The Bandit "Faction" in STALKER is a loose collective, and by that we mean VERY loose, of criminal gangs outcast from the rest of the zones society. Either by choice or by force, those that  find themseves on the outs with the various social groups and safe hubs of the zone inevitably make their way to the scattered bandit camps and bases. 

Many of the bandits follow a loose code of conduct mirroring slavic organized crime in the outside world. Others refuse to awknoledge ANY rules or organizations becoming renegades from everyone. 

In the ASW & SML event series the bandit faction currently has three major groups:
-Bandits, representing the organized crime group as a whole.

Bandits are brothers, but their leaders rule with an iron fist and violence. Cross a bandit leaders plans and expect and immediate and unceremonious end in a ditch with no money, no scanner, no gas mask and no ammo. 


BANDIT COSTUMING RULES
 

*NO MATCHING TOP AND BOTTOM. 
*(BESIDES SOLID BROWN OR TAN LOOTED LC SUIT KITS IE matched top and bottom TUCKED IN+ Vest + LBE + Mask)
*NO Blue Camos or Colors for uniforms. 
*NO Urban Camo at all. 
*NO Multicam Variant clothes or kit. 
*Mix and Match of ANYTHING in the zone. 

*Classic Gorkas, Trench coats, Leather Jackets, and Track Suits is IDEAL. SS Leto is encouraged for subfactions.

*NO Modern plate carriers/armors and helmets. 
*Old Rusfed armor+helmet is fine. 
*Older Surplus equipment preferred but some modern "Looted" equipment is fine. Mix it up, modern battle belt with a leather soviet belt inside, old and new pouches, throw some soviet goodies on with your kit. Get creative and have fun with it.
 

While MOLLE is prevalent this is still a STALKER themed event. Even post war in STALKER 2 its a HEAVY mix and match, even WARD has a lot of old soviet era items thrown in like map pouches, leather holsters and even some soviet era red star officers belts.

The coolest of cool guys had to sneak into the zone, and you would still need to blend in with the other loners. Showing up in US SOF kit would likely get you gunned down by perimeter forces or worse yet robbed and murdered your fist week in the zone. 
 

-Bandit  Weapons Suggestions (Please ask admin if doing a different platform):

*MP5
*AKSU
*AK74S, M, N
*AKM Variant
*AS-VAL
*VSS
*L85
*Basic AR with simple furniture.

-Bandit Weapon Accessories:-
*Keep it VERY minimal. 
*Optic if necessary
*Simple Weapon lights. (highly recommended) 
*keep rail systems minimal if at all. 
 

-Theming and References-
We are trying to keep the vibe, but make this accessible. 
Anything faction friendly from the original series, Stalker 2, Anomaly, Gamma, HD Models, KV Models, or even Stalcraft.