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B attlefield Sports is committed to continuous im- provement. While our focus to date has been civilian games, serious inquiries from the US Ma- rine Corp, the US Navy, and others have led our research and development depart- ment to focus on new mili- tary applications. For illus- trative pur- poses only see our prototype.

The final sys- tem may well look different from the above due to the re- quirements of the opto- electronics used by Battle- field Sports and by practi- calities of manufacturing. Armed forces and police forces from around the world have requested an easy to use, effective and practical live combat simulation sys- tem for both fun and train- ing. Pre-ordering is now available by emailing pe- ter@battlefieldsports.com however this model will not be sold in Australia except to the Military and is only for exports, it is up to the purchaser to make sure it is legal in their country as we will not be providing a refund if a customer experiences problems with shipping, customs or otherwise.

The training system is in- spired by the M16A2/M203. The M16/M203 combination is designed for military and police force training, espe- cially in urban environments where the MILES ... more. less.

system is not practical due to the its requirement to fire blanks, although with the excellent accurate range, our system is suitable for fighting in any environment. This unit de- faults to 2 hit points (can be set anywhere from 1 to 9 hit points) instead of the nor- mal 9 to make it more real- istic. This unit has an addi- tional sensor on the gun (now standard with all our new units) and has a 30 round magazine firing at 350 rounds per minute. At time of manufacturing you can specify fire modes: 1) US M16A2 Mode - semi auto and 3 round burst 2) Canadian C7 Mode - semi auto and full automatic modes. The actual "barrel" that fires the tight infra-red beam on both the Morita and M16 is underslung tak- ing the slot where the M203 would be. At time of manufacturing the customer can specify what type of scope mounting rail is required. By default we have a 12mm rail suitable for a variety of telescopic scopes and other types of scopes. The main board also has a 3V output suitable for many types of scopes which means the scope can be powered off the main re- chargeable battery. We can install and wire in the red dot scopes at time of manufac- ture for our customers. military maneuvers Lock & Load LASER SKIRMISH Volume 3, Issue 1 March 2003 Peter aiming the Morita LASER SKIRMISH USA Tel: +1 253 595 0442 USA Fax: +1 253 981 0226 AU Tel: +61 1300 666 559 AU Fax: +61 1300 666 549 Email: info @battlefieldsports . com BattlefieldSports. com Team Airlie 2 Battle Tactics 2-3 R& D Update 4 News 4 Washington DC Launches 5 National Accolades 5 Cyprus Laser-Strike 6 Inside this issue: the VIP from one end of the field to the other without the VIP dying. The ambush team deploys in the other 80% of the battlefield and lay waiting in ambush. The VIP wears usually a white or red hat so that he or she is very obvious. This mission works well for buck 9s parties (the stag is the VIP) and for corporate groups where the boss is the VIP usually. If the battle- field has dense cover the VIP typi- cally gets 2 hit points and in more open battlefields especially urban en- vironments, the VIP has 3 hit points. No re-spawns are available to either team. For the escorting team, they have a few basic tactical options that have all worked in practice when well The VIP escort is the classic exfil- tration mission that is run at many laser skirmish fields around the world for both corporate groups and regular sessions. Typically the VIP has 2-3 hit points, the escorting Guards 8 hit points and the enemy ambush force have 5 hit points. The goal for the escort team is the get Classic exfiltration: the vip escort executed or against poorly coordi- nated enemy forces. The classic tactic is for the escort team to form a patrol formation, the point (scout) person and the "tail end charlie" having the most important roles, both must be careful and alert. The patrol formation and use was dis- cussed in length in August 2002 Lock and Load, page 2, see http://www. lasertag.com.au/0208lockandload.pdf With the VIP Escort it is recom- mended that a member of the patrol is placed on each wing. Usually the VIP is placed 2nd or 3rd last in the forma- tion. The risk with a patrol formation is that the point may miss the enemy lying in ambush, especially if they are Page 2 Lock & Load YOUR METAL adrenaline pack- age will be a full day of extreme adventure 3 ½ a day quad bike ad- venture tour followed by ½ a day laser skirmish. And Whitsunday Quad Bike Bush Adventures is the ONLY PLACE IN AUSTRALIA WHERE THIS PACKAGE IS AVAILABLE O utdoor Laser Skir- mish is the latest ex- treme and unusual activity from those award-winning quad bike people in Airlie Beach - Whitsunday Quad Bike Bush Adventures. They are currently establishing their cJungle Battlefield d on their 160 acre Rainforest prop- erty just 10 minutes from Airlie Beach. This is the same place the Quad Bike Adventure Tours op- erate. In the next few weeks, a fort, base sta- tion, hides and sniper trail will be completed making a remarkably realistic jun- gle environment. Laser Skirmish Whitsun- day will also be playing in Proserpine at the Show- grounds once a week and at a local Airlie Beach resort 3 Reefo 9s 3 once a month. The ultimate TEST To make your reservation call today within Australia 1800 005 999 or elsewhere PH: (+61) 7 4946 1020 or ask your tour desk/travel agent. Check out the web site at www. bushadventures.com.au or email them via book- ings@bushadventures.com.au Laser fever hits the Whitsundays Team Airlie By Plan & Rommel effective fighting force or able to com- municate what is happening to the VIP party. A hybrid tactic is to have a wide formation that probes forward looking for the areas of enemy strength and weakness navigating the VIP through the safest path found. Usually one sol- dier stays with the VIP all the way as a guide and as the last ditch defence. By having forces that span the field, a careful well coordinated team can make sure all enemy snipers are de- tected and then evaded or destroyed before they can attack the VIP. This tactic works best on relatively narrow fields or with large formations involved because it is vital the ambushes do not slip through the net. The major problem is with maintaining formation in rugged terrain or when the force comes under enemy fire. It is vital that formation re- mains in a line across the field to pre- vent gaps forming, this can be re- markably hard to achieve if leadership is lacking or the soldiers lack discipline under fire. For the ambush team there are also some options available. To some extend the ambush team is look- ing for mistakes from the VIP escort team. If enemy escorts do not make any mistakes, then your facing an up- hill battle. The classic plan is to deploy throughout the battlefield well hidden snipers and lie in wait for the perfect shot on the VIP. Given that the Morita and Pulse Rifles will make accurate hits up to 150 metres, long range snip- ing is definitely an option. Most battlefields have plenty of good sniper hiding points with good fire smart and hold their fire, allowing the enemy to take down the VIP in a hail of fire. Also there is chance with the patrol formation that a flanking sniper can pick off the VIP because the patrol formation tends to be quite linear. The tail end soldier must take care as well, because the ambush team may well let the patrol pass them by and then attack from the rear. The advantage of the patrol formation is that all the es- cort team is defending the VIP for the entire journey which often means there is adequate concentrated firepower to deal with any ambushes found along the way. The next option is to hide the VIP with perhaps 1 or 2 guards usually fairly close to the deployment zone and send the main body of troops for- ward to find and eliminate most if not all the enemy forces before moving the VIP forward. This tactic has the advan- tage of allowing the escorting team to concentrate on finding and destroying the enemy without being constrained by having to protect the VIP, it essen- tially becomes a classic search and destroy mission. Ideally the VIP party and the leader of the search and de- stroy section will both have radios be- cause communication can easily break down. There are two major risks associated with this plan. The first is if the ambushes realise what the escort team are up to, and infiltrate through their lines to find and destroy the poorly defended VIP. The second risk is that the search and destroy force may be badly mauled by the ambush force to a point they are no longer an lanes. The key for the sniper to re- main undetected yet be positioned so as to have a good view of the bat- tlefield. The risk for the snipers is that because they are so spread out, an alert escort team can destroy your team in detail. If the team excel at base defence, the ambush team could position themselves en- trenched around the VIP destination point. However because the attack- ers have 8 hit points versus the de- fenders 5 hit points, there is consid- erable danger the attackers (escorts) will overrun the defenders (ambush). This strategy is recommended for night missions because at night, de- fenders have the advantage plus at night tight control is required of ones forces to minimize friendly fire. An bold tactic that can be employed by experienced forces is to maintain most or all of your force in a mobile formation that tries to outflank the en- emy and if the VIP is not with the main enemy party to actively search for the VIP. In summary, there is no right way or wrong way to approach the VIP escort mission. The force commander must consider the ter- rain, lighting, the enemies likely tac- tics and the skill of the forces under his/her control. For the VIP escort team the most conservative approach is the patrol and for the ambush team, placing well hidden snipers covering the different approaches. Of course in battle, fortune often favors the brave! Page 3 Sensor on the Gun While it was always an optional extra, now all new guns manufactured by Battlefieldsports.com have an extra forward facing sensor. This system makes blind firing a much more hazardous strategy by the players and also makes players in bunkers easier to hit. For game balance pur- poses with existing equipment, existing customers will be shipped guns without the extra gun sensor unless otherwise requested. For those wanting to maintain 100% WOW compatibility, we recommend that you specify "no gun sensor". Research & development update training day ... they want a firefight going on and will enter the hot zone to remove casualties. (Actually, we are creating a mission using the same idea for our non-military teams). We are keen to offer our sup- port to the men and women who serve our country by reducing the cost to all military personnel. During the winter we've been doing a lot of marketing ... giving demonstrations to groups. We 9ve also visited with lo- cal law enforcement with the view to organize teams to play against the teenagers (the kids that played last year suggested it). We also found someone to make trophies for us with our company logo and an actual picture of a Pulse Rifle on a gold disk that can be fitted to the trophies, so we'll be ready for tournaments. We'll post some pictures on the web site when they arrive next month, see www.thestrategyzone.com. weekend "Had our first game on Sunday and the players had a ball! Feed back was good. They liked the different guns especially the Pulse Rifle!" Challenge Laser Skirmish has a huge 200 acre battlefield only a hour from Melbourne. Contact Peter at info@adrenalingames.com.au for more details. Laser Sports - Canberra During the recent bush fires, the per- manent battlefield in Canberra for both paintball and laser skirmish was destroyed. Fortunately the equip- ment was not damaged and because Laser Skirmish is easy to operate in a mobile fashion, Emma Darby has been able to continue running battles in the Canberra region. So if your looking for combat action in Can- berra contact Emma at es- cape@adventureconsultants.com.au The Strategy Zone, NH, USA This winter has been extremely long and cold, we still have over 3 feet of snow here. However, we are already booking groups for early May. We have had inquiries from the US Ma- rines asking to bring people to train here for a weekend. There are a number of units that have finished basic training and are waiting to ship out, and other groups who are wait- ing to go off to basic. The officers I spoke to are trying to plan for addi- tional training. Also a non-combat medic unit of the Army wants to do a BATTLEFIELD NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD Laser Skirmish SEQ Despite the heavy rain, the recent in- troduction of the new model pulse ri- fles and some local television adver- tising has seen Laser Skirmish in Brisbane/Gold Coast run to capacity. Planning is happening now to expand the arsenal from its present 60 inte- grated laser skirmish units to 100 by the end of 2003 to cope with the every increasing demand. The awe- some firepower of the new Pulse Rifle has really got players attention. The post holocaust genre-live action role-playing tournament was a great success. The use of costumes and actors added a whole new dimension to the game play. This tournament required clans to not only fight well together but also think well together. This type of challenge is the next level in simulating the challenges of special forces operations. Three teams vied for glory: ºCatchen Devils ºNod º& the Mercenaries. The Mercenaries were the best force completing the mission in 7 days of game time without loosing any char- acters. The full mission is available by request to peter@laserskirmish. com Challenge Laser Skirmish - VIC Laser Skirmish is up and running now in Victoria. Peter Robinson the man in charge said after their first As always there is a lot happening at the various laser skirmish battlefields around the world, read on to catch up with the latest news... New sensor cir- cuits improving game play. Page 4 Lock & Load world standard of technological ex- cellence. The Australian Technology Show- case web site is available at http:// ats.business.gov.au Battlefield Sports the world 9s lead- ing manufacturer of craftsmen built, all metal case, custom commercial grade, high powered infrared guns for fun combat games without the bruises. Battlefield Sports is the winner of Highly Commended in the 2002 Queensland Premier 9s Emerg- ing Exporter Award and 2002 Busi- ness Achievers Award for e-Commerce. Battlefield Sports sells about 46% of its Laser Skirmish prod- ucts internationally. Laser Skirmish has extensive market potential worldwide in both the corporate team building and recreation markets. As well as strong national sales, current ex- port markets include USA, UK, Cyprus and New Zea- land. Strong interest also has been expressed from Canada, Finland and Germany. have built through our other awards." cBecause our units have no projectile and because of the versatility of the laser skirmish technology our equip- ment offers longer weapons 9 range, improved daylight performance, re- duces player cheating and promotes teamwork, d said Ms Lander. cFurther, it has enabled clients to play the sport in a wide variety of venues, from ski fields to rainforest tropics, as part of school adventure education, and both stand-alone laser skirmish bat- tlefields and as a complementary of- fering at paintball parks. d While Battlefield Sports focus to date has been ci- vilian games, serious in- quiries from the US Marine Corp, the US Navy, and others have led their re- search and development department to focus on new military applications. Accreditation in the Show- case means that the Bat- tlefield Sports products are recognized by the in- dustry and scientific com- munities as embodying a W ashington DC is launching in this month with 25 new guns from Battle- fieldsports.com. Tom is running a totally mobile operation and therefore can come to you anywhere in Metro- politan Washington D.C., Vir- ginia & Maryland. Tom plans to focus on, in the first instance, kids and young teens parties and have invested in Berserker sub machine gun units. This gives him the added flexibil- ity of offers both outdoor battles and indoor laser games. Lazer Skirmish Washington DC is currently taking registra- tions from individuals and teams for their leagues play, email your expression of interest today! Details at http://www. laserskirmish.com/Annandale/ default.htm or contact Tom to book in your group via tom22003@aol.com Australian National Accolades Battlefield Sports today announced that it had been accepted into the Australian Technology Showcase (ATS) program. The Australian Technology Showcase (ATS) is an initiative of various State Governments and the Federal Govern- ment and a number of private sector organizations. The primary aim of the program is to showcase and actively promote leading edge Australian tech- nologies domestically and internation- ally, and provide support for the com- panies behind them. Only companies with a high level of innovation which pass the scrutiny of an Independent Expert Panel are accepted as mem- bers to this very prestigious program. The acceptance into the Australian Technology Showcase is a great op- portunity for Battlefield Sports to pro- mote the company's innovative laser skirmish equipment and services to a much wider audience "We are de- lighted to be recognized and featured in the Australian Technology Show- case," said Nicole Lander, Director, Battlefield Sports. "It is positive recog- nition of Battlefield Sports 9 achieve- ments, and adds to the credibility we The latest battlefield in the USA launches this month. Page 5 Washington DC Launches! The ATS is a prestigious program which recognizes Australian, leading edge companies. I originally set about look- ing at new business op- portunities in Cyprus by thinking of products or services that I was familiar with from England and see if there would be a market over here. One of my ideas was to estab- lish a paintball operation, having found great difficulty in locating any locally. I then found out that a few guys had attempted to setup such an activity a few years previously but, due to licensing regula- tions, the paintball weapons they had imported were classed in the same category as shot- guns! Whilst it was still possible to operate in that field, the pa- perwork and insurance involved would be too restrictive for the type of business I wanted to op- erate. I came across the Battlefield- sports.com web site during my research and was immediately impressed by the capability of the weapons. As they are classed as toys I knew that it would not be a problem to im- port them and set up a laser skirmish site in Cyprus. I was, however, a little reluctant to part with a significant invest- ment amount for a product that was to be purchased from a company halfway around the world! A few phone calls to Ni- cole and Peter, plus further re- search through their laserskir- mish.com web site convinced me that their setup was bonafide and I began working on a business plan based around their technology. Knowing more about the capa- bility of the weapons (hit points, range, anti-cheat etc), it did not take me long to realize that what I was about to set up in Cyprus would be one of the most exciting new activities to arrive in the area for a long time. Having been a keen player of the on-line game Counter-Strike, I was ea- ger to re-create the same type of gaming environ- ment regarding the em- phasis on teamwork. I had played indoor laser tag in London before and had found it to be very un- satisfying due to the na- ture of the focus being on the individual. It was more about running around wildly shooting at any- thing that moved in order to get as many frags as possible, plus the guns were very lightweight and plastic, making me feel as if I was a little too old to be playing with them! In consultation with the team from Battlefield Sports I se- lected a variety of weapons for my initial arsenal: * 10 Spitfires * 12 Pulses * 8 Morita. The contracts were signed and exchanged following an agreement for our operation to act as the IMD (Independent Master Dis- tributor) for Cyprus. My business plan does not end at 30 guns! Once our first site is estab- lished, I intend to expand to sites across the Island as well as running a mobile unit for games in the moun- tains and abandoned vil- lages. Whilst I have experienced a number of problems in the establishment of Laser- Laser-strikes Cyprus Page 6 Lock & Load Strike Limited, none of them are related to Bat- tlefield Sports! In fact it was more of a trial to im- port 35 sets of Motorola T6222 2-Way radios than it was to receive the first shipment of guns! The first batch contained the Spitfires and the build quality of these weapons is excellent, plus they have a greater presence in your hands than I ex- pected. The only trouble is, we can't wait for the BIG guns to arrive now! We are getting closer to our launch date now and I can't even have a conver- sation with our bank manager without him asking me when we will open so that he can play! By Jamie Thompson Jamie will have 8 Sniper Rifles, 10 Spitfires, and 12 Pulse Rifles in his arsenal. Pulses, just like this beauty. There has been plenty of interest in laser skirmish technology from Cyprus. Jamie Thompson of Laser-Strike launches this month with 30 top of the range Battlefield Sports guns including Moritas, Pulse Rifles and Spitfires. Here 9s a sum- mary of his venture to date, in Jamie 9s own words&

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