The Siege Of Hirtagrad

Gadge harvey re-immerses himself in gunman air soft’s continuing cold war series, as the fight reaches the shores of britain.

- Gadge Harvey

WHEN I FIRST STARTED WRITING for Airsoft Action the “Cold War” in Gunman Airsoft’s 1980s MilSim/FilmSim campaign was just starting to fire up and get a bit warm. Now, over five years later, it’s positively on fire - and the flames have reached the UK!

While I’ve been a regular attendee at the Cold War series of games (and occasionally run the UK or Soviet factions) I’d recently been absent for a while as a recurring “war wound” had taken me out of action - or at least made weekenders very painful - for a while (OK, it’s not a “war” wound, it was a very painful, “done on an army exercise in the 90s” wound but the end result is the same). I was aware the “Cold War” had spread from central Europe to the Middle East and Afghanistan in previous battles but I’d totally missed the start of the Soviet invasion of the UK.

To bring you up to speed, here’s a potted history of what has happened to date: WWIII has kicked off in Europe as NATO tried to assist the Poles in gaining independence. While the war raged in Europe the USA stopped being “covert” in its assistance in Afghanistan and sent in US army rangers to assist the Mujahidin in their battle with the Soviets. Now, closer to home a crack squad of East German marines and paras led by Soviet Airborne have landed on the remote Scottish island of Hirta. Their mission: Destroy NATO radar and missile sites on the Island!

INVASION UK!