From: KH.Ranitzsch@t... (K.H.Ranitzsch)
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 14:13:21 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Hard targets
Here's a tank picture gallery with a difference: http://mitglied.lycos.de/hartziel/ Tanks used as targets on German shooting ranges. If you are thinking about modelling a tank destroyed by enemy fire, here's your inspiration. Types range from WWII to modern Soviet and BW equipment. Greetings
From: Ryan Gill <rmgill@m...>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 13:44:18 -0400
Subject: Re: Hard targets
> At 2:13 PM +0200 7/8/02, KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de wrote: Small difference. Tanks that were in operation (vs empty hulks on a range) have fuel, ammo and other combustibles within them. They very often burn/brew up when struck by fire. From what I've heard of tanks in DS that had ammo stored in the floor area (ie the Russian Made tanks) the turrets tended to blow off of the chassis of the tank. Modeling a hull with a turret sitting about 50 scale feet away would be more correct, especially if the turret is upside down. Otherwise a turret that is blackened around the engine compartment, turret ring and hatches would also make sense. A better source for examples would be pictorial archives of WWII tanks destroyed, Arab Israeli war footage or Desert Storm footage.