| Everyone wants to be a warrior of some kind, | | | | that just the face. Some are more meshed at the |
| everyone wants to be in a battle but not have to | | | | mouth than others. They actually make full protective |
| worry about getting killed. This is where paintball guns | | | | vests for the true player. The next items would be |
| and the entire sport come in to play. | | | | gloves and anything extra you would want to protect. |
| The technology in today's paintball field is quite | | | | Now we have to reload some how, we have our guns |
| astounding. They have grenades, rapid fire guns, | | | | and armor and we need to start fighting. The actual |
| special armor and special ammo carriers. Anything | | | | paintballs come in different sized packs. You can buy |
| thought of for a standard soldier, they have for | | | | a tube of 200 or get a case of 2000. They also offer |
| paintball. This technology allows the athlete to be | | | | paintball grenades. Just as important as the paintballs |
| immersed into the art of war and remain relatively | | | | are the CO2 canisters. The logistics behind a paintball |
| safe, aside from a nice red welt or two. | | | | guns firing power is based of the forced from the |
| The guns of the sport today come in all shapes and | | | | pressurized CO2 tank. Again, you would have your |
| sizes. You could have a big green semi-automatic | | | | choice of all sizes. |
| weapon with rapid fire or could use a handgun. There | | | | Paintball has really grown to become a sport that |
| are even shotguns and sniper rifles that are in | | | | offers so much. The combinations of equipment are |
| circulation. You really have free pick at any type of | | | | endless. It is the only way outside of video games that |
| soldier class you want to pretend to be. | | | | can actually simulate being a soldier. With all the armor |
| All this talk about paintball guns sounds pretty painful; | | | | that is available, it is a safe sport, much safer than |
| luckily there are all kinds of armor available. The | | | | football or hockey. It's good exercise, instead of playing |
| obvious and most important is a mask. The mask is | | | | Call of Duty or some other shooter video game by |
| pretty standard and they all look relatively the same. | | | | being on a couch all day and it's just plain old fun. |
| You can have some that have full head coverage or | | | | |