ategory of Airsoft Roles
From tacticalreview airsoft magazine
You’re bunkered down behind a window, good concealment and cover; you pop up spin off a few shots. Your feeling good, when all of a sudden you hear a “WOOSH” and bb’s start falling out of nowhere on you.
“HIT!” You’ve just met a Grenadier.
From tacticalreview airsoft magazine
By Arthur Lowther
Your sitting in the depths of the shadows, everything is quiet around you. In front of you is no man’s land. You have no information… no communication, no eyes forward. Nothing. The Rest of your unit sits about 15 meters behind you in a loose 360 degree hasty defense. “Recon Up.” With those two little words you have just won this little skirmish.
“RECON UP” Something we often don’t hear on the field in Airsoft. Not many Operations/Skirmishes have the means to utilize properly trained Recon units. But your question is… What is Recon, and what type of training should they have? Reconnaissance units are tasked with providing the commander of a larger force of Marines with information about his operational area.
From Tactical Airsoft review mag
Rifleman
By: Arthur Lowther
You sitting there with your gear all set out. Setting it up for the first MilSim Op your planning on attending. You just received your registration packet in the mail it has all the details and your all kinds of excited. You get to the page that shows your assignment. Rifleman And your excitement deadens.
From: Tactical Airsoft Magazine
The Roles:
Sniper vs. Designated Marksman
By: Patrick Scott
As many of you in the sport will attest, one of the least expensive ways to get into airsoft is by buying an airsoft sniper rifle. However, many, if not most, of the players who get into the sport this way find that they want to act more like Designated Marksmen rather than the Sniper that their equipment would dictate as their role. For many, this is because they find that they like the faster pace of going after their opponents. For others, it is simply because they do not understand their role in an airsoft engagement as a sniper. The purpose of this article, therefore, is to educate the airsoft community as to what each role entails, and how to act accordingly.
The Sniper
The role of the sniper, contrary to popular belief, is not to be an assassin-like
shooter. It is not the sniper’s primary job to find the target, eliminate it and move on to
another target. It is the sniper’s job to shoot when the situation calls for it. However, the
primary role of a sniper, believe it or not, is to observe and report. They are intelligence
gatherers first, shooters second.
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