Russian/Soviet Airsoft Impressions

Firekitten

The SU was loved for many of the same reasons the micro m4 carbines of today are....TOO short for the powder in the cartridge, inaccurate due to barrel length, etc. 'Suka' rather fitting no?

Masada

tonyj_mc wrote: »

for shame, for shame just kidding, if i got my hands on a PPk i'd be following the hawks lead and skirmish in a suit

I have a PPK,
I have a Suit,
I am a Hawk...

You'll never see my rocking up to a game in a suit...

Firekitten

Not exactly the hawks 'first'... We've been rocking maffia games in the UK for years now :P Though columbian drug lords is often more amusing.

Richard dear.... a ppk? From all that bluster I'd have thought it was a desert eagle

Masada

Sorry Frank, My names not Richard,.

Masada

tonyj_mc wrote: »

I'm a bit of a glock fan (understatement) but can't bring myself to bring it out with my russian gear, might get AKSU just to have a small back up

but yeah its a b1tch to get the scorpian alrite.:mad:

If its good enough for the Russians, its good enough for you.,

Stercus Accidit

Masada wrote: »

If its good enough for the Russians, its good enough for you.,

Thats a very western hat he has on him! Well, not like a cowboy hat.

Masada

Oh their Russians alright, credit though goes to puding for the pic, he posted it somewhere else on here a while back.,

Puding

the picture is defiantly Russian, taken after the Georgian conflict, from the gallery seemed to almost be a show and tell event, with a lot of captured Georgia gear being tried

A good few good links if you want your Russian load-out to be accurate:
http://www.illinoisairsoft.com/index.php?topic=3234.0
http://www.red-alliance.net/forum/index.php?topic=7601.0

great link never seen that forum before, nice guide

Link

There I made up for it, new desktop for anyone interested

I also have a gp30 manual in pdf format, in russian, but with lovely instructional diagrams.

Maybe thats a nice image for redbadger puding?


Even more here down the page: http://www.armyrecognition.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6322&sid=cec936844a7e3926c2b519468abb887b

had never seen that site before, have a large number of posters at the moment but some stuff i can defiantly add on where

http://www.redbadger.org/russian-posters-equipment/

thermo

here is a souviner i was brought home from russia
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and something else for you to look at one of my other "toys" (non airsoft)

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enjoy!

Puding

sorry i cant view the attachments

thermo

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other links dont work! oops

Puding

the patch i believe is something like soviet mobile infantry, the pins may take a little longer

thermo

Puding wrote: »

the patch i believe is something like soviet mobile infantry, the pins may take a little longer

i was looking online and couldnt find what most of the pins were,,,,,

Stercus Accidit

thermo wrote: »

here is a souviner i was brought home from russia
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and something else for you to look at one of my other "toys" (non airsoft)

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enjoy!

I remember that makarov, BANG ringgggggggggggggggggggggg

Ah joy of joys

thermo

Stercus Accidit wrote: »

I remember that makarov, BANG ringgggggggggggggggggggggg

Ah joy of joys

at least you only got ringing in your ears,,,,, some **** themselves!

Puding

copys of russian smesh and gorka about to hit the market, depending on the price could be a good thing, but considering the price of the real stuff and the ease of purchase know a days they would have to be very cheap to be useful http://www.flickr.com/photos/31138508@N02/

tonyj_mc

Webbing arrived just before x-mas and so did the partizan and Kobra red dot. Will stick up pics when i manage to get it all home

Puding

tonyj_mc wrote: »

Webbing arrived just before x-mas and so did the partizan and Kobra red dot. Will stick up pics when i manage to get it all home

sounds good, look forward to the pictures, and let people know what you think of the gear

ZeroSignal

tonyj_mc wrote: »

Webbing arrived just before x-mas and so did the partizan and Kobra red dot. Will stick up pics when i manage to get it all home

Where did you get the Kobra from? Can you let me know how you got on with it? specifically build quality and possible sight ghosting. Also, if you do have a problem with it, does the sight hood make the ghosting go away?

Thanks.

tonyj_mc

it was teh clone one on ehobby, doesn't appear to have much ghosting but the dot is fairly faint, uses AA batts as well so thats handy.

its this oone here
http://shop.ehobbyasia.com/ea-kobra-military-ak-red-dot-sight-ekp-1s-03.html

i'll try and get some pics over the next few days and post em up

ZeroSignal

tonyj_mc wrote: »

it was teh clone one on ehobby, doesn't appear to have much ghosting but the dot is fairly faint, uses AA batts as well so thats handy.

its this oone here
http://shop.ehobbyasia.com/ea-kobra-military-ak-red-dot-sight-ekp-1s-03.html

i'll try and get some pics over the next few days and post em up

Thanks for the info. Much obliged.

Is the dot still usable even if it is faint?

Also, do these reviews reflect how you feel about it?
http://www.arniesairsoft.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=156400&st=0&p=2075966&#entry2075966

http://blip.tv/file/2069728

Thanks for all the help. I'm seriously considering getting one of these bad boys but you never know...

tonyj_mc

its still visable, i havn't had a chance to test it out properly i'll stick some fresh batts in it and drag it out with me next weekend and i'll see how usuable it is.

tonyj_mc

ZeroSignal

That is a great load-out, Tony. The Kobra looks the business.

How much did the SMERSH rig set you back?

tonyj_mc

ZeroSignal wrote: »

That is a great load-out, Tony. The Kobra looks the business.

How much did the SMERSH rig set you back?

Cheers, had a quick go again not great batteries but it was the brigtness it was the all the aiming reticules besides the dot one was a bit fuzzy. When i get out i'll post a full review can't wait

the Smersh was a bit pricy got it from www.soviet-propaganda.com ordered it before christmas and they shipped pretty quick, it came to $216 (i ordered a radio pouch not realising it came with one) including delivery (about €150) considering the quality and how muchclone vest from china cost it was a bargin i think

heres the link
http://www.soviet-propaganda.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3_47&products_id=269

Just realised looking at this that i left the main belt in work, woops

ZeroSignal

Thanks Tony.

Now, I'm hoping someone can help me with this: I'm in the market for a new rig but I'm not sure what to get. Since we're basing ourselves on the VDV(ish) and I'm looking for something that would work with that.

I'm seriously considering the SMERSH rig because it's low profile (so it won't interfere with feeling hits) and it can carry 8 AK mags. But I don't want anything superfluous as I want to keep costs down. What on this page do I need to have a functioning SMERSH rig? (minus the pouches of course):
http://www.soviet-propaganda.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=3_72

Is there anywhere I can get any digital flora/Russian digital pouches or vests? Redforces has run out before I got the chance to buy any.

tonyj_mc

minimun without pouchs as far as i know is one of the harnesses and one of the belts. all the harnesses ar ejust diffrent styles some with Molle so your talking $55 before shipping and then what ever pouchs you want after that

tonyj_mc

ZeroSignal wrote: »

Is there anywhere I can get any digital flora/Russian digital pouches or vests? Redforces has run out before I got the chance to buy any.

there is some pouches on the same site, might do in the mean time.
http://www.soviet-propaganda.com/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&keyword=digital

ZeroSignal

tonyj_mc wrote: »

minimun without pouchs as far as i know is one of the harnesses and one of the belts. all the harnesses ar ejust diffrent styles some with Molle so your talking $55 before shipping and then what ever pouchs you want after that

So, I'd be okay if I got just these?:
http://www.soviet-propaganda.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3_72&products_id=257
http://www.soviet-propaganda.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=9_66&products_id=173

Or would I need this to mount the AK pouches and not have them slide around?:
http://www.soviet-propaganda.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3_72&products_id=199

I'll probably go for the same pouches you have. I'm even considering just getting the pouches and just mounting them on a belt. Although, I get the feeling they'd just slide around a lot.

tonyj_mc

sorry i meant one of the wide belts with a plain belt over it, sorry wasn't thinking when i was typing, don't think it needs to that specfic webbing belt (narrow one) i'd say anything a similar colour will do