| Some people may be totally unaware about this | | | | Battle). |
| game. Some may be crazy about it. What | | | | |
| exactly this game is? Airsoft is a recent | | | | Airsoft equipment includes many types of |
| fighting sport or recreational pastime in | | | | equipment including the airsoft gun used to |
| which participants remove the opponents by | | | | fire airsoft pellets, safety goggles, vests, |
| striking each other with spherical airsoft | | | | equipment holders, and gun accessories etc. |
| pellets. | | | | The guns used in airsoft are normally |
| | | | replication models of real firearms. Airsoft |
| Participants usually make the use of | | | | guns are distinguished as spring, electric or |
| different weapons produced as replicas of | | | | gas-powered. The gun is selected according to |
| real firearms and accessories used by modern | | | | battery life, magazine capacity and range. |
| military and police groups. Airsoft has its | | | | |
| history in late 1970's Japan where firearms | | | | Airsoft guns have three major classifications |
| were difficult to obtain because of local | | | | according to their use in the game which |
| laws and people required a legal substitute | | | | decides the pellets speed and energy |
| to owning real firearms. | | | | produced. In addition to the normal ranges, |
| | | | there are weapons for longer ranges such as |
| Airsoft participants arrange meetings indoors | | | | sniper rifles and shorter ranges (also termed |
| or outdoors at airsoft battlefields to play a | | | | as Close Quarter Battle (CQB) and normally of |
| variety of games from short-term fights, | | | | 200 feet or less). CQB situations include |
| organized circumstances, and military | | | | short range confrontations like 'house entry' |
| simulations up to historical re-enactments. | | | | where maneuverability is more significant |
| The situations on the battlefield always | | | | than power or range. The airsoft guns used in |
| require the use of military tactics to attain | | | | these cases usually shoot less than 360 fps |
| the objectives. | | | | for safe operation. |
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| Actually, airsoft is a game played within a | | | | Some powerful and improved airsoft sniper |
| fixed area where the aim is to 'kill' the | | | | rifles can drive 6mm pellets at 600 fps. |
| enemy. It is accepted that when a player is | | | | Usually most airsoft guns fire 200-450 fps |
| struck, they go outside. Some similar type | | | | and they are used outdoors for almost all |
| games are Capture the Flag, Team Deathmatch | | | | operations, with proper equilibrium of speed |
| and Close Quarters Battle (which is a | | | | and range. |
| simulation game of real life Close Quarters | | | | |