Airsoft Action 01 - Oct 2011 | Page 43

MILSIM what a modern soldier or elite forces’ operator does – and has to go through – in today’s current operational climate. The key word in that last sentence is learning. Learning is what Tier 1 is all about. Period!” “If you want to aimlessly run around a piece of woodland somewhere, clad from head to foot in any load-out, regardless of the tactical environment and expend industrial amounts of bb’s… Do not sign up!” “We have real-world operational experience of much of the above and we want to give you a snapshot of what it is really like, both mentally and physically. If this is what you really want to gain from playing airsoft military simulation games, then dare to be tested, dare to be challenged and dare to come to Tier 1!” As I said, Ed doesn’t waste words! missile testing site at Westcott, near Aylesbury. This 600-odd acre site contains around 100 compounds along with green zones, irrigation ditches, disused aircraft hangers, a disused railway track and several large woodland areas. Operation Rolling Thunder is the third instalment of Tier 1’s ongoing storyline.The operation sees the TIER 1 Special Operations Forces Task Force Viper, made up of operators from both the UK and the US, push deeper into Pakistan chasing the High Value Target (HVT) Mullah Kazim Numair (aka Panther) and his group of fearless Al Qaeda fighters. The group have also linked up with a large group of Pakistani Taliban on the outskirts of a large township. Reconnaissance teams from the UKSF Special Boat Squadron and US Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta will deploy in front of the main task force in order to identify likely target buildings housing potential HVT’s. Four sections from Seal Team 6 will then assault the targets at first light after being rapidly deployed and inserted via helicopter, directly onto their targets. Members of the UKSF Special Forces Support Group and Rangers from 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, will deploy during the early hours in order to establish inner and outer cordons around the target buildings. Thereafter they are to provide the main overt footprint on the ground when pushing deeper into the suburbs as the task force advances to contact, and attempts to clear the multitude of compounds and bunkers in order to kill or capture Panther, his associates and the Taliban fighters. And if that description of the operation isn’t enough to make you want to be a part of it, Tier 1 probably doesn’t want you anyway – this is for folks who are serious about Mil-Sim. Ed again: “If you are still reading this then you are hopefully genuinely interested in learning something about For more information on Operation Rolling Thunder and Tier 1 Military Simulation, visit the website at: www.tier1militarysimulation.com or email [email protected] www.airsoftactionmagazine.com 043