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TacEval 4 - It’s a state of mind Well as many of you know I was invited to attend Lincolnshire Airsoft Club’s 24 hour event. For all that would like to know more about this event I have been tasked with creating 2 reviews. This one is going to ask the question what the heck is a TacEval? and why have I only just heard about this? The second review is going to be written from my own personal point of view. I will be talking about what I managed to do during this event, I will also talk about my kit. So that tuned for the second review coming up in the next few days So onto the first question, what is TacEval? Well quite simply put TacEval is a military word meaning Tactical Evaluation. There are many ways for the military to test it’s personal and equipment, there are TacEval and MinIval. A MinIval is a smaller test of a squadron, group or section. A TacEval is a test of an entire air base, a group of squadrons or a complete inter force test with groups from either the RAF, ARMY or NAVY or a mixture of all of the above. In short MinIval = smaller and TacEval = bigger. So where does this fit into airsoft? Well I am glad you asked. The LAC club boss who used to be an armourer and has probably been through a few tests in his military career decided he wanted to take the normal airsoft events that he and his club had been running and make them better. He wanted to make them have a harder challenge, to make them more realistic. TacEval was created. In these events it's not just a case of shoot the enemy and take over a base. You don’t have as much ammo as you can carry like in a normal event. In TacEval teamwork is everything, thinking actually is a valued skill. Map reading and grid coordinates need to be understood and used. Plans have to be formed and carried out even though the first casualty of war is the plan. Yes you could link milsim events to a TacEval event but there is a slight difference in the two. Now I have never been to a dedicated milsim event but I get that the general idea is for a military force (a team) is to identify and engage the enemy of a map. The other team (the bad guys) are there to stop them. In TakEval yes there are teams but usually a lot more then in a milsim, yes there are objectives/missions but they usually revolve around collecting objects and scoring points with them at the end of the event. There are a lot of similarities between TacEval and milsim events when the daylight is gone because the events don’t stop. In both events you have to patrol, raid resources/objectives, sleep and basically stay out in the field. This in my view really moves TacEval and milsim events away from the normal day airsoft events. TacEval 4 As you can guess by the fact that there is a number 4 in the title there have been a few of these events, well 4 of them lol. They are usually ran once a year by the guys at LAC and they usually need to be run on big match areas. You can’t really run an event like this at a small site. They are also limited to a few players. TacEval 4 was limited to just 40 active players, all though by the end of the event “active” is not a word I'd use lol. You might be asking why limit it to such a small number, I mean LAC usually hold events where 120+ players attend an event. Now you would think that more numbers equals more fun but not at a TacEval event. The challenge is to survive out in the field and believe me less numbers make it more of a challenge. There is a kit list and a limit of ammo that the active players have to abide by. Firefights become more of a risk, can you afford the ammo to engage the enemy or would you rather gather intelligence? Once you have signed up for the event you will be issued with the kit list. You will then be able to make up your team, in this events case teams were allowed to a maximum of 4. Along with the whole kit list there is also the fact that ammo and weapons and optics will cost you from a total amount. I believe the total for the players was $1000 for there weapons. Usually the heavier ammo costs more and therefore limits you. If you are a sniper then your rifle is gonna be pricey and the ammo is not going to be cheap either, and yes your scope will cost you too. What’s the mission? Well the mission is actually quite simple. Throughout the site there are packages ranging from food, sweets, ammo and magazines. Now these can all be eaten, used and and set up as traps for enemy teams ( just don’t eat the ammo lol) All these packages are worth an amount of points and at the end of the event all the totals are totalled and a winner is announced. If I really honest all the teams are winners in these events. They all enjoy the fact that they are allowed to take part in a sport that they enjoy and are allowed to play it for longer then the normal events. They enjoy the challenge of staying out in the field for 24 hours. A conclusion I started this review with the title of TacEval 4 - it’s a state of mind. I really do think that you have to have a different mindset with this event. It’s a different sort of challenge then the normal airsoft events. There is a real sense of achievement in getting to the end of the event.There was the small local teams who knew the site very well and just wanted to hunt other teams. There was the semi professional teams who use tactics and coms to achieve their goals. And there is the other teams made up of younger and older players who both came back with smiles on their faces after taking objectives and killing off other players. A big thank you goes to…………. The guys who run The MAW. I have featured this site before but I have to mention you guys. You have an amazing site and I think I am not the only person who wants to say a big thank you for letting LAC take over the site and run this amazing event. Another big thanks goes to the LAC management for staying on top of the event and showing off just how good you guys really are at running a big event and making it look easy, I know it wasn't lol. CraftySniper Photo credits go to......
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