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Post by Gene on Aug 2, 2010 8:43:02 GMT
My wife used our pressure cooker this evening and started to make some unpredictable hishing sounds and such sound triggered a memorable airsoft event which I experienced way back 1993.. .. .. ... the great skirmish at the banana grove at the riverbank in our game area near San Rafael Village, Davao City, Philippines. ....to be continued(my wife finished cooking some delicious bulalo, and it's dinner time; I will continue my story later on...).
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Post by Gene on Aug 10, 2010 23:57:00 GMT
Sorry for the very late update(I just finished 5 night shifts...spent most of the time in bed). Continuation..... ASCOD(AirSoft Club of Davao)1993. I was using my ever-trusted Yonezawa KHC Walther MPL during those times.It was monsoon season of 1993, and my airsoft team in Davao(ASCOD:AirSoft Club Of Davao)gathered up in force for a skirmish in our gamesite near San Rafael Village, Davao City,Phil., around 2 in the afternoon. The whole group was divided into two groups(5vs5). All of the players were using automatic gas guns(Kokusai M4 carbines, Maruzen Steyr Augs, ASGK Uzis, Maruzen autopistol 93Rs, and my first automatic gas gun Yonezawa KHC Walter MPL). Definitely, AEGs were not the order of the day. The game I wanted to share was the last game of the day. The type of game was team deathmatch(survival to the last man standing in a team). Dark clouds were setting out and the flashpoint of the heavy encounter was happening at the riverbank where a big area of banana grove was infested by a large number of tangos in defensive mode. My team mates were slowly creeping in pincer maneouvre offensively. After 7 minutes of firefight, such maneouvre came to a halt as 2 surviving tangos pulled out from their stronghold after acquiring 2 kills. They made a last stand stronghold along the riverbank. Weather cooperated with their tactic. It seemed it was about to rain. The riverbank became dark and gloomy. The said place is a deathtrap!!! ... to be continued(sorry, I need to doze off for an hour or two).
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Post by Gene on Aug 21, 2010 2:06:37 GMT
...Continuation(Sorry guys, I just finished my 3 night shifts and I nearly forgotten this post. Apologies).
Yes, it's a deathtrap for the us. The 2 remaining tangos were considered as "veterans" and one of them was the co-founder of our Airsoft club/team. They positioned themselves along the riverbank's two "columned" banana groves. But we couldn't pinpoint the exact position of them. They were lying low and observing one of airsoft's golden rule, LVLLL( Lie Very Low and Live Longer). The best way to assault such position was to manouvre parallel/along the said "columned" banana groves. Never do an assault across or perpendicular to the such position. Doing one will be an easy target for the tangos. By manouvring along the said banana groves, we also got the luxury of good cover from those "trees". Firefight and exchanging of bbs was sporadic and fire-discipline was the unofficial rule of the hour. Considering that each mag contains 40-60 bbs and electric bb auto-loaders were the best tool(aside from the airsoft gas guns, facemasks, and flon/freon gas)of the moment. We were partially crawling our way to the enemies' stronghold. We were almost 6 metres from the sound of tangos' airsoft guns. But still couldn't definitely locate them. Mack, one of my team mates, got hit twice by sharp loud sound of Maruzen Aug Steyr gas gun's intermittent fire. Definitely, I could determine that it was coming from Rick(veteran and co-founder of our Team/club; see photo above: 2nd row standing, 3rd from left, partially raising his Steyr Aug). We were already getting the goose bumps and anticipating of getting hit from such intimidating fire of his gun any time after Mack declared his hit. I was reminded that such gun could pulverize a graveled hollow block using only one mag of bb(60rounds). I had witnessed such monstrosity and power a week ago when Rick "test-fired" his Steyr upon a graveled hollow block back in his place. But I was confident that my KHC Walther MPL with it's easy-feeding system of its mag could sustain our assault and fire longer bursts. Me and my surviving team mate, Alf(see photo above:2nd row standing, 5th from left/next to a player with woodland bdu) agreed within ourselves that he will move forward by "leapfrogging" a metre and drop to the ground while I perform a covering fire. It worked well with good result of hitting one tango. We became more confident considering it's only Rick left to be hunted. Alf's got Kokusai Mini Uzi (gas full auto, with modified longer barrel with foamy silencer to cover the potruding extra length barrel), attached via quick-released hose to a t-tube 2 cannister(1 empty cannister which serves as space for the flon/freon gas to expand and 1 flon/freon gas filled cannister)Such setup were common for players, like me, who were not well-to-do or moneyed. To be continued(it's lunch time now here in Oz and time to prepare lunch meal for my son; my wife is on early shift).
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