WHAT IS AIRSOFT?

AIRSOFT is a game, a combat simulation sport. It has similarities with paintball, but airsoft as a game focuses more on combat realism or military similation. Playes wear tactical gears and accessories used by military and police organizations. Participants typically use varying types of weapons designed as replicas of real firearms. In most scenarios, participants aim to eliminate opponents by hitting them with pellets launched from airsoft guns.

AIRSOFT guns shoot 6mm round pellets commonly known as “BBs.” They travel at speeds much lower than real bullets, They cannot kill someone nor cause heavy-bleeding injuries unliked real guns. Even though airsoft is considered a toygun, safety precautions should still be taken into account when playingwith this replicas.

AIRSOFT is also great for team building activities. It helps develop tactical coordination and strategic planning to achieve a specific goal that is equally required in a real life corporate or prefessional scenarios.

AIRSOFT doesn’t glorify war but it does express admiration for the brave men and women who serve in the military and law enforcement organizations.

HISTORY OF AIRSOFT

The sport of Airsoft started in Japan during the early 1980s. It was illegal to own firearms in Japan but there was a significant interest in them, so a company started producing spring-powered replicas of firearms that fired 6mm, plastic BBs. There are some people who insist that Airsoft originated from the early days of paintball, when there were paintball guns that fired .22 caliber paintballs, but we will not delve into that subject. During the latter part of the 1980s the sport migrated to neighboring countries such as Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines. Airsoft started appearing in North America and Europe during the middle of the 1990s but it is only during the last 2-3 years that the sport started thriving in these venues.