What holds you back from doing WWII Airsoft?

[The Duke]

Money and lack of space to put more stuff. The holster for my luger is 40$ by itself.

[Chefzilla]

I'm going to The Long Winter next weekend and even seriously considered dropping the money for the Shoei MP-44 Nitro but the AGM realeasing one its makes it even easier.

Of course on of my biggest issues is the assumption that just because I'm doing a German impression, that automatically makes it a Nazi impression. The Nazi's were a political party. Not every German was a Nazi.
As a matter of fact most of Hitler's best generals weren't; i.e. Erwin Rommel.

I'm building my impression around a panzer commander of the GrossDeutschland Division.

I'd love to see more WW2 airsoft and yeah the kit might be a bit more expensive and a little harder to get a hold of but to me that's half the fun.

Alex thanks for putting up this thread.

[Matt]

Hmm. 400-450 for a loadout aint bad.

[LettuceHead]

I'm ordering the 1944 pattern Denison Smock this weekend. Its the base for many British impressions and one of the more expensive items so I'm just getting it out of the way first. Trousers, boots, basic webbing and head wear is next.

I'm saving up for a Lee-Enfield I've seen being built in England. Until then I'll be picking an M1A1 Thompson. One thing about British Commando units is that there was a wide diversity in gear between units so you have several options. Also, in the chaos of battle many items are lost, appropriated or simply adopted outside of its normal use. British snipers, beyond a (generally) standard rifle/scope arrangement and binoculars, used whatever gear they saw fit for the situation.

I agree on the "get the basics first, then add to it" approach. I see a lot of what I refer to as "Paralysis By Analysis"... things being tied up in committee over details for so long that nothing ever gets done. Is my initial load-out going to be totally authentic? No, but if someone sees me they are going to say "Hey, he's a WWII British commando." The important fact is I'll be on the field.

[Pope_Alex_Kaeda_I]

As an outline for the basics of any WWII game that I'm prepared to put on

1 - Minimum uniform standards - period uniform, headgear, webbing, rifle.
2 - appropriate weapon for the nation your impression is based on (meaning, brits dont use mp40's, americans dont use KAR98's, germans dont use thompsons).
3 - theater appropriate (meaning, if you show up wanting do do a Marine, Russian, Japanese, etc impression, and its a western front northern europe game, thats a big no-go).
4 - "resistance" is limited to appropriate pistols and perhaps shotguns (i haven't seen a glock 18 in any photographs of normandy. no captured mp40s, no captured thompsons, no captured kar98s), and wearing appropriate atire (jeans and a t-shirt is not appropriate)

I'm prepared to start putting on WWII games starting in April on a regular basis. As things progress, I'm prepared to be a bastard and start limiting the number of submachine guns in order to encourage more authentic squad weapon loads, and being more of an authenticity a$$ to encourage people to improve their basic impression.

[Flyerfye]

Are you saying I could be a resistance fighter with a 1911 and period clothes? Because if so, I am VERY interested (and will have time to slowly work on a WWII loadout while still playing games)

The only thing that really worries me is the cost of some of the WWII replicas, not sure I'm ready to spend $500 on a Garand or an Enfield.

How quickly I get geared up will depend entirely on what kind of job I'm holding in April and May. (If I even HAVE a job)

[Pope_Alex_Kaeda_I]

Are you saying I could be a resistance fighter with a 1911 and period clothes? Because if so, I am VERY interested (and will have time to slowly work on a WWII loadout while still playing games)

Thats what I'm saying, following the "kaeda-plan for excellence in gaming".

[Bad Karma]

I'm into milsim airsoft to simulate modern combat with modern, high-tech weapons and gear. I am turned off to old load bearing equipment and weaponry because I find no beauty in them.

[Nocte]

1. Money.
2. People to play with.
3. Re-enactment isn't exactly my cup of tea.

4. Lack of interest in WWII.

[PanzerFaust]

The German load bearing equipment looks like S&M gear.





I wonder if that's why I'm so in love with it.

[Kendodude]

The German load bearing equipment looks like S&M gear.





I wonder if that's why I'm so in love with it.

When I googled up Y-Harness for ALICE gear awhile back, nasty stuff popped up.

[Variable]

Try googling for gasmasks

[Naked Snake]

Purchasing all the gear to make a complete loadout is to expensive. =(

[Private X]

Are you concerned about a lack of WWII Games in the area?
I am concerned because the lack of games gets you on the cost for a kit. Dont want to spend $1300ish on kit and play once a year.

Are you concerned about the cost of enough WWII kit to play?
I am concerned only because of the lack of games, I do not want to spend say $1300ish on a kit and play once a year.

What is it that holds you back from taking the plunge?
Parents, lack of good guns, mainly on the cost and lack of games.

[Crusader 6]

Hmm. I would be motivated to do WWII airsoft if there was a descent but affordable Sten replica out there. Or a cheap BAR. I read a story about a guy converting an M14 to a BAR and it looked pretty good. But I don't want to spend the time or money to make my own depending on the difficulty. Also, the cost of creating a loadout is expensive. The US M42 paratrooper pants and trouser combo is $145, and web sets are more than that off of What Price Glory. Don't get me started on boots.