| Playing paintball in a ghillie suit can be very fun. If you | | | | want to be too far away because opponents going |
| get the correct ghillie suit, you'll have a huge advantage | | | | for the flag don't creep, they just make a run to it and |
| against the weekend paintball players in just jeans and | | | | grab it. You need to be able to get multiple shots at |
| shirts or even standard BDUs. Since paintball is a | | | | them coming and going. There's a good chance that |
| recreation activity and you will be wearing suit in | | | | the flag will be overrun by multiple opponents so you |
| relatively short time periods you may not need a top | | | | need to be hidden well enough so that you can get off |
| quality Ghillie suit. However, getting a high quality suit will | | | | shots a multiple opponents without being seen. You will |
| always be well worth the price. | | | | be heard and your shots will be seen. However, they |
| I'd recommend the two piece suit because sometimes | | | | will know the exact location of where they came from. |
| near the end of the day you may just want to wear | | | | In the few seconds they take locating you may have |
| the ghillie jacket with regular BDU pants. Also, if you do | | | | time to pick off someone else. |
| like to move around lot and the field is a dense woods, | | | | Because you will be wearing a paintball mask, you |
| you may be able to sprint with just a ghillie jacket and | | | | need a head covering that's large enough to go over it. |
| then crouch behind a bush or tree. | | | | If you don't have one, a Ghillie Small Pack Cover |
| A ghillie poncho also works well as it frees your legs | | | | maybe perfect for this. |
| for moving quickly and you can crouch to cover | | | | I should mention that you will need to get a Ghillie Rifle |
| yourself. A poncho is also great because you can | | | | kit for your gun. The paintball hopper is a huge |
| share it with friends as you play. You can take turns | | | | giveaway. A better solution would be to use the Ghillie |
| being the sniper and split up the cost of a poncho or | | | | backpack cover to cover the area between the |
| suit. | | | | hopper and your mask. Lay in place and have a |
| Most paintball fields have a variety of terrain. They will | | | | teammate cover you. Make sure your barrel is |
| probably have a forest field, a woodsy field and an | | | | covered will only the tip barely showing. If the paintball |
| open field amongst their city, fort and other fields. If | | | | field allows it, add a silencer to your paintball gun. |
| you can find pictures of the fields that you'll be playing | | | | Team Ghillie |
| in then you can best match your ghillie suit to the | | | | A team of one ghillie suit and one player can be a |
| terrain. If you can't find any pictures of the field, just | | | | great force in paintball. If you're on a field where the |
| give them a call and ask them to describe the types | | | | ghillie suit is so good that opponents will literally walk |
| of fields that they have. | | | | right by you, you can team up for the ultimate kill. What |
| Ways to use a Ghillie Suit in paintball | | | | you should do is position the ghillie suit person |
| Capture the Flag | | | | somewhere along the path of the opponents. Your |
| Ghillie suits work best when you are not moving. You | | | | teammate will know exactly where you are. When an |
| can't expect to be at the forefront of the action with a | | | | opponent gets close to the hidden ghillie teammate, |
| ghillie suit on, plus its just tough to run with one on. It's | | | | your teammate should engage him openly with alot of |
| main advantage is defense or in the middle position. | | | | noise. The teammate in the ghillie should be able to |
| Remember, you're opponents have seen you in your | | | | wait and get a great shot to takeout the opponent. |
| suit, they know that someone on the other side has a | | | | The advantage of this tactic is that the ghillie |
| ghillie suit and will be on the look out for it. You have to | | | | teammate's shot will not give away his position due to |
| get better cover than usual because they will fire into | | | | the opponent shooting at the other teammate. In |
| anything that looks like your suit. | | | | addition, the other team will just think that your |
| In capture the flag scenarios your suit could be best | | | | teammate shot the guy and will repeatedly venture |
| used in flag defense. Lay down somewhere close to | | | | into the same section. |
| the flag where you can get off clear shots at any | | | | I hope you have some ideas on how to use your ghillie |
| opponent who grabs the flag. I've found that you don't | | | | suit for paintball. Happy paintballing!! |