Vanguard × Armatex · For manufacturers

Your products.
Inside the player's build.

Armatex turns real airsoft products into a persistent digital product layer inside Vanguard — where players discover them, build with them, save them to their identity and share them with the community.

Real productsReal playersReal-world context
Armatex product ecosystem
ARMATEX // BUILD CONFIGURATION
SELECTED COMPONENTOPTIC SYSTEMCross-platform attachment14 compatible platforms
BUILD IT.
MODIFY IT.
USE IT. SHARE IT.
The Armatex concept

From product to player reality.

Think of the weapon-building experience players already know from games — choose a platform, modify it, build a loadout and share it. Armatex brings that behaviour into real airsoft with real products, real manufacturers and real player identity.

01
PRODUCTReal manufacturer productDigital product identity
02
ARMATEX3D + specificationsCompatibility layer
03
BUILDPlayer configurationProducts combined
04
IDENTITYSaved to profilePersistent loadout
05
COMMUNITYBuild is sharedOrganic discovery
06
ACTIVITYConnected to playReal-world context
07
INSIGHTNetwork learnsManufacturer intelligence
The complete build

The rifle is the platform.
Your products complete the build.

A player setup is more than a replica. Platforms, engines, optics, suppressors, lights, grips, stocks, rails and accessories all become part of one digital configuration.

Weapon platforms

Establish the platform.

Replica and system manufacturers create the foundation players build around. Armatex gives those products a persistent digital identity, specifications and configuration context.

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Attachments & systems

Complete the player setup.

One optic, suppressor, HPA system, stock or grip can appear across many compatible platforms and many different player builds — creating cross-platform discovery.

Built for manufacturer growth

Three growth engines.

Armatex connects product discovery, community exposure and product intelligence in one loop rather than treating them as separate channels.

01

PRODUCT DISCOVERY

Your catalogue becomes interactive. Players can inspect products, understand compatibility and discover how they fit into complete builds.

02

PLAYER-DRIVEN EXPOSURE

Players build, customise and share loadouts. Every shared build becomes organic exposure for the brands and products inside it.

03

PRODUCT INTELLIGENCE

As the network grows, see which products are used, what they are paired with, which configurations are popular and where demand is developing.

The network effect

Every build makes the network more valuable.

More players build. More builds are shared. More products are discovered. More players adopt them. More real-world product context is created.

01BUILD
→
02SHARE
→
03DISCOVER
→
04ADOPT
→
05USE
→
06DATA
Player behaviour compounds product visibilityBUILD → SHARE → DISCOVER → ADOPT → USE → DATA → BUILD
As the network grows

Manufacturer intelligence.

Armatex can create a product-intelligence layer around the products players actually put into builds: popular models, product pairings, platform compatibility, geographic demand and configuration trends.

This intelligence develops with real player adoption and activity; it is not presented as historical data Vanguard already possesses today.

Build adoption↑ LIVE
Product pairingsCONNECTED
MarketsGLOBAL
PLATFORM COMPATIBILITY
TOP PRODUCT PAIRINGS
BUILD CONFIGURATIONS
DEMAND BY MARKET
Illustrative future intelligence layer — insights become richer as real products, builds, players and activity connect across Vanguard.
Retailer friendly by design

Discovery, not disintermediation.

Armatex is not designed to replace your retailer or distributor network. It is the discovery, configuration and product-intelligence layer that can create better-informed demand and send players back into the existing sales network.

Discover
in Armatex
→
Configure
the build
→
Purchase through
existing channels
IN DEVELOPMENTArmatex product layer
WORKING WITHEstablished airsoft manufacturers
Q1 2027Official Vanguard launch
IWA 2027Vanguard in Nuremberg
Founding Armatex Manufacturer Partner

Start small.
Build the standard together.

We are already working with established airsoft manufacturers and are now opening Armatex to selected platform, attachment and system brands before public launch.

01

SELECT

Choose a limited set of priority products.

02

SUPPLY

Share product details, specifications and available model data.

03

BUILD

Vanguard creates the first Armatex representation.

04

REVIEW

Your team reviews how the products are represented.

05

LAUNCH

Approved products become part of the Armatex ecosystem.

Armatex is already in development inside Vanguard, with product models integrated into the system that have not yet been released publicly. The first step is not an entire catalogue — it is a focused showcase your team can review before launch.
Vanguard × Armatex

Help define the digital product standard for airsoft.

Your product does not disappear after the sale. It becomes part of the player's build — and that build becomes part of their airsoft identity.

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