Not entirely sure this belongs in the pool. The tank weighs about 2.7 tons and the truck looks like either a deuce or a five-ton -- the former would have some difficulty carrying a load 200 kilos over its recommended limit, while the latter would not have that much of a problem, but in either case the tank is small enough to be carried on the bed of that truck.
Getting it on or off the truck can be done with nothing more than a ramp.
Not entirely sure this belongs in the pool. The tank weighs about 2.7 tons and the truck looks like either a deuce or a five-ton -- the former would have some difficulty carrying a load 200 kilos over its recommended limit, while the latter would not have that much of a problem, but in either case the tank is small enough to be carried on the bed of that truck.
Getting it on or off the truck can be done with nothing more than a ramp.
I agree completely. If it was a T-34 that magically would look like it fits there that would be a problem. Tankettes were small. And cute. Not much good though, but cute.
I agree completely. If it was a T-34 that magically would look like it fits there that would be a problem. Tankettes were small. And cute. Not much good though, but cute.
Tankette's aren't as hard to build as one might think. Essentially most were based off of smaller tracked farm tractor chassis. They just had the rest of the hull added and such. If you could find an older small sized crawler now-a-days you could turn it into an armored vehicle with little issues...well, that is if you have the welding and mechanical skills to do it...
Tankette's aren't as hard to build as one might think. Essentially most were based off of smaller tracked farm tractor chassis. They just had the rest of the hull added and such. If you could find an older small sized crawler now-a-days you could turn it into an armored vehicle with little issues...well, that is if you have the welding and mechanical skills to do it...
That is fine if you actually expect to get violence'd. If you want the tank-look but not the protection you can get away with a square-tube inner frame and just weld/bolt/screw a bunch of metal plates to it. Would due to the crawler-base still be slow as shit though. If you want speed you'd probably have to rip the drivetrain and related bits out of one of those fast skid-loaders and mount it on a Jeep frame or something. Replace the wheels with sprockets and find old tank tracks to run it over, ad some support rollers and roadwheels and you'd have yourself a decently quick microtank.
Still a lot more complex than just buying a old tankette or something XD
I do wonder how could you own a tankette without raising five GTA stars as soon as it gets out of the garage.
So long as it isn't armed...uh...you can own one in practically any U.S. state....I mean without the ability to fire...they are, in a sense...just tracked tractors...that's how Germany got away with building up an armor corps in the inner-war period.
I suppose you also need to own a heavy equipment operator license. But yeah, any car armed with machine guns sure would attract unwanted attention from the authority.
I don't know about America, but here in Holland you can legally own and drive a tank on the open road, as long as you have rubberised tracks, weigh less than 40 tonnes or so, no functioning weaponry and have a heavy vehicle license(such as for semi trucks and city-busses).
Takes a mountain of paperwork, taxes and insurance to pull it off tho.
I don't know about America, but here in Holland you can legally own and drive a tank on the open road, as long as you have rubberised tracks, weigh less than 40 tonnes or so, no functioning weaponry and have a heavy vehicle license(such as for semi trucks and city-busses).
Takes a mountain of paperwork, taxes and insurance to pull it off tho.
From what I remember, having looked into it in the past, that sounds about the same as what's needed in the US. Though I can't remember if/what the weight allowance is.
From what I remember, having looked into it in the past, that sounds about the same as what's needed in the US. Though I can't remember if/what the weight allowance is.
Weight is simply because over here there is a maximum allowed weightlimit for all vehicles. Heavier things need to either be disassembled and transported in parts or you have to complete a bunch of paperwork and pay a lot of people money to legally transport heavy or oversized anything.
Weight is simply because over here there is a maximum allowed weightlimit for all vehicles. Heavier things need to either be disassembled and transported in parts or you have to complete a bunch of paperwork and pay a lot of people money to legally transport heavy or oversized anything.
It also depends on State, County and City regulations. Where I live you can operate vehicles that weigh between 6 and 10 tons tracked or wheeled with little issue. Above that weight you need to get approval on singular basis. Also things that are tracked must have road tracks. I know half-tracks can operate legally and small bulldozers....I'd assume Tankettes are light enough to fall in line with most weight limits...and if you have road tracks you shouldn't have much of an issue...though in the U.S. many states require you to have insurance, so if anything, that's where you're going to find the most difficult problem.
I mean sure, that's one way of doing it. It's more crude but, if it does the job right?
The sad part is that thing was certainly better protected then the actual tankettes (it had two layers of rolled steel plate sandwiching like a foot of concrete)... seeing as he had a .50 cal rifle in a firing port it was better armed too.
Blackfocker said:
From what I remember, having looked into it in the past, that sounds about the same as what's needed in the US. Though I can't remember if/what the weight allowance is.
Mostly although if you jump through enough hops you may not technically have to de-mil the vehicle's weaponry. It's possible to legally to own operational cannons, even 'modern' breach loading ones in the US. I know of at least one Hellcat and a Stuart with fully operational cannons and machine guns installed.
It honestly make sense if you think about it because the people that could afford to have this shit are so rich they would have basically no reason to ever actually use it in any kind of crime, sort of like how IIRC no legally own and registered machine gun has ever actually been used in a violent crime. Because it costs tends of thousands of dollars to own one, so the guys that have them aren't going to be the sort to use them to knock over liquor stores or stage drive-bys.
