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Gatling Panther

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2024 6:31 pm
by SoCalBobS
My Panther was on its shelf gathering dust, when I came across a printable file for a wild variant. Austrian-3D-Art on Cults3D published the file, which I purchased and commissioned to have printed. I use my tanks for IR battling, which is why you see an IR emitter and receiver on the turret.
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Re: Gatling Panther

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2024 6:51 pm
by Tiger6
Nice! reminds me of a Goalkeeper CIWS:
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Re: Gatling Panther

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2024 11:00 pm
by MrChef
I love this "what if" build Bob. I also like the backstory you shared as per the decal star/cross.

Re: Gatling Panther

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 12:56 am
by Jimster
MrChef, I almost missed that decal. Love it in so many ways.

Re: Gatling Panther

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 5:54 pm
by Meter rat
Good to see that you have posted this up over here.

Re: Gatling Panther

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 6:16 pm
by Son of a gun-ner
MrChef wrote: Sun Jan 21, 2024 11:00 pm I love this "what if" build Bob. I also like the backstory you shared as per the decal star/cross.
What backstory?

Re: Gatling Panther

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 6:39 pm
by Ad Lav
That’s pretty cool :)

Re: Gatling Panther

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 9:07 pm
by MrChef
Son of a gun-ner wrote: Mon Jan 22, 2024 6:16 pm What backstory?
He shared on a different forum sorry. I like the "what if" builds. IIRC Jnewboy and others have done "what if" after WWII builds and I like them as well as the creativity.

Re: Gatling Panther

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 11:09 pm
by Son of a gun-ner
MrChef wrote: Mon Jan 22, 2024 9:07 pm
Son of a gun-ner wrote: Mon Jan 22, 2024 6:16 pm What backstory?
He shared on a different forum sorry. I like the "what if" builds. IIRC Jnewboy and others have done "what if" after WWII builds and I like them as well as the creativity.
Oh, ok, no worries.

The backstory

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 3:36 pm
by SoCalBobS
I frequent the Hobby Squawk tank forum. Here's the text for this tank:

"So, what's that marking on the turret? Well, after a stinging defeat in the winter of 1944 and a successful assassination and coup, the German Army capitulated on the Western Front. However, the Soviets on the Eastern Front continued their assault, moving past Berlin into what was then Western Germany. By 1946 it was apparent the USSR planned to overrun all of Europe. It was evident reconstructing Germany and the other European countries were in no condition to resist. Pragmatically, the Allies began to unify, using war material from all sources. As the USSR's air assets were heavy in ground support with limited high altitude bombers, low level anti aircraft weapons were deemed effective. 20mm Gatling guns were mounted on existing chassis, in this case the Panther G."