Loadouts... how do you do yours?

Firekitten

Ok folks, continuing in the spirit of interesting topics that dont involve a right answer..... I pose this.....

Why do you wear what you wear when airsofting?

Do you have a specific loadout? is it police? army? whose? why? and what era?

Do you dress for comfort? wearing only what you need?

Do you dress for concealment? sneaking around like a little quiet mouse....

What motivates you to use what you use?


Answers on a postcard....

CptMackey

I have a fairly basic loadout.

Woodland top and bottom a olive drab scarf and a woodland bush hat. and a woodland poncho for the rain

dont have the bobs for much more


I actually works quite well on the site, give that its mainly woods.

Firekitten

I'll give my own answer too here....


I fit mostly into all boxes (bar naked skirmishing, I only did it in my bra and combat pants once, for a bet)

I do themed loadouts... because for me, airsoft is about the roleplay aspect...

I've had everything... US army grunt, Para Rescue, to Russian ww2....

My current ones are British temperate, British dersert (iraq war 2004 era and modern), Russian MVD, IDF, Vietnam Us Grunt... (oh and VC sniper)

I enjoy the imaginery aspect of the loadouts... I'm a writer, and most of them have some specific relevance to something I've writen.

Most skirmishes I wear dpm combats, molle blast belt, helly hansen under armour top, and my charming wit.... I play to play... have a good time... but most of my games are milsims, and the theme stuff comes in.

I have no specific preference... I'll try it all, and enioy trying new stuff... afterall its airsoft...

Sod'o swords

I Choose camo i like the look of Really, don't care much for functionality.

I love getting new loadouts as much as, if not more, than i love getting AEG's, i think i have an equal amount of each.

I have a Full woodland, full German Flecktarn, two Mulitcam, Brit DDPM, my Russian Commisar and my suit loadout.
Building my ACU one now, which is actually the first thing in a long time i've been excited about in airsoft.

Once i get a small amount of a certain camo, i have to complete it.
I'd sell and AEG quicker than a loadout.

I usually just Skirmish with my Mulitcam and Fleck SAAV because those SAAV's are just epic, and i heart my multicam.

Puding

accurate themed loadout/impressions has not really taken off much in Ireland from my experience, i think i;ve seen under a dozen accurate representations of units or national loutouts, lots of people in marpat calling themselves usmc for example but with a g36 and random load bearing for example nothing wrong with this, there is no right or wrong way to play airsoft what ever anyone tells you we all just gravitate to what we are happy with

but im confident accurate loutouts and impressions will become more and more popular within ireland

you just have to look thought somewhere like arnies to see what is possible

Craigsy

I dont really go for a specific loadout but its near enough to Brit kit. Brit DPM, Boonie and shemagh, and now and then i'll break out the L85. With that i have my molle plate carrier and some other bits and pieces. I wear it cos its comfortable, its good quality, and it works as much as i need it too, thats all.

Witcher

Used to wear US NWU(-ish) camo with a black tac vest, now have the same camo but with an OD Ciras over it and a pair of tan Oakley gloves.

It's a mismatch of everything really, but the camo actually works quite well even though it's navy and the OD is proven to work, oakleys haven't been used yet so they might give me away:P

gungun

i dont really try to get an accurate loadout as i dont have the money to make one good enough
just a helmet, goggles, shemagh, multicam bdu and multicam vest not because its practical but because i think it looks deadly:D

Bernie Mac

I love the look a loadouts specific to a military unit and all the rest but I mainly wear what I wear to suit the environment I play in.

When I am in Rathbeggan I would wear tiger stripe, british or dutch DPMS and in the winter I wear desert tiger stripe for when the grass start going a nice brown colour and works a threat.

For caring my gear I wear either a recon chest rig (china made) in a CB colour or I would wear my Bulle UK low profile molle rig. Great for skirmish gaming means I only carry what I need onto the feild and dont start filling my pouches with kit I dont need.

For Milsim I would wear the recon chest rig and carry a ruck or some extra molle load bearing gear

andy_g

full usmc loadout here as based with my team: temperate marpat/desert marpat cb fsbe vest m4 and m16 with acog.

and in the process of building my british current day load out iraq/afganistan.

swiftblade

When i stated playing airsoft it was all about getting cheap everything and still is in a way :rolleyes: I mostly go for things that work, not accurate or anything
Current loadout is......

Full set of flecktarn
Full set of 58 webbing
And a helmet with flecktarn cover.

I find flecktarn works best and thats the simple reason why i use it. The 58 webbing is because its dirt cheap

Firekitten

Sod'o swords wrote: »

I Choose camo i like the look of Really, don't care much for functionality.

I love getting new loadouts as much as, if not more, than i love getting AEG's, i think i have an equal amount of each.

I have a Full woodland, full German Flecktarn, two Mulitcam, Brit DDPM, my Russian Commisar and my suit loadout.
Building my ACU one now, which is actually the first thing in a long time i've been excited about in airsoft.

Once i get a small amount of a certain camo, i have to complete it.
I'd sell and AEG quicker than a loadout.

I usually just Skirmish with my Mulitcam and Fleck SAAV because those SAAV's are just epic, and i heart my multicam.

Yeah... I'm going after an acu one now... The hurt locker has turned my hatred of the stuff. It looks good.

SniperSight

I prefer going fully themed, just love when everything goes together.
I've got US Woodland,
Delta Force, Black Hawk Down desert era,
Absolute pride of place is my full 101st Easy loadout, including Garand and cricket:D
And the latest being U.S. Swat.

Im thinking maybe Vietnam next....(I just git Full Metal Jacket on Blu-Ray, so its in my head now:P).

hitman_

Depends if I want to play Airsoft (skirmish?)
or play Soldiers (milsim-like) really.
Tigerstripe or Brit DPM or Jeans/top, Gun: M4 or G36C or SAW or AK.
Tac belt/webbing or mix - depends on mood of the day usually.
Generally whatever is comfortable to wear, don't care about accuracy too much.

Leftyflip

To be honest my loadout is made up depending on circumstances.
My normal loadout is Woodland DPM with the DPM SAAV,M4, 10-12 midcaps and a pistol in a dropleg.
My sneaky bastard loadout is my ghillie top, M4, about 4 midcaps and a pistol in a dropleg
My sniper loadout is my full ghillie, Bar-10, two mags and again my pistol.
Then there is what ever other small things I need for a game.
I try not to complicate things and find that this set-up works great.
Ger.

Lemming

Puding wrote: »

accurate themed loadout/impressions has not really taken off much in Ireland from my experience, i think i;ve seen under a dozen accurate representations of units or national loutouts, lots of people in marpat calling themselves usmc for example but with a g36 and random load bearing for example nothing wrong with this, there is no right or wrong way to play airsoft what ever anyone tells you we all just gravitate to what we are happy with

I've a mixture of approaches to load-outs, so I can't really pick one of the options from the list and run with it and say "that's me". I've done everything from the mishmash approach, to historic, to running around in civvies (oddly enough playing as civilian resistance) with a sten in the p*ssings of rain like only Sennybridge can deliver.

So far, I've only ever really taken pains to get accuracy into historical load-outs; such as my two Vietnam load-outs, or the WW2 British Paratrooper one - complete with issue maroon beret - (circa 'Op. Market Garden', 1944) I'm currently building.

But I've started building a Brit DDPM load-out (Afghanistan), again modelled on the Paras since I can chop and change some stuff between that and the aforementioned WW2 load-out. At the moment it's not overly accurate since I'm mixing kit to "make do" until I complete the load-out. Mind you, I'll be needing either need a Gympie or an L86 LSW for that one me thinks; so suggestions are welcome although retailers need not apply

I've got a couple of other ideas for accurate load-outs cooking away but to be honest they're quite far away down the pipeline. A Russian Afghan VDV loadout is top of that particular list, although I will need to ask a chap I know in the UK very, very nicely if he can russle me up a PKM like the one he owns.

My "usual" load-out is a sort of generic US SF look with US woodland and a SOG vest. But I can get away with that since SF types generally wear whatever they want, whenever they want.

Vents

For me, It's all about the game.

If it gets in the way of the game then it aint being worn.

Flectarn shirt and combats (Viper squad basics)
British Issue Boots (really cheep and comfy)
Snickers gloves (from work)

start of the day I'll have my modified Flec SAAV filled to the brim with everything my morning bright mind can imagine. Scrim around my neck, Flec cap and drop leg holster.

By mid morning I'm down to the flectarn basics and a belt set. I'm the big lad on the squad and I do get warm. :rolleyes:

Not too fussed about historical accuracy, as long as its functional in game play its OK by me. If you don't use it, it;s just another thing to make noise.

Firekitten

Lemming wrote: »

Mind you, I'll be needing either need a Gympie or an L86 LSW for that one me thinks;

*sigh*

it's aGimpy, honey. :rolleyes:

Smokerkl

Yes you lemon its a gimpy dont you know..

Anyway I wear dry dpm pants and smock and carry couple of spare mags and a pistol in my dump pocket on the left and empties go in the right with my fags..
Ohh and I always polish my boots aswell ..

S..

Killinator

For me its either a early ninties US woodland affair, or desert affair(ie:Black Hawk Down era)
Or my Special Forces kit which isnt overly specific(although mostly SWAT style)
Or my Heer Infantry get-up complete with potato masher:D

weeder

im more of a mismatcher, will wear woodland bdu's but if its too warm ill just wear woodland bottoms and a t shirt, usually carry mags in the side pouches of the bdu since i can fit 4-5 stanags in there. if i feel like it or am using somthing with awkward shaped and sized mags I will wear my OD chest rig,will wear a balaclava if i feel like it, will carry a pistol if its not a huge yoke like the mk23 and i have the rig on me, im also known go into the field carrying just my pistol. if im playing sniper (which i do very occasionally) ittl just be the bdu and balaclava and whatever ammo my primary will hold,

tonyj_mc

Normally for me its either team colours based on Woodland Marpat, with a chest rig, drop leg holster, Masada with a 203 underneath and GLock 17 and a DE shottie for back up.

On the chest rig i Try to carry as much ammo as possible so have eight mid caps three 203 shells, Tornado grenade, 8-10 shotties shells, a utility pouch with a couple of speed loaders and the Leatherman pouch for when it all goes tits up.

Firekitten

tonyj_mc wrote: »

Normally for me its either team colours based on Woodland Marpat, with a chest rig, drop leg holster, Masada with a 203 underneath and GLock 17 and a DE shottie for back up.

On the chest rig i Try to carry as much ammo as possible so have eight mid caps three 203 shells, Tornado grenade, 8-10 shotties shells, a utility pouch with a couple of speed loaders and the Leatherman pouch for when it all goes tits up.

I ought to add an option for tactical cart horse?

tonyj_mc

Firekitten wrote: »

I ought to add an option for tactical cart horse?

might be an idea grab the claymore as well sometimes although that lives in the dump pouch

Poccington

Just out of curiosity, how many of you wear tabs, Unit flashes etc. with your loadouts?



*Not as in your Airsoft team flashes or whatever but actual Unit flashes or tabs

delta-boy

At the minute, I just have my Partizan suit, a belt holding a dump pouch and my Kalash...

But hopefully, when I get enough funds, Imma buy a Smersh AK regular rig.
And future wise: I'm looking into some Israeli themed loadouts

Firekitten

Poccington wrote: »

Just out of curiosity, how many of you wear tabs, Unit flashes etc. with your loadouts?



*Not as in your Airsoft team flashes or whatever but actual Unit flashes or tabs

Just my rank slide on my dmp combat jacket... I cant be fussed taking it off, and I'ts mine. Units wise.... no, apart from my vietnam stuff.... I wear a first cav patch, and the macv logo, as per we were soldiers... i figure its a film, so its accurate without being walty.

fletch...

Just Flektarn (team coloures) combats and jacket here, any mags or whatever go in my leg pockets, pistol on my belt. I used to wear the "African flek" tac vest but soon learnt its more tactical and stealthy without having all that unnesisary rubbish hanging off me while trying to sneak trough tight spaces and the likes especially in overgrown places like Fingal

TheDoc

Poccington wrote: »

Just out of curiosity, how many of you wear tabs, Unit flashes etc. with your loadouts?



*Not as in your Airsoft team flashes or whatever but actual Unit flashes or tabs

Here...we go...again.... :rolleyes:


I just wear mix and mash, I've got a kinda semi accurate vietnam loadout, with the rifle the shortcoming, need to finish it off.

I'm currently in the mix to putting an accurate ACU loadout together with interceptor vest and I'll be grabbing some insignia for it and using it for some milsim type games that I'm playing as an american etc.


I have to say though that ACU, oddly, is the only loadout I've put effort into researching how its properly done. Because it is going to be a heavy milsim larping loadout, I want to it look accurate.

I've been slowly but surely become more interested in loadouts. AEG's dont interest me anymore, I've got all the guns I'll ever need really, and pistols are the only things keeping me interested.

But putting together an accurate loadout is time consuming, addictive, interesting and overall exciting and fun.

My suit is pretty much done and was done quickly and cheaply. 20 euro for the suit, 6 euro for tie and shirt in dunnes and 20 for a shoulder holster. And its my favourite loadout.

I've plans to get myself a proper multicam vest, I'm using a blast bet and drop leg and it just looks ****, I want some big **** off halo 3 looking vest or something

Firekitten

what about the armour chassis on ebb Doc?

Lemming

Poccington wrote: »

Just out of curiosity, how many of you wear tabs, Unit flashes etc. with your loadouts?



*Not as in your Airsoft team flashes or whatever but actual Unit flashes or tabs

Same as FireKitten with regards my vietnam OD load-out (my SOG one has no markings as per historical context); first cav & MACV shoulder patches.

My WW2 para one obviously will do as well considering the maroon beret is issue with an actual badge, and I have both the airborne 'wings' shoulder flash and the pegasus air assault shoulder patch from WW2.

TheDoc

Damn money keeps holding me back....

Killinator

Poccington wrote: »

Just out of curiosity, how many of you wear tabs, Unit flashes etc. with your loadouts?



*Not as in your Airsoft team flashes or whatever but actual Unit flashes or tabs

On my Heer uniform I got my Medic Officer shoulder tabs, and my helmet has the reich symbol/flag on either side,
My desert loadout has a Medical Engineer insignia on the shoulder, though I sometimes will use my Rangers insignia and tabs instead.

Craigsy

Poccington wrote: »

Just out of curiosity, how many of you wear tabs, Unit flashes etc. with your loadouts?



*Not as in your Airsoft team flashes or whatever but actual Unit flashes or tabs

Personally i dont, im from the camp that believes you should earn them before you wear them

Leftyflip

Craigsy wrote: »

Personally i dont, im from the camp that believes you should earn them before you wear them

+1
They're something you have to earn, especially rank slides.

mcshape

I have a couple of loadouts I wear, mainly I do a us multicam kinda thing, slowly building it up to a full PJ loadout (without the chute obiously), the other loadout I put together was based on the sas in call of duty 4, basically brit dpm, black issue jumper, mar ciras od vest and dpm boonie, however I was dissapointed with the filthy looks I got in some places for having the union jack on one arm, it was just a look I wanted to roll out in, won't be doing it again!

Phractal

Eh, I wear whatever. From a hoodie and jeans to a full blown military type set up. I prefer hoodie and jeans though, far easier cos it means less kit to drag along!. If its a serious game, however, its camo gear all the way, along with natural cover. OT bot I once hid behind this big huge red rusty girder. Me hair bloody blended into the scenery of rust!

I would play in the nip (nothing but goggles, boots and boxers that is) for a new AEG of my choice though. LOL any takers?

gerrowadat

I have a couple of sets of multicam, a nice set of fleck and can probably scrape together a brit dpm loadout from under the spare bed.

One thing in common with my loadouts is everything is always in the same place. I have a dropleg dump pouch (tan or OD, depending on loadout) on my left leg, a serpa (if I'm carrying a secondary) on my right, mags are on front, admin pouch under my left arm, radio on a pouch on my belt behind my left hip.

It's about modularity for me. If I want my sidearm, my right hand goes down. If I want a mag, it's either in my front or my left-side dropleg (if I've ditched the vest because it's too warm).

For headwear, boonies all the way. I hae a flecktarn bandana, which I wear with the fleck loadout. I haven't been able to find a multicam bandana, although I'm hoping to have one made (I bought 6 metres of multicam cloth from crye, and a seamstress friend is making me a kilt, so hopefully there'll be enough left over).

I used to use a bungee sling excusively, but my primary these days (a monster-length 416 with an acog) is too heavy for it, so I have a RS m249 sling and I just clear space so I can swing the secondary to my back.

The back has either hydration pouch or backpack (which can take a hydration bladder) if I'm out for the day. I think the next refinement will be one of those camelbak motherlodes, which are much smaller than the 3-day pack. I've never filled the 3-day, and it just gets bulky. Going to wait until closer to berget to pick one up.

The suit is stock at the moment, I just dual-wield USPs or have the Maruzen GBB mp5k on a bungee sling. I want to pick up a dual wield shoulder holster somewhere for under the suit, or an mp5k shoulder holster.

It's about functionality and refinement, I've gotten rid of more gear than I own these days, and I go on and off things as required.

hoplite

Similar to gerrowadat in that I stick with the same loadout where possible.

Early on I found a vest that suited my needs.



You can usually pick up this style of vest in various camo types for about €50.

So I have one in black, flecktarn, multicam and cough acu

Most of the vests allow you to fit a dual mag pouch instead of the crossdraw holster (6) so you get 6 large mag pouches that will easily fit AK, M4 and G36 mags & most of the vests have pouches will allow you double stack the m4 mags if you want. I usually go out with 6 midcap mags in the pouches plus one ready to go carried in my hand or dump pouch.

I clip a dump pouch to the belt on the left hand side and I use a single point attachment sling connected to the D-Ring on the right shoulder.

Optional is to attach various holsters or leg platforms to the belt on the right side.

Have spotted this vest in Cadpat the other day so its only a matter of time

Does not give me the most realistic load out but it works for me and is consistent no matter what camo I choose for a particular environment.

desertstorm

I see you've decided to make use of the molle on the back and opted for the samurai sword and shovel over the traditional hydration bladder or backpack, nice

Firekitten

Craigsy wrote: »

Personally i dont, im from the camp that believes you should earn them before you wear them

Leftyflip wrote: »

+1
They're something you have to earn, especially rank slides.

Some of us have.

Phractal wrote: »

I would play in the nip (nothing but goggles, boots and boxers that is) for a new AEG of my choice though. LOL any takers?

For the sake of the children... please god no.... :eek:

gerrowadat wrote: »

I haven't been able to find a multicam bandana, although I'm hoping to have one made (I bought 6 metres of multicam cloth from crye, and a seamstress friend is making me a kilt, so hopefully there'll be enough left over).

Multicam kilt.... Now I truely have heard it all.... thanks Dave

hoplite

desertstorm wrote: »

I see you've decided to make use of the molle on the back and opted for the samurai sword and shovel over the traditional hydration bladder or backpack, nice

Ha ha,

Just for clarity thats not me its a pic I borrowed off the interweb. I'd like to think that we all have enough common sense to know that we don't go around with samurai swords under any circumstances.

Craigsy

Firekitten wrote: »

Some of us have. )

Yeah i'm well aware of that, was just giving my opinion.

Firekitten

Craigsy wrote: »

Yeah i'm well aware of that, was just giving my opinion.

Oh I know... and entitled to it... frankly i feel sortof the same.

its just a topic that comes up often, and when some 5 foot nothing little tubby geardo comes up to me at a game and berates me for wearing rank tab / unit insigina i cba to take off, telling me how disrespectful I am.... I cant help but laugh a little.

But then the 'OMFG INSIGNIA R BAD' respectnazis are as bad as anyone too...

Craigsy

yeah i know, i'll never say anything to anyone about whatever they choose to wear, i just wont wear anything i havent earned

gerrowadat

I'm the same. I don't have an issue with people wearing insignia they've just bought -- if some 17 year old tub o' lard is walking around with USMC rank or specialist patches, then it's not me that looks ridiculous tbh.

These days I wear the band of hawks patch, the subdued tricolour, and the Berget NATO patch. At least if people are paying attention they'll know that I've earned or am entitled to all of these.

evilrobotshane

My loadout is almost entirely pure practicality, not in the slightest bit based on any group's set-up. I wear PenCott camo because it's very effective in the British Islesian countryside, but it's not used by any military or similar group. I use a DPM chest rig which is pretty minimalistic in terms of size so I don't overheat unnecessarily and can still lay prone, but it still carries 9 mags, 4 for my MP7 and a grenade, and has some big pockets that I have all kinds of stupid crap in, like a small first aid kit and a poncho and I don't know what else but should probably have a look.

The most interesting thing is the MP7, which I wear in a holster upside-down at the back of my belt. It's not very quick to access and a bit difficult to put away again, but it's nicely out of the way and doesn't cause much annoyance. I use it as a secondary because it doesn't suffer from the woes of gas. There's also a dump pouch on my left leg which I used to think were daft but now love.

Fallschirmjager

i try to be as accurate as possible. i have a full acu loadout including interceptor vest, full vietnam one, have a full swat one (except i need the right mp5/p90 vest) generally wear multicam now because i like it, want to built a ww2 fj outfit and/or german GD div outfit. Will also built a US para outfit.

will use some of the flashes, that depends on the milsim event.