Ill have another news update for you at the top of the hour for me and the entire news team thanks for watching. Because time to take one step further. And face the. Time to search the. Fight for the truth. To overcome outrageous claims contact. Its time for t. W. Coming up ahead. I never thought id find myself doing Something Like this. My names craig or steinbrenner and im a reporter but today im a Freedom Fighter and my mission is to take the enemys base. And with some 500 comrades in arms all armed to the teeth at a former military base near mt to back. With their covering fire shoot that is. Compulsory military service ended in germany in 2011 but more and more people are getting into guns. What is a weapon like this do to you and to me thats what i want to find out that much i ask. Because we arent using lethal weapons these are air soft guns looking credibly real and cost around a 1000. 00 euros each. They only fire small plastic balls. But it still hurts. I got it thats my 1st one more and im out. Of all of them told all the other popular shooting games include laser tag and paint ball the bullets are still quite high velocity which is why we all wear goggles and you cant play until youre 18. The demand is huge here in knocked about alone the number of players has increased 10 fold since 2013. Everybody seems to know what to do apart from me im a complete novice. Coach and im actually pretty stupid here but its not something that comes naturally to me im a civilian at heart. Military service wasnt for me i refused and did civilian service instead and then i presented a kid show. But as a journalist now of course im curious where does his new love of guns come from. Ok ok can we take a short break here. So muscle group the crazy monkeys does this a long as nobody knows what excites you why do you like it. More you with your pals overseas but its all about strategy its just great fronts this is not playing toward you. Its really hard to say. You know we dont want war. Ok the weapons look real well you shouldnt just run across the road with one 0 it is exhibit a thats why were in an enclosed space here you should only play with your guns here we comply with very strict rules if we didnt get to be no game. So cops and robbers for grownups ok got it but whats it like to carry a real gun i design to visit i 9 funds Police Academy to find out. If youre ready and wait for your signal. So with this is target practice for juliana my shes 20 and in her 2nd year as a police training. Shes using her future Service Weapon and of course live ammunition. It takes 3 years to become a qualified police officer. Off ive often. Wow thats still pretty well out of business you can still feel it but you know youre right. And so how do you feel when youre practicing are you nervous for an offer that as a chairman was that well you know its a practice situation but you still get an adrenaline rush and you do get nervous im always nervous when im here but you also learn to respect the gun ok but its good time with the weapon is also part of your job isnt it jobs its just that i know of course it gives you security and you have a weapon to use if you have to. How have you ever had a situation where you had to use your gun and most of the tools i mean i was once in a situation i was just one step away from using guns you stand there youre full of adrenaline trembling pumped full of adrenaline and then of course its difficult to just aim at the arms and legs so she isnt the 1st visitor that means when youre actually a doctor or so right as an extra an extremely tense situation thats going on inside you. To get tunnel vision that you dont notice whats happening around you. Its a really crazy stressful situation. To prepare officers for situations like this recruits receive legal and ethical training in addition to weapons handling. The task today is to disassemble and reassemble the weapon using only a practice pistol of course. Effect. And her civilian. Mahlers go outside dismantling training. Again with practice weapons and no ammunition. So when youre facing straight ahead you should always know where your weapon is pointing without looking where is your paper spray. Theres a billy club well start with a guard. Called the gun and take up a firing position. And so ive already been shot. Thats what. So you got your pepper spray put your thumb in there holder like a gun put your thumb in there ok or not you press it. Or. You can be trained to handle a weapon still i couldnt imagine using a real gun in an emergency. So if you are going to say what i said. I and most people in germany today find carrying a gun unthinkable but what