The DIY Tank · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by samzenpus on Monday April 7, 2008 @05:29AM from the but-how-much-is-the-insurance dept.

Will Foster, a Kettering University student, has built his own half sized Panzer tank. It took Will 2 years and around $10,000 to build his mini-tank and he says the process has been "a lot of trial and error...I'd buy a $200 part that didn't work, then go to a $300 part that didn't work before finding a $50 part that did." The tank is about as big as a small car, and can reach speeds of around 20 mph with its three-cylinder diesel engine. It runs on treads, has a cannon powered by compressed air from a scuba tank and parks wherever the hell it wants.

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Re:panzer tank ??? by lunartik · 2008-04-07 07:15 · Score: 5, Interesting

Only $2000? I'm all about building one.

He probably could make some of the money back by selling the plans. An ad for "Build Your Own Mini-Tank!" in the back of Popular Mechanics might actually be the most legit kit ever advertised there.