|
(attending angels from strike team (ST) Alpha (A1) and Bravo (B1) madeup the attending operations team) Photo release - Iceman Photography
Operation Imperial Intent held in Penticton, hosted by Hardcorps and sponsored by Imperial Airsoft of Calgary was a great success and by far one of the best MILSIMs we've attended. The weather was perfectly warm during the day though it was pretty cold, wet and lightly snowing at night. Strong teams from BC and Alberta attended and it was a great experience meeting these people and the sportsmanship that was strongly displayed through many of the heated battles.
The overall terrain was majestic with rolling semi desert hills and snow covered mountain sides. It 's very similar to the climates and hillsides of certain Northern Middle Eastern countries. Our gamezone had long dirt roads, large wooden towns, blockades and lots of overhanging hills and rocky cliffsides.
(LO3 - Wardog (Com-SAD) standing overtop of one of many hillsides that needed to be secured during the SIM) Wardog uses a modified PTW G&G MAX with Trijicon ACOG 44-4 and Heckler Dry Supressor system. QD 3L Hydration system by Camelback. Photo release - Iceman Photography
The rules of engagement and storyline was very well organized, written and executed by the various commands and game master involved. Each mission and scenario event provided a strong sense of tension, awareness and at times uncertainty - all of which are very common in live deployments. Rules of Engagements were realistic to that of UN peacekeeping rules. Special protective details and reconnaissance objectives were very similar to actual forward operating security protocols and special operations tasking.
Overall, it was very well done, all the players and teams - assumed their roles very convincingly and during actual fire fights, all were very honorable with their casualties, respawns and hit counts. This made for a very enjoyable and fun filled day. We look forward to playing with the various teams from the Interior and Calgary again as we make our way through in May toward Operation Mason Relic in Saskatchewan.
The following photos are excerpts of the SIM as Angels were tasked by CF Forces Command (CFCOM) to conduct special operations, protective services and direct action interdiction roles throughout the day. More photos of this event is located in our galleries.
(Angels sent to patrol into a town to look for weapons and intelligence documents from indigenous settlements) Photo release - Iceman Photography
(UO3 - Mig2 standing cautionary guard over armed indigenous personnel in the settlement while other angels searched structure to structure.) Mig2 - brandishing his custom Classic Army G3-SAR-M41 with a real Aimpoint 30mm RD sight. Photo release - Iceman Photography
(SO3 - Angel25, UO3 - Ceaser over looking the refugee town below where various engagements between factions and refugees were occurring) - Two other operators from Charlie Company stood as primary support.
(UO3 - Ceaser, UO3 - Gucci performing "zero hour" overwatch.) They had fun sighting in Creasers' G&G M14 EBR using a REAL - ARTII M-1200 24x50 Leatherwood Scope. Gucci using a Trijicon ACOG on his VFC Scar equipped with a King Arms Supressor. Windage and Ranging system was performed using a Steiner 10x50 LSR Ranging and binocular system. Using .40 Madbull BBs with his current spring and systema internals pushing above 490fps+ made for very effective long range shooting. Goggles by Revision and Bolle.
(UO3 - Mig2 sporting a Classic Army M249 equipped with an EOTECH 552.) - Mig2 performed cover and approach watch at the entrance of the CF roadway.
(SO3-Angel25 and UO3 - Ceaser performing 'overwatch' to allied forces advancing to the refugee town below) Angel25 - using a modified G&G M4 PTW with systema internals and QD King Arms Supressor. Optics provided by Trijicon, flashlight /IFF provided by Surefire California. QD 3L Hydration systems by Camelback. Rigs by Condor. Communication by Motorola. All team uniforms by Truspec from DS tactical BC and Fan goggles by Revision.
|
