Team Loadout!!!

[Piers Lodwick]

Right William and I have been discussing suggestible team load outs...

we went through quite alot, looking at prices and practicability. we decided to go for old school "British DPM Solider 95 Pattern"

most of you will probably be happy with this or be thinking what brought this on? well with us hoping to go to ground zero this summer
we should really look our best as we are a proper team.

we(the team) still need to get patches of some sort designed so if you feel up to the challenge then give it a go and post your designs here!

ok to cut to the chase i have found cheep full kit but only a few of us need it:

Zak
Me
Henry
Tom Denton
Crownie
alex
elliet
probably others

here is the cheepist full kit iv found(only 15 quid for a combat jacket, trousers and a shirt!!:

www.britishmilitarysurplus.co.uk/ishop/1069/shopscr40.html

that is what a few of you have at the moment:

Charlie
James
Harry(got so far the best british loadout )
Phil
Lewin(he just joined cadets)
others

basicly you need to purchace that and then in time get things like mk6 helmets(if you cant get mk6 helmets normal ones will do either sprayed camo or with a cover:



and boots,yokes assult vests, load bearing devices, webbing, gloves, etc

this will look pretty cool we think you dont have to get all of it but we want to look like a team not like the random bums we currently are!

if you have anything to say about this please post in this thread but just to point out that its going to cost 30-40 quid for camo, boots, mk6 helmet, etc

so not as much as what we were going to have(crye multicam) which would be over 100 quid just for the camo!

Piers(and will)

[Will Lewin]

decent assault boots are £50 alone pro boots or ammo boots are £80

in the Oxford army surplus store ACU camo similar to James's is a similar price as '95

maybe you could ask people to have an urban theme and a woodland theme

EDIT

Ive just seen the website and can I just say, christ its cheap I think Ill wait to see what happens when others buy stuff. I am, however, tempted by the landrover shovel.

why dont we all wear these

[Piers Lodwick]

lewin pro boots are 50 on there

[Will Dendy]

Urban camo doesn't work and looks stupid, which sorts that one out.

I also think people should consider getting decent radios as well - anyone have any thoughts on that?

Also while helmets look good there's no point going out and getting a MK6 unless you already happen to have one as you can get replicas that cost and weigh half as much but still stop bb's and look as good.

[Will Horton]

I agree: Radios are just as if not more important than gear. Scrap that, if you don't have proper comms then you might as well pull down your trousers and spread your legs, because you're going to get f***ed.

Before everyone goes out and buys expensive gear, let your first investment be a quality radio. I've been looking through my archive of AIs as they have a comms section each month, but the prices make me want to cry.

Will, could you suggest some good value/quality radios that we can all get?

Sorry to threadjack, Piers.

[Piers Lodwick]

dendy can you put up links for some cheep mk6 copies and will that alright i agree on getting some comms, dendy can you find some suitable ones please

[charlieboy]

well i have 4 radios that work on the same length, but are not compatible to wills, dendy's mario's etc radios, and i disagree will(horton) i think that with teamwork and skill, you can easily win a game!?!?!?!?!? but radios would help i agree

[Will Horton]

My point exactly, Charlie. Radios are essential for efficient teamwork, in the majority of situations. Otherwise your whole team is bunched up within speaking distance and everybody gets shot.

[charlieboy]

definately, with radios, you can initiate manouvers that you could not withought them, like sincronised breaching of doors to a room( i .e the milking parlour at henrys farm

[Will Dendy]

They have MK6 copies in Army Surplus for about £10, if you really want one.

For comms I have two Motorola XTN446 radios - they are fantastic in terms of audio clarity and range but equally they are very expensive, although you can pick them up on ebay for about £80 from time to time. I suppose the next step down would be the Alan 467R which is £50 from Maplin (http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?TabID=1&ModuleNo=32856&doy=6m7). It's not as good as the XTN446 but you get what you pay for, and it is still a 'professional' radio making it alot better than those ones you buy in a 2-pack for £40 from Argos, which won't be much use.

Charlie - can you give me any information such as the number of channels or even the brand or model number of your radios?

[Piers Lodwick]

yes dendy but if your saying the ones im thinking of it will be like tom dentons and can get shot straight through with a powerful gun!

[Will Dendy]

Most radios apart from mil-spec ones are going to be vulnerable to being shot - why not just keep them in a radio pouch?

[Will Lewin]

just get some civie radios - they are cheap and will work just as well as the millitary ones. You can even get headphones for them.

try: www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/2603041.htm

or: www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5530829.htm

I would recomend the first 1, howevere the second is better.

[Will Dendy]

Lewin are you high?

[Will Horton]

Wow, I hadn't even bothered to click on those links until you pointed it out. Please though, buy the Bratz walkie talkies and we'll count exactly how many BBs it takes to smash it into pieces small enough for you to cut with your coke and snort so that you can get high and go and make some other ludicrous suggestions about buying PoS radios whose only reliable function is a butt plug which you can shove up your ass to stop you getting raped in prison for dealing kids coke mixed with pink pieces of plastic.


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