If there is a will to play airsoft, then there is a way to play airsoft. For Irish airsoft player, Simon “Tank” Jameson, that will to play airsoft is even greater. The 27-year old suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a rare form of muscular dystrophy. This condition made him wheelchair bound for most of his life. Even with this condition, Jameson is not to be stopped from playing airsoft, converting his wheelchair into the famous “Tank 2.0” and makes him loved and respected by airsoft players from all over.

He has been playing airsoft for 9 years now and has been to many airsoft events in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Whilst, he enjoys and loves playing airsoft, being in a wheelchair does put some limitations on him from enjoying it to the fullest.

It is not his condition that is limiting him, but it is his present wheelchair that prevents him from joining other airsoft events that occur on more uneven terrain. So far Tank has been able to play at events that are urban/MOUT in layout and if is woodland, the terrain is mainly flat and there are paved paths for him to use his wheelchair.

He needs a wheelchair that can do all-terrain, enabling him to reach many areas which are inaccessible for him right now. But the problem is that, whilst that kind of a wheelchair does exist, it is expensive for him to acquire. He will need to raise €20,000 to get the HexHog, an all-terrain off-road wheelchair.

For him to raise the needed amount, he has put up a page on GoFundMe where so far has already raised almost €2,000 in four days. If you believe that anyone, regardless of condition, can and should be able to play airsoft, then perhaps you want to chip-in to help Tank get his HexHog to convert into what he may call the “Tank 3.0”.

It would be interesting to see his plans to convert the HexHog into an all-terrain airsoft wheelchair, or perhaps you have suggestions to him. But first things first, help him get the HexHog by going now to the Project Tank GoFundMe page and pledge whatever amount you want.