I came across this little guy for the first time yesterday. I fell in love with it just as I did with the Ford 3-ton, the idea of having such a small target running around the field is a very appealing notion. The problem is what would be it's use. It is the Mittlerer Ladungsträger Springer, Sd.Kfz. 304, or "Springer" for short. a demolition vehicle of the German *Wehrmacht*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wehrmacht>in *World War II* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II>.
Based on the well-known *NSU*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSU_Motorenwerke_AG> *Kettenkrad* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettenkrad>, the *NSU Werke AG*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSU_Motorenwerke_AG>at *Neckarsulm* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neckarsulm>, Germany, developed and built around 50 Springer demolition vehicles in the final year of World War II. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Springer_Demolition_Vehicle.jpg><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Springer_Demolition_Vehicle.jpg> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-v5cpxB1fUUA/UBFNxPueUDI/AAAAAAAAABs/8l8AyTIwToE/s1600/Springer4.jpg> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VKPNZ3zFfpE/UBFNsgIvkBI/AAAAAAAAABk/m1AgDO4XLdk/s1600/Springer3> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-GhSwKGkgPi4/UBFNpN2caGI/AAAAAAAAABc/D-fX7zCpoLw/s1600/Springer2.jpg> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vkjT7BZa-WU/UBFNeX5sSlI/AAAAAAAAABU/Jhwi0Q-pvmw/s1600/Springer1.jpg> Too small to be of use as a taditional SV transporting goods, and no gun for "tank" status, it finds it's self in a funny. Since it was designed to be loaded with explosives and then driven to a target and then detonated, I was wondering if we could give it a special ability of a "touch attack". Run it right up to an enemy asset, touch it, and boom, one-hit -kill! Both Springer and enemy asset would be destroyed, having to respawn back at base. (just an idea) Aaron F -- 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
