Re: rules question [TANKS]

[Frank Pittelli <frank-at-rctankcombat.com>]

Gene Burbeck wrote:
> The Mark VIII tank I'm building has TWO guns of less than 70mm each. How 
> many paintballs do I get? 30 per gun or 30 divided between the two guns? 
> Each covers 90 degrees of each side of the tank, and only one gun may 
> shoot at a time.

That question was asked about 2 years ago for the Mk V and it was 
decided that both main guns could be used as long as only one gun fired 
at a time and that the paintballs were split between them.  However, 
that tank has not been battled yet, so we don't know how difficult it 
will be to actually fire those side-mounted guns.  If we find that it is 
nasty to aim and fire them, we could increase the magazine size for such 
tanks to give them a fighting chance.  Basically, we'd love to see the 
WW-I tanks on the field, so bending the rules a little in their favor is 
not out of the question.

 > My other question is about the paintball marker itself.
> As I mentioned in my last message, I'm building a custom housing for the 
> stock Tippman paintball marker guts. If my billet reciever *were* rated 
> for pressure, it would handle WAY MORE than the stock gun body. All the 
> pressure fittings, valves, regulator, etc. are stock as well. Will this 
> be allowed?

We'll have to take a close look at it to determine if it is safe or not. 
  Assuming it is machined to professional standards and it is designed 
with plenty of safety tolerance, it should be acceptable.  Look forward 
to seeing your work.

        Frank P.