Airsoft Action - December 2023
Another month flies by and here we are as always with a new monthly issue of AIRSOFT ACTION cram-packed with all the airsoft content we know you love! Kicking off proceedings this month with our cover and headline review Dan gets his teeth firmly into the latest OPFOR goodness from ARCTURUS in the shape of the PP-19-01 PE Z-TAC SP1, quickly countered for BLUFOR by Miguel with his initial field notes on the all-new SPECNA ARMS SA-FX01 FLEX, and we round out our main reviews this month by sticking with all things “9mm” as Bill heads to the range with the awesome CYMA CM106A PLATINUM! RED CELL stay on the SMG-track as they land their mid-term update on FIFTEEN MP5 VARIANTS, whilst the AA LEGION delve into the glories of AOR1 and 2 and what makes these patterns so special. There’s also a look at new eyepro from the EDGE tactical range that we’ve had in test for a while… We then turn our attention to airsoft around the world with our international coverage as Stewbacca lands an interview with the mighty NONOCAT from New Zealand, and then reports on his recent experiences at a Level 1 Competition shoot in Tainan! Miguel brings home his now-annual look at ANA Portugal’s SALAMANDRA game, and we wrap up this month with our report on the awesome 2023 G&G CQB WORLD CUP shoot in Taipei! You want airsoft? We’ll bring you airsoft stories and news from all over the globe, and we hope you’ll enjoy our content this month just as much as we’ve enjoyed creating it!
Another month flies by and here we are as always with a new monthly issue of AIRSOFT ACTION cram-packed with all the airsoft content we know you love!
Kicking off proceedings this month with our cover and headline review Dan gets his teeth firmly into the latest OPFOR goodness from ARCTURUS in the shape of the PP-19-01 PE Z-TAC SP1, quickly countered for BLUFOR by Miguel with his initial field notes on the all-new SPECNA ARMS
SA-FX01 FLEX, and we round out our main reviews this month by sticking with all things “9mm” as Bill heads to the range with the awesome CYMA CM106A PLATINUM!
RED CELL stay on the SMG-track as they land their mid-term update on FIFTEEN MP5 VARIANTS, whilst the AA LEGION delve into the glories of
AOR1 and 2 and what makes these patterns so special. There’s also a look at new eyepro from the EDGE tactical range that we’ve had in test for a while…
We then turn our attention to airsoft around the world with our international coverage as Stewbacca lands an interview with the mighty NONOCAT from New Zealand, and then reports on his recent experiences at a Level 1 Competition shoot in Tainan! Miguel brings home his now-annual look at ANA Portugal’s SALAMANDRA game, and we wrap up this month with our report on the awesome 2023 G&G CQB WORLD CUP shoot in Taipei!
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RED CELL<br />
MP5 UPDATE<br />
Image by Corporal Pete Brown © Crown copyright 2017; UK Ministry of Defence © Crown copyright 2017<br />
every time, but if there’s no licence then don’t use<br />
trademarks, and what CYMA have done is to take<br />
the “principle” of an MP5 and enhance it in a way<br />
that has no real-world equivalent. This I can live with,<br />
and the sheer range of models from classic to 100%<br />
righteous, right-on-the-money for today means that<br />
CYMA can have you covered whatever the timeperiod<br />
you’re looking for!<br />
And it’s what CYMA has done internally and<br />
externally that matters here; the CM.041L (5 inch<br />
Barrel, 3 inch M-LOK) is basically a railed “K” with a<br />
PDW stock, the G is standard 5-length (9 inch Barrel,<br />
6.3 inch M-LOK) with the same stock, and the H<br />
replaces the PDW-stock of the G with a buffer tube<br />
and sliding carbine stock, but they all come from<br />
the new PLATINIUM series, created as a cooperation<br />
again between CYMA and TAIWANGUN.COM (TWG).<br />
The metal body and outer barrel marry up with a<br />
nylon pistol grip like the real deal, and the compact<br />
design with different adjustable stocks makes all three<br />
models ideal for CQB/CQC.<br />
Internally things look good as you get a reinforced<br />
V2 gearbox frame, full steel tooth polycarbonate<br />
piston, CNC machined steel gear set (ratio: 13:1),<br />
CNC machined aluminium silent cylinder and piston<br />
head set (ball bearing piston head, double o-ring<br />
cylinder head), all of which is powered along by a<br />
high-speed motor, and benefits from a processor<br />
unit with built-in MOSFET system. All three variants<br />
are what CYMA call their E-EDITION & HIGH-SPEED<br />
models, and set up like they are come in with a power<br />
around 350-360fps on a .20g and, in combination<br />
with a LiPo battery a very good trigger response and<br />
OOTB ROF around 25rps! The test models have thus<br />
far performed admirably which just goes to show<br />
how far CYMA have come in recent years, and with a<br />
sensible price-tag what’s not to love?<br />
Boycie: I’d hate to think how many MP5s I’ve<br />
owned over the years. My first was the old TM SD6<br />
with non-adjustable hop. Then around the turn of<br />
the century I had a TM MP5A5 as part of my kit in<br />
a Stargate-based team. This was a great AEG and<br />
eventually was passed between two other team<br />
members. Back in those days it was spray everything<br />
and we estimated that by the time the piston needed<br />
to be replaced it had fired around 1,000,000 BB’s. It<br />
“THIS WAS A GREAT AEG AND EVENTUALLY WAS PASSED BETWEEN TWO OTHER<br />
TEAM MEMBERS. BACK IN THOSE DAYS IT WAS SPRAY EVERYTHING AND WE<br />
ESTIMATED THAT BY THE TIME THE PISTON NEEDED TO BE REPLACED IT HAD<br />
FIRED AROUND 1,000,000 BB’S”<br />
58<br />
DECEMBER <strong>2023</strong>