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Post by aldrich on Dec 11, 2014 15:55:04 GMT -5
What: WWII Airsoft Where: Bailey's Battlefield, 1300 Kilburn Bridge Rd, Niangua, MO 65713 When: Sunday, February 15, 2015at 9:00am Who: 29th Panzergrenadier Regiment/3rd Panzergrenadier Division in conjunction with Mid-Missouri Airsoft The Battle of Hurtgen Forest
A WWII themed airsoft event that will take place in mid-Missouri. This is a non-WWIIHRS event. The event will be immersive. Participants are encouraged to use WWII equipment and uniforms appropriate for axis or allied soldiers. Airsoft weapons that resemble WWII weapons are also encouraged. The day will begin and scenarios will run consistently throughout the day with changing objectives. There will be no start and stop between specific scenarios. They will be continuous. Our goal is to use vehicles and pyrotechnics to add to the immersive style of the game, but this will be dependent on the event location and other logistics. All vehicles must be a WWII type vehicle. All pyrotechnics will be done by the event staff using approved devices. Anyone with a WWII vehicle, please contact the Event Coordinator (Chris Adams) for approval before you bring your vehicle. For more information, uniform guidelines, or to RSVP, please see the Facebook event page located at: www.facebook.com/events/852249544786271/
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Post by 2nd Bat on Dec 12, 2014 15:07:08 GMT -5
sounds awesome. Love the selected picture of the CP!
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Post by jbagel21 on Dec 16, 2014 13:34:19 GMT -5
A few of us lurkers will be there. Thanks for putting this together!
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Post by ersatzjack2 on Dec 17, 2014 2:03:15 GMT -5
This is being run by a reenactor group from Missouri. Some of them traveled to Wisconsin last August for our Fort McCoy event and it is only fair to return the favor so for right now there will be seven of us carpooling down from Wisconsin for what seems like a pretty good and well run initial event. Looking forward to this one. Even though it is a themed event I believe a lot of the initial players right now lean on the reenactment side of things so it should fit immersion needs pretty well.
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Post by shutzefritz on Dec 21, 2014 14:38:39 GMT -5
The event rules and requirements are posted on the MOA forum. Right now several of us from Minnesota are driving down for this event. With respect,
Fritz
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Post by cblackthorne on Feb 27, 2015 11:44:17 GMT -5
The date for this event has been changed to May 9, 2015. Same location.
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Post by 2nd Bat on Feb 27, 2015 13:27:21 GMT -5
The Huertegan was damp, miserable and brutal. I suspect the current weather would have been a bit more Bulge like! xtreme cold weather is very problematic for airsoft. It is hard logistically to support, hazardous and hard on the weapons and people. If that is the reason you are pushing this back it is a sound thought! Good luck with this event.
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Post by cblackthorne on Feb 27, 2015 13:44:01 GMT -5
The Huertegan was damp, miserable and brutal. I suspect the current weather would have been a bit more Bulge like! xtreme cold weather is very problematic for airsoft. It is hard logistically to support, hazardous and hard on the weapons and people. If that is the reason you are pushing this back it is a sound thought! Good luck with this event.
Yes, that was exactly it. We knew that our weather in Feb. was a 50/50 chance on decent weather but I thought we would roll the dice anyway. Unfortunately, we ended up with a severe weather system move through that weekend and it created terrible road conditions. Since we had participants coming down from as far away as Wisconsin, I didn't want anyone to risk having an accident.
In May the only thing we will have to contend with should be rain, but that we can handle.
For this event, we will have the town of Schmidt, minefields, medics, field hospitals, and revolving objectives. Im hoping it will turn out the way I envision it.
Since we are starting WWII airsoft in our area, we will be allowing milsim players to participate under certain criteria. We don't expect people to spend $1000 on gear and equipment for a new genre until we can prove to everyone we have a consistent track record for putting on events. Over time, we will slowly do away with the milsim allowances and end up with just the WWII players. It may take a few years, but I am confident we will get there.
Regards, Chris
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Post by 2nd Bat on Feb 27, 2015 15:55:27 GMT -5
I am cnfident you will as well. I have found there are always three events rolled into one. The event you envisioned, the event that took place and the one you will do next which builds on the last. Typically there are several weeks required of de compressing following an event before you even want to think about doing another. Everyone who has ever hosted a large event can appreciate this and everyone who hosts events has nothing but my admiration and support where ever I can offer it!
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