| Having the ability to play a major role in scenario | | | | products are designed to go off on impact. Anything |
| paintball games and tactical training exercises, the | | | | that interferes with the proper function of the paint |
| paintball grenade can take out an entire squad of | | | | grenade, however minor, should be taken care of. |
| enemies when used properly. Tippmann Squad | | | | 3) Prime your paint grenade before use. The machines |
| Busters are one of the oldest types of paintball | | | | at the factory push the metal balls that stop the paint |
| grenades. As such, it is available from most retailers of | | | | from coming out deeper than they should be. This is a |
| paintball equipment. | | | | step that the manufacturer takes to prevent the |
| The basic design of the Squad Buster is made from a | | | | Tippmann Squad Buster from accidentally going off |
| surgical metal tube bent in half, with two tiny metal ball | | | | during shipping. Carefully pull these metal stoppers back |
| stoppers holding the paint back. That tube is then | | | | until they are approximately 1/8 of an inch from the |
| housed in the grenade shell. Upon impact, the two | | | | edge of the tubing. |
| metal balls are ejected from the tube and the paint | | | | The one major drawback with these paint grenades is |
| sprays out with a 30 foot "kill zone". | | | | that they are only capable of a single use. This, |
| Some players report the Tippmann Squad Buster to | | | | however, is countered by the fact that the Tippmann |
| be an inferior product. However, if several steps are | | | | Squad Buster is available almost everywhere and |
| followed before using the paint grenade, players will | | | | retails for an average $5.99 USD. The cost only goes |
| find that they pack a lot more of a punch than | | | | down when this paint grenade is purchased in quantity. |
| expected. These paint grenades are still around for a | | | | A cheap alternative for those players who do not play |
| reason. They work. | | | | on a regular basis, but still want to enjoy the realism |
| 1) Shake the Squad Buster well before you start your | | | | and excitement that the paintball grenade brings to the |
| scenario paintball game or tactical training exercises. | | | | battlefield. |
| After sitting on the store shelf for awhile, the paint will | | | | One thing I cannot stress enough is to remember that |
| start to congeal on the outer edges. This will slow the | | | | the force of the impact is what ejects the stoppers |
| flow of paint coming out of the holes, because the | | | | from the tube, causing the Tippmann Squad Buster to |
| holes will be partly covered with the congealed paint. If | | | | "explode" and spray paint. It probably will not work |
| buying them in advance of any games, be sure to | | | | when it is underhand tossed into soft terrain such as |
| shake them at least once every 2 weeks. | | | | sand or moss. Pick your target and lob it high up with |
| 2) Remove the netting that that Tippmann Squad | | | | some force. If you do not have much height to work |
| Buster comes in. This is something that many players | | | | with, hitting a solid object such as a tree or wall will |
| simply don't do. The netting acts as padding when the | | | | ensure that the Tippmann Squad Buster does what is |
| paint grenade hits the ground or wall. Although it is a | | | | supposed to do. |
| minor point, it must be remembered that these | | | | |