Airsoft Action 01 - Oct 2011 | Page 71

SPECIAL ZOMBIE SQUAD There is only one thing these guys take more seriously than their airsoft – and that’s the fun they have playing the game! F ollowing an idea by two founder members and zombie enthusiasts, Sam and Mark, the Special Zombie Squad (SZS) formed six years ago, after their first skirmish at Fireball. Derived from the SAS, they are a crack team of anti-zombie combat specialists, waiting to be called upon by the MoD in times of crisis. Over the intervening years they have taken on board new players, all of whom long for a Zompocalypse. All members of the SZS enjoy more of a MilSim style of gameplay, although without the hardcore military structure.The members play for fun, which is something they feel some other airsofters can forget at times. The team can normally be found in one of two places: the site’s safe zone having a brew, or t