The most expensive Airsoft AEG is ready for sale. The new SYSTEMA PTW Recoil Model is currently distributed to dealers and will soon hit a retail store near you! Beware, this new model comes with a hefty price, with such a price it is only for a happy few around us and mainly aimed at military usage. Do know, the first time lot will be 1000 items only. Sales will be limited to the MAX2 / Ambi Model only at this time.

For those who are waiting for a challenge kit to drop the price. No luck yet, for now there is no challenge kit planned:

"We regretfully state that, for the Recoil Model, we plan to sell the finished product for the time being. We are sorry to those who wish to purchase the Challenge Kit. One of the reasons for our decision was the degree of difficulty it takes to manage the cable connections of the Micro Switch Device. Once we gather enough materials and information to complete a thorough assembly manual we may contemplate a release date for the Challenge Kit. We kindly ask for your patience."

So what's so special about this Recoil Model? Did you know the battery is now moved to the magazine? Continue reading to have a technical deep dive into this new SYSTEMA PTW Recoil Model

UPDATE: Magazine pricing is now known!
One magazine with built-in battery Retail price of the 135 USD.
Six pack magazines with built-in battery Retail price of the 670 USD.

UPDATE 2: First video footage added!

UPDATE 3: New video added!

SYSTEMA stops their factory lines, temporarily! In Juli, August and September the production lines of their current line-up stops, this to start mass production on their new so-called Recoil Shock P.T.W. This is a tentative name, however we are looking forward to get our hands on them. 

Not much is known yet. Availability will be around Oktober 2016. It will be a patented design and based on an electric mechanism. Maybe comparable to the BOLT BRSS? Let's wait and see, we keep you posted!

Damn already 10 years! I am getting old. Back in 2004 we did our first review on the Systema rifle's. We were blessed to receive 2 M16 models to do a full blown review. Now Kumi mailed us with their special Professional Training Weapon (PTW) model to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the PTW. Damn already 10 years! The lower receiver will have a special engraving indicating it is the 10th Anniversary commemorative model of which 500 pieces will be manufactured and made available globally.

For airsoft players, the Systema Engineering PTW line is what they call the Ferrari of airsoft guns, not only because of the cost but also of performance. Some highly-trained airsoft players always swear by the PTWs and the ability to customize PTWs with many commercial off-the-shelf parts from real steel parts manufacturers usually without the need for modification. Thus, most of the weapons accessories and external parts that Systema PTW users usually purchase can be readily used on real steel M4s and M16s.

Initially known for their high quality upgrade parts for airsoft guns, especially the Marui-compatible models and also complete AEGs based on Tokyo Marui's version 2 gearbox in the 1990s, Systema Engineering revealed the first PTW prototype during the SHOT Show 2003 though the actual production models of the first PTW was released in 2004. Specifically made to cater to Military and Law Enforcement training markets, the PTWs are very much precisely made to mimic the real steel AR in terms of weight and dimensions as these are truly 1:1 to meet training weapon specifications.

For all you airsofters out there who really want to take maintenance, tweaking and tuning, and most of al: building of your replica to a next level, Systema Engineering might have announced something for you today.

Enter the Super Challenge Kit: all parts, gears, springs and connectors, you get to put together yourself. The philisophy being one every engineer can completely relate to: if you want to be able to maintain it propperly, you are the one who has to put it together from the first to the last  screw.