IDEA but need help ?

[mcevoyi]

hi all

well as most of you know i do a bit of kit bashing now and then ... as a result ..i have a few turrets spare .... so what to do with them

yes i could put on evil bay but to be honest .. i cant be bothered ... so what to do with them

i have several pz4 and pz3 turrets .. so while i was in the smallest room in the house

a flash of insperation happened ! plop ! lol

a turreted pill box

so why the help ...

what are thay actualy called .. and has any one ever come across a website for such things ?

i know there are panther turret versions ... but  i hope there are pz3 /4 one out there in some field in france

it would be interesting to have them placed out in a field and a good battle !

  there a full option rc turret with smokeing chimney .. what a brill idea ... must sit in loo a bit longer i think ?

[Rocketman]

Hmmm, nice idea. A few months ago I read a story in military machines about a load of Buried tanks and turrets used as a line of fortifications in , I think Yugoslavia. So it has been done but wasnt heavy on pictures so having said that the worlds your mollusc mate.

[Ex_Pat_Tanker]

I was thinking of using my spares as pillboxes - trouble is that I keep giving them away!

The atlantic wall featured a lot of turrets from french tanks dug in, and I remember seeing russian turrets used the same way (altho knowing them they just buried the entire tank! ::) )

I'l still toying with the idea of making a command line version that would elminate the need for a radio. The elevation and traverse motors are simple devices, so all you need is a on-off-on toggle switch to move them and a suitable power source (ie a bunch of batteries).

Tankhobby.com's battle circuit would be ideal for this application as it can be triggered by a simple 'push to make' switch - no need to spend $$$ on a DBC and all the HL stuff needed to make things move, Nick's circuit is ~ $100 and comes with all the parts except a suitable speaker.

[mcevoyi]

so 

it looks like several have hit on that idea ....

so let all have a bash but i draw the line at trying to build the gunns at naverone ! lol

but have thought about a smaller version

[fv432]

nice idea
the only pic of one ive seen is a pzr 1 turret

[BarkingSquirrel]

While looking for the pictures, I found out that they basically said screw it, took the tracks/running gear off and simply buried whatever they felt like. I saw pics of Pz4's, Stugs,Jagds, etc. The last two are ones that have been recovered, the altered hatches/roofs are the giveaway.

[grim_marmazet]

I've seen Tiger turrets mounted on concrete blocks used for training gunnery crews, but im pretty sure the idea was used with panther turrets.

Cheers,
Rik

[Tankie]

The Syrians bought a lot of surplus PZIV's (and the odd Stug) from Spain in the 50's and used them as gun emplacements on the Golan heights.  Some are still there.  I think these were originally buried up to the turret, although most current pictures show them 'in the open' following their changing hands.

[wibblywobbly]

Wasn't there a huge paper Tiger, that was about the size of a block of flats, quadruple tracks, and had a turret on each corner? I am sure I saw a pic somewhere on the web. They apparently abandoned the concept because for some strange reason it would have sank in the mud?

[971wright]

Hi The germans used allsorts of turrets from panzer 1 to Tiger turrets to make pillboxes have seen panther turrets used where they are level with the ground just the turret ,the one Ive seen photos of was at a crossroad ,These can be made into I.R. battle units all you need to do it is the RX18 board and the Bsu ,it could be posible to operate 2 units from one battle unit ,using the same channel ,see posts on panzerketten of some the guys in  Germany have made.There are more if you want to look for them .

http://www.rc-panzerketten-forum.com/wbb2/thread.php?threadid=16587
http://www.rc-panzerketten-forum.com/wbb2/thread.php?threadid=10555&threadview=0&hilight=&hilightuser=0&page=2

regards pete