Howitzer: Airsoft Version

[Viperfish]

Originally Posted by Dynamo

oh yes, just what we need.. heavy hard Tornado grenades flying through the air for over 200 yeards.. not only can that kill someone outright, but thats also an expensive bit of kit to potentially loose. .. then again that would solve the problem of some players not calling their hits, just kill em.

what could be added to the front or the preferably back of the nurf balls, is a small cap gun cartridge. have it so that once the ball strikes the ground or something just as hard like a player, the cap blows and everyone would hear the bang.

well until AI comes out with the 40mm impacts.

the best way to simulate the blast would be with baby powder of some sort, have a shell that on impact would burst open with chalk dust

[Wantabe_Warrior]

I've seen the rockets you want Viperfish on Discovery's Sons of Guns. The Show's/Red Jacket's crew were building reenactment M1 Bazookas, but they used Type A/B model rocket engines to launch the rockets.

Here's a vid showing just about everything: Sons of Guns - Human Test Fire - YouTube

[DEATH2000]

Originally Posted by Wantabe_Warrior

I've seen the rockets you want Viperfish on Discovery's Sons of Guns. The Show's/Red Jacket's crew were building reenactment M1 Bazookas, but they used Type A/B model rocket engines to launch the rockets.

Here's a vid showing just about everything: Sons of Guns - Human Test Fire - YouTube

That rocket would be perfect for airsoft. Left a nice big smoke trail so people would be able to see it, and then the projectile itself left a large powder mark on the target. Would be better for structural targets rather then infantry.

You see him pushing on the projectile and it bends open. How does that work? Did they custom make it? Thats the best idea for a airsoft projectile yet.

[R.I.T.Z]

custom made out of a plastic bottle

[Wantabe_Warrior]

Actually, now that I think about it, that is really a cool idea. Anybody got a spare AT4 tube lying around?

Thinking out loud:
Rockets: The motor (type As) and fins could be attached to the back end of a tornado timer grenade and Nerf mini vortex football (ie the blue part of the Nerf rocket) could on the front for those Direct impacts (ouch), nice little rocket (in theory!), if I could rig up a grenade pin mechanism. Or Red Jacket type rocket might be simpler/safer, but it doesn't have much of a marking frag/anti-squad effect. Tornado type: anti-personal frag weapon, Red Jacket type: anti-material?

Launcher: Use a plastic or metal launch tube, then attach a model rocket launch controller and sights (optional), then either either zip-tie the controller to the tube for simplicity or fancy it up by adding:
-Bazooka style stock and grip
-AT4 style paddle trigger and shape
-RPG-7 style grips, rear cone, and warhead (launcher tube runs though the warhead)
-Or even make it extendable like the M72