From: wedwards@ducvax.auburn.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.paintball
Subject: Re: Non-paint toys in Paintball games
Date: 10 Sep 92 19:15:06 GMT

In article <1992Sep10.003742.7189@cs.rose-hulman.edu>, trimblte@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu writes:
> 
> In article <1992Sep9.203341.27768@cs.wisc.edu> harlan@oberon.cs.wisc.edu  
> (Harlan Harris) writes:
>>*perimiter. Anyway, someone tossed a grenade into the fort, and it blew  
> within                                                           ^^^^^^^
>>*a second, completely covering me and my codefender. (they won) 
> 
> 
>>* -Harlan Harris
> 
> 
> "Blew"?  It sounds as if this were an actual explosive.  The only paint  
> "grenades" I've seen are the "Squadbuster" type.  Looks to me like a water  
> balloon filled with paint.  Am I correct?  Are there others out there?  If  
> so, WOW!  That _would_ be fun!
> 
> Todd
  I agree a paint grenade is kind of useless in heavy woods, but can be very
effective in open or urban areas.  One field I regular is Paintball Country in
Georgia.  It is a large open (few trees) fields with a town in the center and
various bases along the edges.  I have seen players taken out by grenade while
running across open field or between buildings, defending towers, hiding in
mazes (no roofs) and moving through the various trenches.  I was once defending
a long trench which was about 4 feet deep and rimmed on all sides stacks of
tires.  I was easily holding off the enemy advance by constantly moving within
the trench and taking pot shots through the gaps between the tires.  Someone
tossed a squadbuster over the tires and it landed right between my feet as I
was kneeling behind the tires.  They could not have placed it better if they
had walked over and slapped me with it.  The paint shot straight up between my
legs, underneath my shirt and mask!  I was covered with paint from head to toe,
inside and out (yes, it was cold too).  I crawled out of the trench and infront
of everyone I yelled as seriously as I could...PAINTCHECK!
 There are 2 types of grenades I know of.  Squadbusters release their paint on
impact.  If you rough handel it, it's likely to leak or spray you.  The paint
is held under pressure in a blatter.  When it releases, it sprays in
unpredictable directions, but can cover a large area.  If the impact is not
hard enough it will not release and your enemy can toss it back at you!  The
exploding grenades don't seem to cover a very large area (small charge and
volume of paint).  They also seem to blow out one side and only spray paint in
that general direction.  They do operate with a time delay fuse.  You have
about 5-7 seconds after you pull the pin.  I have seen an enemy that was use to 
picking up a unreleased squadbuster and throwing it back, try to do the same
with an exploding grenade not realizing it had a time delay.  BOOM right in
their face.  These can be dangerous if you are not wearing gloves and face
protection.
 Smoke grenades can be effective in many cases if used correctly and the wind
cooperates.  Great for concealing movement (attacks or retreats) and will run
someone out of a poorly ventilated building. 

Walt Edwards              
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