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Editors Note:
Battling events are more than just the battles, the participants and spectators
have lots of fun in-between the battles as well.
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The following images and commentary were provided by Joe Sommer,
commander of T010.
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Joe Sommer installed a wireless gun camera in his
Hetzer and created this composite image of single
frames showing the difficulty of tracking paint balls.
Twelve video frames were cut from the long
range gunnery video
(see Bon Voyage Video).
Interestingly, NONE of the shots could
be seen while using the camera live. Still
frame video analysis shows that first shot
was high in Frame 468, the second shot was
just left of the Stuart's tracks in Frame
634, the third shot was wide left in Frame
863, and the fourth shot was high right in
Frames 1019 and 1020. The gun camera and
gun were separated laterally by about six
inches causing parallax problems. Gun
cameras should be mounted coaxial with
paint ball guns for best aiming.
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The following photos and commentary were provided by John Pittelli,
commander of T012.
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The Panzer Mk IV came to the Bon Voyage Battle
sporting 3 kill rings. One ring for every 10,000
points earned during the previous battles.
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Karl came to the Bon Voyage Battle sporting his
suspension modified Stuart. Surprisingly, the Stuart
in stock condition proved very manueverable, though
definitely under powered. Karl painted the Stuart
while at the controls of the Mark IV during the lunch
break. That was his first experience in tracking and
hitting a moving object. Karl would put that knowledge
to use during the second battle when he commanded the
Mark IV for 1/3 of the battle and scored his first
combat hit.
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The commander of T012 shows off his combat badge
awarded for the succesful infiltration of Quebec. The
actions have brought about a non-aggression treaty
between Quebec and Tri-Pact. A trade policy has also
been established, sending valuable Tri-Pact
technology (such as running electric wiring behind the
sheetrock) in exchange for first rights on #1 Canadian
spruce lumber.
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