Re: Panzer in the Weeds* [TANKS]

["WJ" <WJ-at-vdtogt.nl>]

Oh my goodness,
Warn me before showing large portions of pink in an attached picture. I
nearly lost my breakfast there!

But seriously, we are enjoying the battle reports immensely, good to read
the lessons learned!
>
> Walking the field prior to battle, I was wondering if
> 4
> 26ah batteries would be enough. Lots of thick grass
> meant hard work for the Panzer IV. Even the clearings
> would be treacherous because of the small hillocks of
> grass left by the mower.The tall grass would be a
> hindrance to long range gunnery,the grass deflects or
> breaks up the shot. Actually the tall grass is a
> hindrance to short range also. The Panzer would have
> to go hunting.
>
> Surprisingly enough, the Panzer was able to handle the
> nasty turf,although it required what I would call
> "mogul" techniques. For those who don't ski, you
> always turn on the top of the mogul, in the grass, I
> learned to put one track on top of the grass hillock
> and then pivot.Worked very well, even the King of the
> Bush, Frank, commented that the Panzer was doing well
> in his land. And ,I only used 3 batteries, 40 minutes
> on each and still had plenty of power. Hey , I guess
> Frank was right about this properly charging your
> battery thing.
>
> The lone highlight for the Panzer IV, other than the
> mercy kill on the Hetzer after it threw track while we
> were battling, was the solo kill on the new and
> improved KV1.  Yes, Paul had succeeded in sneaking up
> on Joe and myself. But those scrub pine sapplings
> prevented the shot from going through and hitting us.
> My first attempt over the pines failed. I guess Paul
> figured he was safe and turned to go aroung the trees.
> But I had found a small section to squeeze through and
> was presented with the broadside of the KV! In less
> than 10 seconds the Panzer scored the required 4 hits.
>
> Ah yes, life is good.
>
>  Lessons learned. As Frank mentioned, test your
> vehicle and components regularly. Tony had come over
> for a trial run 2 weeks prior to battle. A firing
> glich and a turret rotate glich both showed up. The
> firing glich just required shortening the wire from
> the trigger to the servo wheel. The rotate needed a
> new screw and drilling a hole for a hitch pin to
> secure the axle for the rotate wheel.
> Also, bring extra parts for your gun,co2
> lines,transmitter batteries, receiver batteries. Even
> if you don't need it, someelse might.We all share to
> keep everyone in the game if possible.
> I make a checklist the week before a battle of
> everything that is necessary to operate and repair my
> vehicle. It may seem silly, but it really helps.
>
> Plastic track stretches. That seems to be the case as
> late in battle 2 the track started jumping off the
> sprockets on occasion. At the end of the day, both
> track were much looser than at the beginning. I'll
> keep you informed of what I find later this week when
> I break everything down. Joe , did you ever have this
> occur?
>
> All in all an awesome day, and it looks as though
> there might be at least 4 new tanks by the fall
> battle.
> Hoorah!
>
> Oh yes,wear long loose pants. The pic shows one of two
> leg shots,this one is located just above the left knee
> on the inside portion. Oddly enough Joe's gutshot did
> not leave a mark, go figure.
>
> John P.
>
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