The Battle of San Marino
Venue: Ford Rile Ranges, Burndell Road, Yapton , West Sussex, BN18 0HR
Date: 03/05/2014 Price:£25.00 per head
Assault on the Gothic Line
By the late summer of 1944, German forces in Italy had withdrawn toward the Gothic Line, a chain of defended positions stretching across the Italian peninsula. The Allies formulated a plan to break through the defenses, pushing north toward Rimini and the plains of Northern Italy. This would involve a strong thrust up the eastern seaboard by the British Eighth Army, codenamed Operation Olive (Battle of San Marino primary operation); 11 divisions would attack along a narrow front, converging on the “Rimini Gapâ€, an 8 mi (13 km) stretch of plain along the coast around the city, and then moving northward. Once through the Gap, the force would deploy outward onto the Romagna Plain, and move westward toward Bologna. Meanwhile, the American Fifth Army would push north along the centre of the peninsula, hopefully converging on Bologna and trapping a large German force in a pincer movement.
We will be running this event as an introduction to WW2 Airsoft with look alike kit being allowed.
No modern Camo is allowed. If you wish to fight on the Allied side, all ww2 kit will be fine or just plain green / olive drab, with no pattern. Green boiler suits are available on ebay for appx £15
If you wish to play on the Axis side then once again all ww2 uniforms are welcome or you can just use a black boiler suit and be Panzer troops away from vehicle.
You do not need to spend a lot of money on getting the kit right, you only need to make a bit of an effort. People will happily lend kit or guns.
150 rounds per life so you do not need to carry a load of spare kit, you can go back to respawn and load up
If you do not have, or cannot borrow a ww2 period weapon, let us know and prior to the event and we will cable tie hessian scrim to your gun. No sights lasers or any other modern sighting equipment. There are to be no modern anything, no radios and no mobile phones.
What we are trying to do is create a suspension of belief, the more effort you put into this event, the more you will get out of it.
Camping will be confirmed as soon as possible.
We will not be having a break for lunch, it is recommended that players cater for themselves and take it into the field with them. Try and keep your meals period and of course take all rubbish away with you.
All profit from this game will be donated to the Help for Heros fund.
Any Questions please feel free to ask.
Well already 2 of us will support H4H lookforward to it 
I'd be happy to attend this too , getting more fresh meat "valued brothers in arms" interested in the scene can't be a bad thing.
Edit: I'll be playing as a German
I've fired a bullet on every continent. Nearly hit someone, too.
yup , i'm up for this
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
Yep 2 of us
Will be there - one for the Germans!
I am in - German side. Happy to lead a group of raw recruits into battle. 
Count me in, one more for the Germans, but can do allied if you are stuck for numbers.
Why isn’t this on the main events page
<img src="https://www.ww2airsoft.org.uk/ribbons/Barb.jpg" width="57" height="38" />
Agreed, can we get this on the front page to generate more publicity??
The game is in this section at Jimbo's request so as not to confuse the 'starter & lookalike' theme of the game with more mainstream events.
Are bookings open for this yet, or is it a turn up and get stuck in arrangement?
The game is in this section at Jimbo's request so as not to confuse the 'starter & lookalike' theme of the game with more mainstream events.
Fair enough, just worried it might not get any exposure in this section - have to do some advertising for them!
Apologies for any confusion in the location of the post. CW is correct I asked for it to be posted in here, the event is more of an introduction to get new people interested although people from here are very welcome to come along with full kit. I've advertised it on Facebook and hope to encourage quite a few local airsofters to try it out, I also have a team who dress as Band of Brothers who are interested in trying it out. The idea is appeal to as many new comers as possible. I will open a booking thread in March to allow people to get booked in. Thanks for a all your support 
I will be there, God willing, depending on my roster.. Can do either side (that always sounds wrong)..!
'Non adepto demens. Adepto etiam'
War does not show who is right, only who is left..
Yippe. !!
Number two of the year.
I'll be up for this one as a yank of course.
Not just for the game but anytime for Help for Heros.
I can see that some familia faces that are going to be at this game.
This is my first year doing ww2 & it looks like it's the same faces that go for most of the games.
Is this becouse all of us got a sad life & plenty of spare cash that our wifes don't know about, well I can speak for myself YES my wife thinks that my guns cost just £ & not 100s. (don't say a thing anyone).
Cheers
Peter
in the south great,count me in on the German side
Hope to be up for this. British or Brazilian. Anything except yank 
Hope to be up for this. British or Brazilian. Anything except yank
Brazilian! They were US equipped so a yank with a funny patch of a snake smoking a pipe and a language barrier!
Tempting but might err towards brit, sten guns need an airing after all!
To the tune of "Mademoiselle from Armentières"
Napoleons army ran away, As you do
The guard stood firm for Frances Pride, As you do
They said the guard will stand and die
But we heard what their Colonel cried
It wasn't pretty I tell you.
Resistance is fertile
Remember the site is great for us old uns (N o hills) and it is all in a good cause Help for Heros so its a no brainer.
PS Jimbo are we having a Hog roast like last time ummmmmmmm
Doubt it old chum, she was a very expensive lady. I may be able to do bacon though
