| Tippmann paintball guns have been around since | | | | tremendous pace. |
| 1986, when the company decided to change from | | | | Paintball parks are developing nationwide, hosting a |
| manufacturing replica, half-scale machine guns to | | | | variety of scenarios such as famous war |
| the paintball industry. | | | | battlegrounds like D-Day on Normandy Beach. |
| Although the company was afraid the sport of | | | | Perhaps a game of paintball with swat team |
| paintball would be a passing fad, they decided to | | | | members rescuing a kidnapper is the scenario? |
| make the shift into making their proprietary | | | | Whatever, the theme, the Tippmann company |
| Tippmann paintball markers because gun law | | | | has been there with new models and styles to |
| changes were making it more and more difficult | | | | choose from. These games would never have |
| to manufacture replica guns. | | | | grown in popularity if the guns were not realistic. |
| Since the Tippmann's were afraid the paintball | | | | It is what makes it exciting to the paintballers |
| trend wouldn't last, they decided to make high | | | | involved. Tippmann has grasped this concept and |
| performance, durable Tippmann paintball guns that | | | | put their manufacturing expertise behind it. |
| were affordable. With the help of their | | | | For those interested in safety, Tippmann guns are |
| background in machine gun manufacturing, they | | | | a must. The quality, durability and reliability of the |
| were the first to build semi-automatic and | | | | paintball guns have allowed the sport to flourish. |
| fully-automatic paintball markers. | | | | Without the Tippmann expertise and knowledge |
| Obviously, the sport grew and the demand for | | | | of replica guns, the sport would likely be much |
| Tippmann paintball markers grew too. Today, | | | | less advanced. One can only imagine if the early |
| there are a variety of Tippmann paintball guns to | | | | paintball guns were unsafe, riddled with part |
| select from... | | | | breakdowns and generally poor quality. On the |
| A5 (available as Electronic, Response, Stealth, and | | | | contrary, the sport has evolved from this |
| more) | | | | manufacturers keen sense of quality products. |
| 98 Custom Act(available in camo, silver, black, and | | | | Being a leader means that other manufacturers |
| more) | | | | such as Kingman Spyder, Dangerous Power, Dye, |
| C3 | | | | Smart Parts and numerous others must also |
| X7 (available in Basic, Response, EGrip, and more) | | | | compete. To compete they also have to provide |
| With so many different, high-quality Tippmann | | | | top quality, reliability and safety to the consumers. |
| paintball markers to select from, it's easy to see | | | | The Tippmann's have lead the way in the industry |
| why the company is considered a leader in the | | | | and all paintball enthusiasts around the world are |
| industry. It also explains why the company was | | | | better off for it. The follower's have developed a |
| able to grow from eight employees in 1986 to | | | | wide array of features and choices that |
| over 120 today. The creativity of the replica guns | | | | complement the player's abilities. The players are |
| has allowed the sport to continue evolving. | | | | well armed to take on the scenarios and |
| Currently, scenario games are growing at a | | | | challenges before them. |