| Paintball was started in 1977 by a drunk cattle
herder who shot his nephew with a cattle marker. Paintball markers
were actually originally ways to humanly brand cattle with permanent
paint. |
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The first game was played in New Hampshire in 1986
buy 12 people. The picture at the left is the actual first
players. The markers they used were pistols that used 12
gram CO2 cartridges. The ammunition was enamel
paint with a gelatin shell. |
| Today, paintball is used
anywhere from police training to war reenactments. To the right is
a reenactment of D-Day. It included 1,500 people and 150
vehicles. The game was held in Utah and the field covered over 300
acres. |
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