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The DIY Tank

Posted by samzenpus on 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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  1. Re:THE PINK PANZER by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No, not pink, darling. Peach-colored. Pink is tacky.

  2. Re:I Come In Peace! by Enlightenment · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Rommel never thought of liberation, period.