Video from iraq

[Arethusa]

No airsoft gun will fire traditional BBs. Not only are they made of metal, but they are a completely different size.

 

[ravens_hawk]

I know, 6mm>.177" and while there are aluminum 6mm BBs you're probably right they wouldn't break a window.

 

[ecale3]

Sorry I forgot the full-auto ones usually only shoot light, plastic bbs. I was thinking about the .177 (usually lead) ones that you'd think would crack up a window if not break it. (Esp with the number they're firing.) In the first one Im not sure what they were firing at but if it was at the car behind them you'd think they'd hit the radiator or something and it might have some effect on the car. Maybe they just really are firing low powered rounds. Again its hard to see in the video, most of what looks like damage to say the glass also looks like compression/video errors.

Windshields are safety glass boss, coated with plastic to help prevent shattering and pretty fucking strong.

 

[Crazy_Ivan]

contractors that did africa and changed names...

Somewhere in the first weeks of the war there was a big fuss about these contractor companies hiring guys with not too clean backgrounds (apartheid era police, mercenaries from various backgrounds). They promised to do something about it but according to the article not much has changed.

Anyway shooting civvies doesn't make you popular. and if these guys have similar looking uniforms, there is a big chance for escalation