The joke in 1940's was that they used to have 4 gears forward and 5 gears reverse, however that was a joke during hard times. And I thought it would be an Ariete of the 1930's...... Beautiful streamlines in all those Italian tanks..... Good designers since Leonardo and up to modern fashion. Chrys
----- Original Message ----- From: whitney james To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 6:24 PM Subject: RE: [TANKS] Italian Ariete MBT I'm suprised that (being Italian) they didn't make it the fastest tank in the world... > Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:25:49 -0800 > Subject: [TANKS] Italian Ariete MBT > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > With the Bulldog operational and winter fast approaching I decided to > build a second tank, the Italian Ariete MBT. > > http://www.army-technology.com/projects/ariete/ > > At 1/6 scale its dimensions are: > Length: 1.265M (About 4' 2") > Width: 600 mm ( 24" approx) > Height: 417 mm (16 1/2" approx) to the top of the turret. > It ends up being longer, wider, but shorter than my Bulldog. > > Yup, it's big. Did all the prelim drawings over the past weeks (with > my limited CAD abilities) got all the odd little bits figured out. Ok > most. And over the weekend we welded the frame together. One inch sq. > tube with 1/8th wall. Suspension is going to be a modified Christie > very similar to Ben Holko's T067 but much beefier. (Thanks for the > great idea Ben!) > > I toyed with the idea of building a Tiger, a Tiger II, a Sherman, > another Bulldog, a Coyote, a Bren Gun Carrier, and a fixed artillery > piece but when I stumbled across this beast, I got interested. Trust > the Italians to build a tank that from the front, resembles a sports > car. (Hey, I think it's beautiful.) The interesting thing that finally > sold me on it is the fact that there is not a curve on the whole > machine. It is all straight, flat sides, angled (but flat) front on > both the turret and hull. > Will post some pics of the hull AFTER I take a grinder to it and > pretty it up. > > Cheers, > Fred (Aw heck, I'm just gonna break down and build a real one next > time.) Thomson > T067 > > -- > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Windows 7: I wanted simpler, now it's simpler. I'm a rock star. -- 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 -- 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
