Nicely done. But two hits is better than one for a supply vehicle and you also get the frontal hit exclusion for being a tank. Looks great. Coming to Gettysburg?
John On Jun 8, 11:25 pm, Mike Mangus <[email protected]> wrote: > I think the Scorpion would make a neat little tank on the RC tank combat > battlefield. At 1/6 scale, it would be around 34" long and 13" high at the > top of the turret. Armor was 25mm, which would give it only 2 hits though. > It's 76 mm cannon would give it the full 40 rounds. The only advantage it > would have is speed and modestly small size. > > Clark, you mentioned the Falklands conflict. From what I've read, it was > the only "tank" on the islands because of it's light weight and ability to > travel over soft surfaces that a modern MBT would sink into. The Scorpion's > ground pressure is merely 4 lbs per square inch ... less than a human > standing on foot. > > I'll send you a set of plans as soon as I draw up a nicer set than the basic > dimensional drawing I used. Oh, and you must finish the Sherman first! > > Mike > > ________________________________ > From: Clark Ward Jr <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 4:12:02 AM > Subject: [TANKS] Re: SV015 Designated > > I have always loved the Scorpion. Not sure why. But as I explained > to someone who derided it in a discussion about the Falklands/Malvinas > war... When you're the only TANK on the island, nobody cares if > you're a LIGHT tank or not! You're a TANK! > > Mike, ole buddy, you need to email me the plans/measurements AFTER i > get the Sherman built. :) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
