Re: Motor mounting

[<franciscoarias-at-bellsouth.net>]

Looks like I got some people sort of mixed up, which I was afraid such a
name would do, the panzer achtung website has some info on it at
www.geocities.com/Pentagon/3620/rso_pak.htm. Also I intend to be able to
change it into a RSO (www.geocities.com/Pentagon/3620/rso.htm ) with
amphibious capabilities like the one on the bottom photo, at least I hope.
On drawings I have some very good ones I got from George Bradford.

    Thanks for the help with the mounting of KCM and battiers.


                                       Francisco Arias

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Pittelli" <frank-at-rctankcombat.com>
To: <tanks-at-rctankcombat.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: Motor mounting


> paul needham wrote:
> > Francisco
> >
> > Do you have a drawing for a 7.5cm Pak40/4 auf Raupemsclepper Ost (Sf)  ?
> > I may have a good one.
> >
>
> Don't have any drawings, Paul, but a really, really crude approximation
> can be found at:
>
> http://www.rctankcombat.com/field-artillery/FA002/
>
> John threw it together in less than two weeks and it worked flawlessly
> during Operation Coxsackie Freedom.  It's also important to note that
> Steve Tyng stated that "I need to reconsider my position on the
> effectiveness of artillery" after he manned that gun for a battle.
>
> We played a game which required each team to pick up General Patton in
> the middle of the field and carry him around the enemy home base and
> back to your home base to complete the mission.  However, whenever
> Patton was on a vehicle, that vehicle had to pass between two bails of
> hay spaced about 40 feet apart.  The artillery pieces were declared
> invincible and were located next to one of the bails of hay, with orders
> to shoot at both teams, thereby forming a "gauntlet" of sorts.  With
> Steve manning the Pak40 and Bill's son Billy manning the 155mm Howitzer,
> the gauntlet was truly difficult (especially when the opposition was
> occupying the far hay bail) and only one successful trip was made (by
> the Tiger after sacrificing two other tanks to keep Steve busy).
>
> Over time, as more artillery appears on the field, they will definitely
> keep all battlers and supply vehicle operators on their toes.  And, even
> though they won't be invincible for most scenarios, they will get their
> fair share of kills on the field.
>
> Frank P.
>