brief was to kill the other team! We were
given 10 lives, 500 rounds of ammunition
and 10 grenades before moving onto the
field where we used the various pieces
of cover to move in and attack the enemy.
When hit, an audible alarm sounded inside
your helmet to make sure there was no
mistaking it; this had to be reset by the
instructor before you could re-join the
game.
“We were put through our paces
to see how good we were, with
some interesting results – one
person even managed the throw
their pistol across the field!”
After around an hour the groups were
rotated to another area and we were split
down into three smaller groups and sent
to different instructors to learn about close
quarters combat. This was taught using
airsoft weapons and a variety of targets
arranged in different parts of the range. We
were shown how to move forward using
cover and take out the targets using the
‘double tap’ method.
After spending some time on this (and
showing the non-softers how it’s done!) it
was onto the sniper range. Each participant
received instruction on how to use .22 air
rifles and shown a number of targets which
we had to hit. We had a very informative
safety brief on the weapons and then a
brief on how to use a telescopic sight. But
the next activity couldn’t have been more
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