Not so hard to build. JUst fix a marker onto your bulldozer and it becomes a Landkreuzer P-1000 "Ratte" as 1:6 th scale... How many pellets would it take to kill it? about a hundred? Chrys ----- Original Message ----- From: Derek Engelhaupt To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 6:10 AM Subject: [TANKS] Re: Self Propelled Artillery?
It would be extremely cool, but alas it was a prototype that was never completed. Would classify as a tank, but against the rules since it was only a prototype. I'm sure if you built it someone would be willing to shoot paint at it....;) Derek T065 On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Kelly G <[email protected]> wrote: Hey, Anyone ever considered making one of these... Would it qualify as a tank? It kind of looks like the Bismark with tracks on it. I just wonder if there would be a battle field big enough for it? Makes the King Tiger look like a Tonka Toy.... Also, ya might need to take out a second mortgage just to raise the money to build one. Kelly -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Landkreuzer P-1000 "Ratte" (Rat) was to have been an extremely large tank for use by Nazi Germany during World War II. It was designed in 1942 by Krupp with the approval of Adolf Hitler, but the project was canceled by Albert Speer in early 1943 and none was ever completed. The 1000 metric ton Krupp P-1000 "Ratte", started construction but was canceled before completion. It would have carried two 280 mm guns (mounted in the same type of gun turret used in Gneisenau class warships), a single 128 mm gun, eight 20 mm Flak 38 anti-aircraft guns and two 15 mm Mauser MG 151/15 guns. The primary armament was a warship-like turret holding a pair of 280 mm naval guns. One such turret was built before the project was canceled, and was installed in a coastal defense battery in Norway. The Landkreuzer P. 1500 Monster was a preprototype ultraheavy tank meant as a mobile platform for the Krupp 800mm Schwerer Gustav artillery piece, in fact, a mobile grand cannon. If completed it would have easily surpassed the Panzer VIII Maus, and even the extremely large Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte in size, though it would only have enough power to reach up to speeds of 10-15 kph. It would have been 42 m (138 ft) long, would have weighed 2500 tonnes, with a 250 mm hull front armor, 4 MAN U-boat (submarine) diesel engines, and an operating crew of over 100 men. It would have been so heavy that it would have cracked pavement behind it and it would not have been able to cross bridges. The main armament would have been an 800 mm Dora/Schwerer Gustav K (E) railway gun 10 times bigger in diameter than modern tank cannons, and a secondary armament of two 150 mm sFH 18/1 L/30 howitzers and multiple 15 mm MG 151/15 machine guns. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i.somethingawful.com/booklist/wallpapers/ratte_800.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php%3Ftopic%3D2240.msg18964&usg=__NztGYFHiyCvyx6-vxRr2BqbrUmo=&h=600&w=800&sz=335&hl=en&start=52&um=1&tbnid=6HKdFh0r7P2FsM:&tbnh=107&tbnw=143&prev=/images%3Fq%3DKrupp%2BSiege%2BMortar%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D36%26um%3D1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Steve Tyng <[email protected]> To: R/C Tank Combat <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 1, 2009 9:13:58 PM Subject: [TANKS] Re: Self Propelled Artillery? Another clarification and/or ruling requested. Is this vehicle a tracked vehicle? http://members.kos.net/sdgagnon/nfg13.jpg It is my contention that this WW1 Krupp Siege Mortar is indeed a tracked vehicle. The picture clearly shows a series of hinged and pivoting pads that travel in an endless loop. This design is innovative in that they do away with the complexity of multiple road wheels, drive sprocket and return idler by combining these elements into one a single mechanism (what some closed minded individuals might call a wheel). A close examination of this picture also clearly shows frontal steel components that exceed 70mm in thickness. I conclude thus that this asset will qualify as a "four hit tank" with the frontal hit exclusion. The obvious large bore will allow it to carry 40 rounds of ammo in it's magazine. Steve "If I Build It, It will Shoot Moving or Not" Tyng ;-) __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4134 (20090605) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
