Airsoft tank.

[Sir Mister Sir]

Hey guys, I made myself a little airsoft tank and thought I'd share a few build photos. To inspire or not,  as the case may be.

This thing is made from, found and scavenged parts, mostly.  It is based, loosely, on a WWll Tiger Tank.

The tracks started life as 2 snowmobiles. I made some frames and connected them together.







Then I used a 6 speed trans-axle and a 11hp engine out of a ridding lawn mower. Connected with a torque converter off a old go-kart. the brakes are off a 4 wheeler. This photo only shows one brake. I added another once I stole...I mean "found " another one.
 



I then ran chains to sprockets at the front of the tracks.



And that bring us to this ...............





The ultimate assault vehicle......

Ok...thats all for tonight. Stay tuned.............

[greasemonkey]

NICE WORK ... CAN ALWAYS APPRECIATE  A CUSTUM  BUILD!!!!

[Sir Mister Sir]

Cardboard mock-up of the body...............







I made the body from 5mm plywood and then covered it with do it yourself bedliner stuff. The goal was to keep it light and cheap.









To get inside the whole body lifts up. like a funny car.



And the final product.................

To keep the weight down, the turret does not move nor does the gun. Right now we are just using a paintball marker for the main gun.







I took it a truck scale and it weighs 540 lbs. The body comes off with two bolts and weighs 60lbs.



And finally a video showing both our tanks doing battle. It's a little corny....my kids are into the World of tanks online game and they wanted a "Fan" video.

Anyway enjoy............


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

[Derpyairsofter]

The amount of unstoppable badassness in this in friggen amazing, nice job dude!!

[jdmsquadleader]

what if it shot these http://shop.ehobbyasia.com/ics-tag-airsoft-russian-grenade-package-1x-cartridge-8x-paint-powder-grenade.html

[Sir Mister Sir]

Those would be a awesome projectile.  My other tank shoots those pocket nerf vortex footballs, but I like the these better. Now if I could just find some in stock somewhere.

[PureEvil616]

It's so tiny and full of awesome!

[thegovernator]

Those would be a awesome projectile.  My other tank shoots those pocket nerf vortex footballs, but I like the these better. Now if I could just find some in stock somewhere.

Buy the foam rockets from Dayton. They are perfect replacements and actually fly better if you used the nerf vortex rockets before.