactics. We do not reenact any
particular unit but when we buy a hel-
met it should be a Kevlar helmet and
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Old Death
Squad
so goes for our body armor that
should have soft ballistic inserts.
From the start, we have based
our tactics and types of actions on
Force Recon. Why on FR? That is
because its a mix of our love to
USMC and survival. Its because
we are not an airsoft team at all.
In fact, we are a military-survival
group but we also take part in
airsoft games and we are a part of
Polish Airsoft Society.

What were particularly do? Our
favorite type of game is Mil-Sim
(Military Simulation). You may
know what is it, but it has so wide
meaning, that I could explain, how
we play in our region. Because
of nearness of the mountains
(Karkonosze), our Mil-Sims are
organized in terrain, which is
challenging and hard to play. That
games last from 24 to 72 hours
and take place on a large area (a
hundreds km2), what guarantee a
lot kilometers to walk, and maxi-
mum realism of a game. No hel-
mets, no body armours and other
ballistic shells. Just lightweight
equip, big main packs with water
and food, bonnie hats and camou-
flage paint on your face, but also
some advanced deices like NVs
or GPS. No re-spawns, no paus-
es, no second chance, just medi-
cal help, when BB hit your leg
or hand. You have limit on your
ammo ( 300rd for e.g.), but its not
a problem, because rarely have
a visual contact with your enemy.
You have just your team, you must
survive and complete mission tar-
gets. Maybe you think its boring,
but I say: its the most climatic type
of game, Ive ever played. Risk of
your quick elimination from the ac-
tion cause, that you feel the breath
of your enemy at your back. All the
time, especially at night patrol. You
can test you, your team and your
gear. And your gear eventually can
show how good is. Additionally
before every mil-sim, on special fo-
rums are a lots of materials about
following scenario and plot, which
make the game hotter.

Of course we also like quick ac-
tions, a lot of ammo, CQB etc. We
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find it at the local games, which
we called combats. Its hard play
with pyrotechnics, smoke grenades
or even gas grenades (thats why
organizers recommend to have gas
mask). In combats take part from
20 to 100 airsoft players and it is
organized every weekend. Were
playing on two types of terrain. The
first is greensides, forests, which
are mostly military areas, where
we play with official permission
from Army. The second is urban
terrains, old factories or other in-
dustrial facilities (even one closed
mine), also with permission from
the private owner.

But more time than on the games
we spend on our tactics trainings.
We have instructor from 1. PSK
(First Commando Regiment), a
port of polish SF, and he teach us
a lot of procedures e.t.c., which we
now train, widen and modify, to be
more useful in airsoft. For three
years weve been training only a
green tactic, a year ago weve be-
gun trainings of black tactic (CQB),
and now we are going to start with
MOUT (Military Operations Urban
Terrain). We also training climb-
ing, diving, medical rescuing and
parachuting.

It might be surprising, but the
most of time we spending to-
gether between games, mil-sims
and trainings. Were just group of
friends with common passion, but
we know each other very good,
what helps us making good work
in the combat. We dont invite to
the team random people. It mostly
take one year from receiving our
invitation, to become a member of
ODS. And our experience shows,
thats good procedure. For 4 years,
only 3 members resign. And now,
we have 12 operators from age 17
to 29. We take part in big airsoft
events in Poland , some of them
we co-organized, and we still look-
ing for new faces
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AirsoftXtreme
Tough luck, Bhoy
is not for minors
For Men!
No public reading
Now available if
you can fnd it
boys cry.indd 32 12/13/2007 2:42:25 PM
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FEATURED TEAMS
TEAM
We are from Canada and our group
is basically known as Team Ghosts
that formed a year ago.
TYPES OF GUN USED
It could be anything from our primary
guns like M4A1, G36C, MP5, P90,
M14 and SAW to our secondary type
of guns such as 1911, P226 and
Glock variants.
GAMES PLAYED
The games we enjoyed the most
were CQB and tactical work. Simu-
lating real life experiences, hostage
scenarios, robberies and terrorist
situations, which we also like play-
ing. Aside from that, we also like all
skirmishes, mil-sim and other themed
games.
LOAD OUTS
That depends on the player to player
with different styles of game. Some
games require real cap limited load
outs.

BIG GAMES ATTENDED
OPERATION: Quick Pass and Zom-
bie Trilogy themed game.
GAMESITE YOU PLAY
We usually do indoor CQB in Down-
town Toronto called TTAC3. Its a
small but fantastic venue and it really
draws fre and scenarios close to
home that makes every game very
intense. There are 3 main felds
in the Ontario area: Flag Raiders
in Cambridge Ontario, Wasaga, in
Wasaga Beach Ontario and CampX
Paintball in Whitby Ontario.
FEATURED TEAMS
Tea m Gho s t s
UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE
Over the past year, we realized how
much weve learned and worked as
a team. I think there are thousand
stories to tell that is something team
related like getting to play against
each other, and getting the drop on
team mates, which I think is a good
story.

WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT
Your getting into an amazing fun
sport that calls on everything. You
get to meet great people that will
really help your social skills. When
playing your leadership skills grow
stronger. Stick with it, never be afraid
to ask questions - weve all been new
at some point, play fair and safe.
Submitted by: Team Ghost, Canada
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FEATURED TEAMS
Blue Box
Team
y name is Johannes O.
Schmitt from Jakarta, In-
donesia and my teams
name is BLUE BOX TEAM.
There are only ten members in
our team but we share the same
style and hobby, so it is not that
diffcult to manage.
We started playing airsoft in
year 2002 but some of my
friends started long before I did.
At frst I was just fond of collect-
ing battle gear. Until some time,
I and some of my friends went
shopping for gear together and
dressed up like a real soldiers.
The frst reenactment we did was
a Black Hawk Down theme.
Then I found out that reenactment
is fun and I decided to get more
serious. I know that some of my
friends also liked it, so we decid-
ed to make a team that focuses
heavily on uniforms and gear. We
also made our airsoft loadouts
more like the real thing by using
accessories.
Airsoft Guns
We use well known models like
M4A1, M14, the Minimi, M16A2,
and M16A4. Basically, we use
weapon models just like the real
US Army.
We play all games but we prefer
the games with scenarios.
For us..play airsoft safely, fun and
fair... make friends not enemies.
Loadout
We are using standard US load
outs for reenactment because we
want people to see us as real as
possible. Our load outs depend on
the scenario. We could play as a
standard infantry or special opera-
tions team.
Preferred playing site
We dont have any special place.
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Photos and Article submitted by:
Johannes O. Schmitt from Jakarta, Indonesia
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Photos and Article submitted by:
Johannes O. Schmitt from Jakarta, Indonesia
Our gear dictates where we
play. If we used woodland then
we would play in the jungle
area and if we use the ACU
then wed play in urban areas.
Models in Airsoft
There was a photo session
with some pretty models going
for the army look theme. At frst
we came just in a supporting
role, but later on many pho-
tographers were taking more
pictures of us than the models.
They said that theyre used to
seeing beautiful models but
rarely see a group of people
brandishing guns with
the newest load outs
available.

For us..play airsoft safely, fun and fair... make
friends not enemies.
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CODE 4
MISSION ACcompl ished!
FEATURED TEAMS
The battle was furious as expected. Waves of elements from 350th Division of the North Vietnamese Army kept
coming while the men from 1st Bn. 2nd Marines were trying their hardest to protect their fre base. All signs of the
eminent attack during the Tet New Year had been seen for weeks. The 350th Division had been spotted across the
Bon Hai River and this Marine fre base is the frst thing they will encounter when they move south toward
Saigon. And that night, fre base Gloria was out numbered and on the brink of being over-
run.
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Pictures and Articles Submitted by: By Richard Bera
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CODE 4
MISSION ACcompl ished!
107
AirsoftXtreme
N o ,
Im not talking about
the actual battle that happened almost
40 years ago in Vietnam. The excerpt
above was from last years Code 4s
Operation: Junction Paradise II back-
ground scenario, in which they re-
enacted 1968 Tet Offensive. Code 4:
War game Club is one of the oldest
and biggest airsoft clubs in Indonesia.
Located in the capital city of Jakarta,
today Code 4 boasts up to 70 active
members for its activities. Formed in
July 2001, Code 4 has come a long
way from just a bunch of guys with
AEGs to become a full military enthu-
siasts and historical/modern battle re-
enactment club. It is fair to say that
Code 4 is the only airsoft club in Ja-
karta with a mission statement. When
other airsoft clubs were focusing their
attentions on the gaming side of air-
soft (ie. power of AEG), Code 4 kept on
its tracks of trying to achieve the total
look of the warriors while its members
trying to re-enact. So far, Code 4 has
re-enacted scenarios such as Viet-
nam War, Blackhawk Down, Iraq and
Afghan War, as well as SWAT CQB.
Practically, all types of AEGs avail-
able in the market can be found from
the members with the most common
stuff like the M14, AK47 and MP5.
However, some of the rare ones often
make their appearances too, such as
MiniMe, M60, SCAR, Druganov and
the discontinued M16A1 and AUG
Steyr Military version.
Code 4 is a members-only
club that always keeps its game
fun and interesting. Types of games
that the club often play during skir-
mishes are Eliminations, Go for the
fag, Defensive Fort and Chase-the-
Goatthe last one wherein the rest
of the group was chasing two or
three people out in the open. How-
ever, the game gets funky during
our War game Camps, which tend to
involve more people than the regu-
lar skirmishes. Games like Freeing
Captured Offcer, Defuse the Bomb
and Locate the Nuke are among the
favorites. Of course, with the avail-
ability of hi-tech gadget such GPS,
it greatly enhances our games in the
feld.
The club uses various load
outs depending on the scenarios.
However, our main load outs are
Marpat Woodland and ACU. None-
theless, Code 4 is moving away from
ACU as to the experience in the feld
(as well as reports from grunts in
real life battle situations) tells us that
ACU is highly visible in the Southeast
Asias jungles such as in Indonesia.
We fnd that Marpat Woodland is far
more effective in our terrains and lo-
cations at Mt. Sodong and Lido, both
in West Java.
Every year Code 4 par-
ticipates in IAAC (Indonesia Annual
Airsoft Camp), which is the biggest
annual gathering of airsofters all
throughout Indonesia. Location and
organizing of IAAC is usually being
rotated among the countrys big clubs,
such as in Surabaya, Semarang and
Jakarta. There are also other big
games like our quarterly War games,
which sometimes we invite other
clubs to play. Lately, a new interest
had sprung among members: Airsoft
practical shooting. Other aspect that
sets Code 4 apart from other clubs is
its rules and regulations. During our
biweekly skirmishes or war games,
the club strictly accepted only 350 fps
with .20gr BBs for all AEGs involved
in the skirmish at the time with 400 fps
.25 BBs for sniper AEG. Sportsman-
ship and safety during the game were
also greatly emphasized.
One of the most unforget-
table moment for the club happened
last year during the 2006 IAAC, which
took place in the crater of mount Bro-
mo in East Java. Situated at more
than 2,300m above sea level, the high
desert of Bromo really made us hum-
ble. Temperature dropped to 5 degree
Celsius at night and with the wind chill-
ing factor, it felt like we were freezing.
The harsh climate compounded with
high altitude conditions of less oxy-
gen to breathe and desert sands that
constantly jammed our AEGs really
stretched our will to survive the game
and conditions, which took place over
two days. But like they say, what didnt
kill us made us strong. And Code 4
members certainly came out stronger
from the experience. Thats why as a
club, we frmly believe in one of our
sayings, Upgrade your skills, not
your AEG. This is the advice that the
grunts at Code 4 give to all newly ini-
tiated members.
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By 9 am we started
the qualifying rounds
to know which drivers
gets the
fastest lap to enter
the A mains (the main
event) and be named
the National Cham-
pion in each of the 3
categories. But those
who will fall to the B, C
and D mains still has a
chance to reach
the main event by win-
ning and bumping up
step by step.
By 12 noon we were
fnished with the quali-
fying and started giving
away raffe prizes from
the sponsors and eat-
ing lunch.
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he RC off road nationals,
Gas powered category was held
last November 11 at the Sonic
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na Boom grounds Pasay City The top
brands in RC namely Losi, CEN, OFNA,
HPI, NANDA, Mugen, Novarrosi and
GO Tech came to battle it out..
It was a perfect raceday sunday last no-
vember 11, 2007. Race enthusiasts
from all over Luzon came to participate
either as a driver, a mechanic, as a pit
man or simply as a race fan The organ-
izers, QCRCCC (Quezon City Radio
Controlled Car club) came as early as
7am to start the registration process.
They have to Log in about a hundred
drivers with their matching radio fre-
quencies and transponders to avoid
glitches and other electronic issues.
Photos by: Richard Canuto
We fnished almost 8pm with peachy
awarding the trophies to the podium
fnishers.
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help the hobby by inviting your friends
to get into the fun hobby of R/C cars.
For more info on RC, visit www.
RCPHILIPPINES.com or call
482-4499
Half the fun of RC racing is tuning, upgrading and fxing your race kits.
Philippine RC hotshot Nani Tagle with
model Peachy
By 1 Pm we started with the actual race from D
mains up to the main event.
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RACE RESULTS
BUGGY A MAIN
Position / Name
1.Raffy
2.Ralph Lorenzo
3.Edgar
4.Eric Tan
5.Arthur So
6.Louie
7.Jericho
8.Raymond Landingin
9.Nanie Tagle
10.Jordan Go
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Position / Name
1.Ralph Lorenzo
2.clemen
3.Daniel
4.Louie
5.Ricky
6.Nanie Tagle
7.Raymond Landingin
8.Jericho
9.Jordan Go
10.Atkimson Kwa
MONSTER TRUCK A MAIN
Position / Name
1.Doc Mel
2.Louie
3.Bing
4.Jon Albano
5.Joseph Lopez
6.Harvy
7.Gim Garcia
8.Dave Lee
9.Jess
10. Kevin Cua
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Team Iron Maidens: Edwin, Manny, Alvin, Karlo, Chris, Me, Yuliya, Katya,
Ronn, BT and Sawyer
Twins? Tough the may be toally unrelated,
Yuliya and Katya may have been separated at birth.
Real deal: AX Babe, Abbie
ges a taste o cordite and
reoil
Marking the Targe: Jovy is all smile wile put-
ting the Red Tape on Katya
Foursome: Ronn, Yuliya, Katya and Chris monke
around afer the shoo
Heres a taste of the delet-
ed scenes from the making
of Iron Maidens. From one
storm to the 4th Quarter Storm,
AX has dodged both man-
made and natural hazards just
to bring you what weve come
to be known forairsoft at its
fnest!
Jungle facial: Ronn ges preped by Rolly o
the Maverick Reenactment group
Home at the range: Clark Eagle bos, Rose Labayog
with AX Babe Abbie fanked by me, BT, Chris and Ron
Playing in style: BT in loafers!
Romancing the Storm
Te Iron Maidens se
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Publisher/stylis: We prey much do every-
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Megaballers: Team Tactics and AX Babe, Pammela at the
Megaball 07
Te Eagle have landed: Chris, BT and Ronn touched
down at the 4QS
Real deal: AX Babe, Abbie
ges a taste o cordite and
reoil
Iron Butery: An unguarded moment
reveals the maidens delicate side
Marking the Targe: Jovy is all smile wile put-
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Stage manager: Posing a model is
a mans job, I thinkmake-up
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R: Team
Tactics take a m
uch deerved
break w
ith AX Babe, Pam
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ela
Gang bang: Chris and Ronn fnally ge to
play!
Night Ops: T
e phoo shoo lasted until afer dark
Sight picure: Tis was the last thing phoog-
raphers saw before the were taken captive
Umbrella redux: A familiar
scene
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