Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:24 am
After some work and patience, the Tank Project has produced a basic chassis:
The gaps have yet to be filled in of course, I'll probably work on it later, along with the roof and rear, but for now the areas with heavy armour are finished. The light/destructible armour areas as unfilled in the picture can be done when I'm less lazy.
The roof is actually optional depending on which variant we modify this to be. The Gun Platform will forgo the ceiling to add more gun mounts, while a IFV design will need a roof (with hatch). The triangular holes may be filled with either more panels, or polymer groundsheets, maybe incorporating some large lights for night battles, or even more guns.
The rear is yet unfilled as it's meant to be the destructable armour, consisting of a single layer of tough cardboard. Therefore it'll die, but at the same time not too fast. Being a basic chassis, it's also devoid of any furniture, but that'll come later.
But other than that, the Panzerkampfwagen is coming along fine, and (I reckon) is one of the first of its kind, in the water war field. With a thickness of about 60mm of armour at certain points, its heavy armour should be able to withstand hoses, water guns and maybe even direct-fire WBLs. Of course, like real tanks, lack of infantry support would be bad, since opposing players could easily out manuever it and pin the crew inside, forcing them to close hatches and gunports. But with a bunch of people keeping enemy infantry out of close range, the tank could lend some helpful support fire or cover, as well as the ability to advance down lanes and corridors under fire.
We therefore proudly present the beginnings of armoured warfare to the soaker community.
Yay.
Please clap
The gaps have yet to be filled in of course, I'll probably work on it later, along with the roof and rear, but for now the areas with heavy armour are finished. The light/destructible armour areas as unfilled in the picture can be done when I'm less lazy.
The roof is actually optional depending on which variant we modify this to be. The Gun Platform will forgo the ceiling to add more gun mounts, while a IFV design will need a roof (with hatch). The triangular holes may be filled with either more panels, or polymer groundsheets, maybe incorporating some large lights for night battles, or even more guns.
The rear is yet unfilled as it's meant to be the destructable armour, consisting of a single layer of tough cardboard. Therefore it'll die, but at the same time not too fast. Being a basic chassis, it's also devoid of any furniture, but that'll come later.
But other than that, the Panzerkampfwagen is coming along fine, and (I reckon) is one of the first of its kind, in the water war field. With a thickness of about 60mm of armour at certain points, its heavy armour should be able to withstand hoses, water guns and maybe even direct-fire WBLs. Of course, like real tanks, lack of infantry support would be bad, since opposing players could easily out manuever it and pin the crew inside, forcing them to close hatches and gunports. But with a bunch of people keeping enemy infantry out of close range, the tank could lend some helpful support fire or cover, as well as the ability to advance down lanes and corridors under fire.
We therefore proudly present the beginnings of armoured warfare to the soaker community.
Yay.
Please clap