Tankbuster Group Build Inspiration and Ideas

[Kerick]

Lots of armor suggestions here but what about some aircraft? Of course the A-10 is legendary but what about some others? There is a kit of the A-9 out there. Attack choppers anyone?

[Story]

Shrapnel, pebbles, a large bug and the crew would be dead.

Pre-WW2 War Department, Frank - baby steps, baby steps. 

[Dr. YoKai]

I have been think about this-
Boeing_GA-1_on_ground by VileDr.Yo, on Flickr

And I do have an old Martin B-1 in the stash...
DATA:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_GA-1

Also, this- https://plane-encyclopedia.com/ww1/ago-s-i/
AGO_S.I by VileDr.Yo, on Flickr

[Kerick]

This looks like a whiff in a box!
https://www.anigrand.com/AA2107_Il-102.htm



It’s ugly enough!

[Mig Eater]

Would battleships count During the D-day landings HMS Rodney shelled German positions inland and managed to destroy several Panzer IV tanks that were headed towards the Allied beachhead.

[Kerick]

Holy crap! Nobody walked away from that one.

In today’s world maybe maverick missile with a booster motor and target designation from a drone.

[Kerick]

Here's the Reaper I've mentioned before. I could not find a pic on the web to save my soul. Finally found one stored on my computer





I don't remember who built it or if was one of our guys or what. But at least I found it.

[Story]

Howsabout a Chinese Nationalist Martin B-10 with a pair of 2cm Breda guns in the nose, B25H style? Good for ripping up Jap armor columns.

https://warhistory.org/@msw/article/martin-b-10

https://militarymatters.online/forgotten-aircraft/revolutionary-the-martin-b-10/

Might require (re)moving (?) the nose turret

https://frrom.com/index.php?page=frrom-fr0043-2


Same principle as the Italian Ba-88, with three 12.7mm machineguns in the nose.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breda_Ba.88_Lince

[Acree]

Interesting idea.  Remove both the turret and the bomb-aimer's position and recontour the nose.  Perhaps A Dutch East Indies version using a Bohler 4.7cm M32 anti-tank gun (or even 2 - at a combat weight of just over 600 pounds, the B-10 should have been able to heft two).  If using only 1 Bohler, then perhaps supplement with a couple heavy machine guns?
Also, the Dutch had a lot more B-10-equivalents at their disposal than the Chinese. 

Anti-tank guns were in short supply during the 1942 campaign, but this is WIF-world, so anything is possible. 

[finsrin]

B-10 is overdue for a day in kitbashing spotlight.

[Acree]

That's funny, Finsrin!  You made a similar comment the last time I DID kitbash a B-10!  (see: https://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4927.msg80264#msg80264)

[Story]

Also, the Dutch had a lot more B-10-equivalents at their disposal than the Chinese. 

True, but the Chinese were the first to use them in combat.

The first to fly the aircraft in combat was the China Nationalist Air Force (Republic of China Air Force), which received a total of nine Martin 139WC aircraft (six being delivered in February 1937 and three in August 1937). At the time, it was the fastest bomber in China. When the Japanese initiated the Second Sino-Japanese War on July 7, 1937, the Chinese Martin bombers were called upon to defend China against the invading Japanese, serving in night bombing and maritime reconnaissance missions.
https://vintageaviationnews.com/warbird-articles/today-in-aviation-history/today-in-aviation-history-first-flight-of-the-martin-b-10.html

[Story]

Interwar - slap a 75mm on anything that moves

[finsrin]

That's funny, Finsrin!  You made a similar comment the last time I DID kitbash a B-10!  (see: https://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4927.msg80264#msg80264)

Yes - been long time, still applies.
Have cut plastic and mocked up modernized B-10.  Nothing been glued.  Maybe good for 'modernized' GB.

[Old Wombat]

Interwar - slap a 75mm on anything that moves

The French 75mm gun of WW1, & after, was a very sound & effective weapon system.

[GTX_Admin]

Something different:

[GTX_Admin]

And similar, though bigger:

[Story]

Someone was building a Char awhile back (Beutepanzer?) and I suggested something like this as part of the panzer school last ditch fleet.

[Story]

Heller does one of those 25mm AT guns

[Story]

[Story]

Something different:

I know these guys are Soviets and that's a 14.5mm PTRS-41, but why does it make me think of some slick Norwegian movie coming out next year about Lithuanian veterans turned bank / armored car robbers in the free city of Danzig, circa 1947?

And they plan to escape with the Nazi gold across the Baltic in a salvaged & stripped E-boat.

Cue opening credits, my droogies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHLbaOLWjpc

[Story]

The French 75mm gun of WW1, & after, was a very sound & effective weapon system.

Thou preacheth to the choir, Bubi.