Tankbuster Group Build Inspiration and Ideas

[LemonJello]

Post ideas, thoughts, musings, photos or links that can inspire creativity and discussion.

[Buzzbomb]

Ok, one for Mig Eater to complement his great idea for this GB

RakettenPanzer Mit Rottkapchen. This is an oldie from my stable, but still on the shelf




Dont have to be big to pack a punch and tank bust.
RCL on Universal Carrier

[Mig Eater]

Oh wow so you made that RakettenPanzer, I've seen photos of it reposed in several different places and was wondering who made it  

[Buzzbomb]

More ?
Don't let suitable platforms get in the way.
This was a real world field mod. Sdkfz 232 Armoured car with a Pak 38 wedged on


More Whiffy, Crusader 17 Pdr Self Propelled Anti Tank gun

[Old Wombat]

Slightly more modern:


https://guyplachy.smugmug.com/LAV-150-Turret-TOW

[Kerick]

There was the Colombian conversion on an M8 armored car to a tank buster by adding a TOW system to the turret. They replaced the 37mm gun with a .50 cal mg.

[Frank3k]

Magic Factory MRZR D4 and the ICM "The crew of "Stugna-P" anti-tank complex":





Masterbox Mongoose buggy and one figure from the ICM "Quietly came, quietly went..." Ukrainian SOF set.

[perttime]

The Finnish 95 S 58-61 (or 95mm Recoilles Rifle, designed 1958, with M1961 wheeled carriage).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/95_S_58-61

[Jeffry Fontaine]

The Finnish 95 S 58-61 (or 95mm Recoilles Rifle, designed 1958, with M1961 wheeled carriage).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/95_S_58-61

Austria did something similar with their 106mm M40 Recoiless Riflles to allow the weapon to be towed like a regular artillery piece behind a Jeep or similar size vehicle. 

[Kerick]

I’ve mentioned before about the US Army LtCol who told me about how he thought the 106mm RR should have been combined with the optics of the TOW system. I don’t know how that would work but an interesting whiff idea. Mount it on an M151 jeep or M998.

Then there was Da Vinci’s tank idea.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo's_fighting_vehicle

If it had worked (down hill with a tail wind I’m thinking) what kind of anti tank system would be needed to repel it. I’m thinking flame thrower to start with.

[perttime]

The Finnish 95 S 58-61 (or 95mm Recoilles Rifle, designed 1958, with M1961 wheeled carriage).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/95_S_58-61

Austria did something similar with their 106mm M40 Recoiless Riflles to allow the weapon to be towed like a regular artillery piece behind a Jeep or similar size vehicle. 

Anti-tank crews did a lot of moving the recolless rifle on foot (or skis). It was nicknamed "Musti" (Blackie), for its bark. Crews would talk about taking Blackie for walkies 

[GTX_Admin]

Possible idea open for copying if someone wants to:

ADF replaces their Land Rover series-2 anti-tank "gunbuggy" (fitted with a 106mm recoilless rifle)



With a "missile buggy version of the Land Rover Perentie (4 x 4 or 6 x 6), possibly fitted with something like a TOW missile.

So possible merge kits like the following:





and then do it in this scheme:

[Kerick]

If you can put one in an M998 you can put one in a Land Rover or pretty much anything else.

[GTX_Admin]

Real World inspiration:




Swarmbotics AI develops robotic tank killers

[Kerick]

What happens when you jam their data links? The Russians are really good at that.

[Old Wombat]

What happens when you jam their data links? The Russians are really good at that.

They know their mission - they will complete it at all costs!

[GTX_Admin]

What happens when you jam their data links? The Russians are really good at that.

They know their mission - they will complete it at all costs!

Jamming isn't as complete as is made out.  Plus they also use fibre optics and AI autonomous ones.

[Frank3k]

What happens when you jam their data links? The Russians are really good at that.

There are plenty of videos of Russian tanks getting blown up and the last thing you see in the FPV drone's images are the brand new Russian anti-jamming antennas (and these aren't fiber optics drones).

A lot of drones use basic on board "AI" (basically image recognition) to get to their targets even if the signal jamming is successful. A land based drone, with a larger payload capability could be even smarter.

[Jeffry Fontaine]

There is another feature that has been around since the Boeing AGM-69 Short Range Attack Missile was available called "Home On Jam" so with miniaturization after fifty plus years later on that same feature could be included in these drone weapons to enhance lethality. 

Almost a comedy; Comrade Ork keeps pushing the jammer button and all the while the cursed drone keeps tracking him and his vehicle while trying to evade the drone. 

[Kerick]

That’s the problem with any jamming system. It has to emit it’s own jamming signal to do its job. Just like radar. So it’s easy to home in on it.

[Story]

Undated but looks 50's-ish. Probably a pair of 106mm recoilless rifles in a 'Hammerhead' TOW style turret.

[Story]

[Story]

Where's Marderman?