Lower Mainland Airsoft Group Forum

Hey guys I was wondering your kits for iceback so I could get a start for next year.

1-2 Spare Radio Batteries
4-5 AEG batteries
Spotting scope/binos
4-5 MREs/IMPs
Warm weather gear, i.e. Soft Shell, Toque (get's pretty cold at night)
Water. Lots of it
A bag or two of BBs
Propane
A back up AEG.
Baby wipes

Thats almost the gist of it besides the obvious basics

8 - 24 hour participation (All items are on your fighting order , except extra water)
3 ltrs of water for every 8 hrs (includes a little for making meals)
3 broken down MRE's (with heaters)or other type of small meal item plus snacks
2x Radio batteries
3x Aeg batteries
Watch cap or other warm headgear
Fleece jacket.
Red flash light.
If you plan on sleeping at some point during the night.

Ranger Blanket or other insulated poncho liner (depending on night time temps)
Ground sheet or pad (even if it is not cold sleeping on ground directly will make you cold quick)
A ranger blanket can easily be stored in the utility pouch of a medium sized hydration system so a 3 day pack would not be required.

If you play any event longer then 24 hours its all the same stuff just more of it.
You will be getting into 3 day assault pack or larger territory depending on your needs/wants.
More water , more food/meals more batteries.
If you are sleeping more then one night a sleeping bag/sleep system would be a lot better then a ranger blanket.
A UK basha or US poncho/personal tarp with some sticks and bungies packs down small and can make a decent covered sleeping area. It is much smaller then a full on tent.
With any larger game over night water and body temp are the most important things. You can survive off of minimal food for a day or 2 but under heavy activity lack of water will take you out of the game quick.
Same can be said for night time temps. You end up spending a lot of time at night crawling on the ground and you can get cold quick. It doesn't take long to get hypothermia and again you don't want to get taken out of the game like that.
Mags/ ammo take up the smallest amount of space for events like this.

What was the temperature there at night? At Operation: Cold Front it didn't get cold as it was August long weekend, but it was a significant temperature drop, with high winds and rain. So it felt quite cold. You're going to wear more gear than usual for much longer than usual, so always at least try to get things that are slim, light-weight, ergonomic if you can.

- Rain Poncho (even a cheap Canadian Tire one will do)
- Small flashlight
- Dead-Light (small blinking red light)
- SAT map of the area
- Enough water for two people for 24 hours (also electrolytes for breaks and meals)
- Way more BBs than expected (I've seen fire fights at ops that lasted 4-6 hours)
- Way more batteries than expected (need 2? Then bring 4)
- Warm layer (I recommend a thermal long sleeve, light-weight and east to pack)
- Bring a radio with good bandwidth (number 1 safety item)
- Sleeping layer (ranger blanket, first aid blanket, etc)
- Roll of electrical tape (can be used in a pinch to treat almost any puncture slice, or make a splint)
- More food than expected (anything that is small and packed with carbs, protein, and calories)
- Backup gun
- Dry spare socks and dry spare boots (if nothing else, this! Fresh footwear will save your life)

did you have access to your vehicles?

Generators used at base camps?

can you haul a 5 gal water jerry cans in to use as water buffalos on the field bases?

Notes:

• free access to camp
• non-play vehicles used to ferry players about the field as well as in-play vehicles
• opportunity for excellent radio discipline
• petrol generators at camp and main operating base
• temperatures from 5C night low to 25C day high typical maximum and minimum for the area (extremes from 0 to 35 possible), wishful expectation was 9C to 20
• very dry conditions for most of site and SE end (Op-For end this year)
• mosquitoes dense in forest and at NE zone (ISAF end this year)
• command had 20 L containers, some players had 20 L container -- we recommend deploying water caches
• given our conditions, we needed to use 6 to 10 L per person per day (US army water prescription: http://www.equipped.com/21-76/ch13.pdf#page=9)