The chat group where we discuss all things post-apocalypse has now grown into a whole range of new directions, with the conversation spreading even further afield, to encompass movies and TV series that we could all watch while we had a little enforced downtime. Inspiration came to me in the form of another “LE Loadout”; NBC’s “Chicago PD” TV show first aired in the USA on January 8th 2014 and the UK premier was 22nd October 2014. It showed the uniformed officers of, and the Elite Intelligence unit of, the fictional “21st District” of the Chicago Police Department, headed by Sergeant Henry “Hank” Voight.
THE BASICS
I’ve been a fan of the show since it first aired in the UK and whilst we’ve been living under the Covid19 restrictions in one form or another, having got bored with the “generic” Multicam setups out on sites, I decided that I would, like Bill, put together a loadout to mimic one of my favourite TV shows. Although in a lot of the show the characters wear plain clothes, sometimes, when they go on pre-planned raids and operations, they wear the Chicago PD body armour and also wear tactical black uniform on some occasions. The plan would be to use the badges of “Sgt Hank Voight”, my sidearm would be my Umarex/ VFC Glock 17, as used by three characters including “Detective Jay Halstead”. Being a left hander, the only left-handed character in the show is “Detective Haley Upton”, so this would give me a good mix of parts of each of the main characters.
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SETTING THE SCENE: SETS AND PROPS
WITH THE FIRST âOPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENTâ OF HIS MISSILE LAUNCH SYSTEM NOW WELL AND TRULY UNDER HIS BELT, JAMES TURNS TO THE MORE GENERALISED USE OF âSET AND PROPSâ. THIS IS WHERE IMAGINATION MEETS REALITY, AS HE EMBARKS ON A NEW SERIES OF ARTICLES INVESTIGATING HOW THE CORRECT USE OF âSCENE SETTINGâ CAN TURN A GOOD AIRSOFT GAME INTO AN AWESOME ONE!
PRACTICAL MAGIC
IN THE FIRST PART OF YET ANOTHER NEW SERIES, JON âPOSHâ MILLS HAS STARTED HIS JOURNEY INTO ALL THINGS âPRACTICALâ AS HE DOCUMENTS HIS FIRST STEPS INTO A WHOLE NEW WORLD OF AIRSOFT AND, ALONG WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE AA CREW, TAKES A STEP BACK TO âPROJECT PRECISIONâ AND SEES HOW TRUE âAIRSOFT MULTIGUNâ IS BEING LOOKED AT WITH FRESH EYES!
THE CAGE: GLOVES
AS WITH EVERY INSTALMENT OF THE CAGE, WEâRE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR GOOD KIT; NOT SIMPLY GEAR THATâS 100% FIT FOR PURPOSE BUT EQUIPMENT THATâS GOING TO GIVE YOU GOOD SERVICE AND GREAT VALUE FOR MONEY! THIS TIME THE AA LEGION TAKE A LOOK AT GLOVES, WHAT THEYâVE WORN IN THE PAST AND WHAT THEYâRE WEARING NOW, SO YOU CAN REALLY GET âHANDS ONâ IN ANY SITUATION! AS USUAL, BILL LEADS OFFâŠ
DIRECT ACTION: 2021 UPDATES!
ACTION IN POLAND. AS ALWAYS THOUGH, BILL HAS BEEN KEEPING A VERY CLOSE EYE ON THEIR LATEST DEVELOPMENTS AND INNOVATIONS FOR THE TRUE TACTICAL USER! WITH SOME GREAT NEW MODELS AVAILABLE HE BRINGS IN AN UPDATE OF KIT THAT HEâS ALREADY TRIED AND TESTED EXTENSIVELY!
VORSK: DIARY UPDATE
SINCE THE âVORSK PROJECTâ STARTED, BILL HAS BEEN KEEPING DETAILED NOTES AND A RUNNING TALLY ON THE EXISTING MODELS TO SEE HOW THEY PERFORM OVER TIME AND ALTHOUGH SOME STILL HAVENâT YET SEEN A GAME DUE TO THE RESTRICTIONS WE HAVE ALL FACED, HE CONTINUES TO GIVE ALL THE MODELS, INCLUDING THE LATEST RELEASES, A VERY HARD TIME ON THE RANGE IN HIS WEEKLY SESSIONS!
OPFOR OPERATOR
DURING HIS TIME PLAYING AIRSOFT, BILL HAS FOUND HIMSELF ON ALL MANNER OF TEAMS AND EVERY SINGLE ONE HAS HAD ITS OWN PARTICULAR PLUS AND MINUS POINTS, BUT HE DOES SAY THAT IT HASBEEN THE TIME THAT HEâS SPENT PLAYING OPPOSING FORCE, OR OPFOR, WHERE HEâS ENJOYED HIMSELF THE MOST. FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS, HE FINALLY STARTS TO LOOK AT OPFOR âMAIN FORCEâ!
THE NEED FOR SPEED: PART I
ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT SEEM THAT WE ARE ALL CONSTANTLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE âLATEST AND BESTESTâ INNOVATIONS THAT WILL MAKE OUR AEGS AND GBBS UTTER DEVASTATORS AND BRINGERS OF DOOM, IN PART 1 OF A TWO-PART FEATURE, BOYCIE TAKES A LOOK BACK AT WHERE WEâVE COME FROM AND HOW WE CAN USE THE SIMPLEST OF âFIXESâ TO OUR BEST ADVANTAGE!
RELOADED CZECH MATE
AAâS âMAN IN TAIWANâ, STEWBACCA, TAKES A LOOK BACK AT HOW AND WHY HE ENDED UP USING A KJ WORKS CZ75 SHADOW 2 FOR HIS ACTION AIR EXPLOITS.
SOMETIMES SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL
FRENCHIE HAS WRITTEN ABOUT MULTITOOLS ON MORE THAN A FEW OCCASIONS IN AIRSOFT ACTION AND THIS MONTH HEâS GOING TO ADD TO THAT GROWING PILE, BY TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT ONE OF HIS FAVOURITES.
âA SHOOTER NEEDS ONLY ONE RIFLE!â ...SAID NO AIRSOFTER âŠEVER!
NO MATTER WHAT TYPE OF PLATFORM IT IS, ALL OF US AT AIRSOFT ACTION ARE GENUINELY DELIGHTED TO SEE SOMETHING THATâS JUST A BIT DIFFERENT AND IN A DEPARTURE FROM HIS USUAL PREFERENCE OF AIRSOFT RIFS, BOYCIE TAKES A LONG, HARD LOOK AT THE STEYR SCOUT BOLT ACTION RIFLE THATâS COME TO MARKET COURTESY OF ACTIONSPORTGAMES (ASG).