Panzer Meeting Engagement

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Hello All,

Some friends came over to enjoy a fine spring afternoon and run tanks for a bit. This backyard game is to battle accurately, well that only lasted for about 5 seconds. 6 people driving tanks, meant each had their own definition of WWII accurate. Plus the Pershing driver believes it is not nice to LED shoot at other tanks, so refuses to use a TBU most of the time. On meeting, tanks work at there highest rate of fire to gain local fire superiority. And no, you can not run away in this game and call that maneuvering.

The concept is gleaned from: "WWII tank fights, particularly meeting engagements, take place at very short ranges", Wolfgang Schneider in the book Panzer Tactics.

We also tested the new Futaba SkySport 2.4 radio and it works great in Tamiya f/o tanks and is a very cost effective solution, plus really easy to setup.

Regards, John

PS The Sherman is set on 9 hits to account for its numerical superiority in the ETO.

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And one other danger in this game: Douglas A-24 Banshee Dive Bomber.

For for all you guys who enjoy riding motorcycles, check out my nephew Mark's ride:

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[[ICE]monkey]

very nice collection of armour there, looks like you all had a fun day, did the divebomber take many out , is his bike the r1 ?
regards, ice

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Hi,

No, that is not Mark's R1. He test drove it at track speed and wrote the bike review for the magazine he works for. He is a motor sports journalist and a motorcycle test rider for Cycle World. He came up through the AMA racing ranks and was a top rider on Kawasaki Super Bikes and then raced on Honda Super Bikes for a few years. The dream deal is that he is now invited by the pro teams to test ride some very cool racing motorcycles at various tracks all over the world. A pretty unique situation for a US based bike journalist.

The dive bomber hangs from a tree limb, the bomb can drop with a tug of a string (low tech late 1950's toy technology). Blunder under it and you are out of the game; until the next game. We tried actually dropping the plastic bomb, but it can damage tanks and if I don't like that, I am guessing no one else will either. Glad you enjoyed my Tamiya tank builds and thank you.

Cheers, John

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The Antiaircraft Artillery Multiple Gun Motor Carriage M16 Half Track and Crew up close.

[[ICE]monkey]

nice, i like the name , very appt hearing the noise it makes when those 50s let rip

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The gunner and 2 loaders are the now hard to find 1/16 Dragon figures.