8 Questions and 1 Proposal [TANKS]

[Michael Charles Gross <michaelcharlesgross-at-yahoo.com>]

Tankers,

 

Here are some of the questions I alluded to in my introductory post.  Please be patient with me if these have been asked before.  I’ve trolled the last couple of months of messages, but haven’t seen the answers.

 

1  Is that cork on the Cromwell's road wheels?  If not, what is it?

 

2  Is the Leopard built to a smaller scale, like 1/8?

 

3  If I'm planning to build out of sheet aluminum, what thickness would you recommend for areas that will be hit directly by paintballs?  What about areas that won’t be hit directly?

 

4  I don't know anything about paintball.  Can anyone suggest a good marker that is fired electronically, so I can use the Anvilus trigger?

 

5  As I said, I’m entirely ignorant of paintball.  What is an anti-siphon tube, and what does it do for one?

 

6  Anyone know a good resource for information on obscure modern tanks?  I can’t find much in the way of text, photos, or drawings on the web or in my one tank encyclopedia, on the vehicle I’m considering.

 

7  I’m quite intrigued by the Anvilus C6C.  It’s not on the Anvilus page, does that mean it’s not available?  If it is, is the “next-generation” version mentioned on the Tank Expo page available yet?  Does the C6C spit out standard RC signals?

 

8 Does the next battle still start at 10:00 AM?

 

Lastly here’s a proposal:

 

9  The rules (III-3) divide the offensive rating of a vehicle based on the main-gun bore, with only one cut-point at 70 mm.  Many modern tanks have 105- or 120-mm guns.  120-mm rounds are 1.71 times as big in diameter and, importantly, 2.93 times as big in cross-sectional area, as 70-mm rounds.   It seems to me that there should be another cut point at 105 or 120 mm, with those tanks getting something like 45 or 50 paintballs.  Would that alter the dynamic of the battles too much to consider? 

 

Thanks in advance for any answers you can provide.

 

Michael