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Team Builds a Tank from Two Tractors!

I was looking at the referrals for my Airsoft Trip Mine instructable, and was led to this site: http://www.x7og.net/. Faced with a long list of forums, I browsed under the "Alternative Weapons" category, hoping to find a post containing my trip mine (haven't found it yet). What I found, however, can only be described as the epitome of pure DIY paintball awesomeness. A team of people built a working paintball tank out of tractor parts and various other things. It's so epic, I just had to show it to you all.

Here is the forum that documents the making of the tank:
http://www.x7og.net/alternative-weapons/13294-fbk-tank-ny.html

Edit:
Woohoo! My mine was mentioned twice! :D http://www.x7og.net/alternative-weapons/18028-need-design-baby-powder-pressure-mine-2.html

Edit Edit:
Goodness me! More tanks! http://www.x7og.net/alternative-weapons/5438-paintball-assault-vehicles-thread.html

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May 7, 2011. 9:20 PMphanley says:
hey guys that made from an old john deer but wats the back tires from and i have been paintballing with veicals like sqauds it fun as hell
tip always carry extra gas
Aug 14, 2009. 12:25 PMlemonie says:
Hello, I was reading my favorite comic and came across this "top tip":

PAINBALLERS. Attach a paintbrush onto the end of your gun to use as a 'bayonet' in case you run out of ammo.

While these are usually jokes, this one seems quite sensible: has anyone done it? Or used a SuperSoaker as a 'flamethrower'?

L
Aug 14, 2009. 2:52 PMlemonie says:
I guess that would be it. Thanks. L now I'm thinking of air-strikes....
Aug 14, 2009. 3:19 PMMatt21497 says:
Ha that would be total awesomeness.
Aug 4, 2009. 1:54 PMlemonie says:
Oh crikey! Why did people waste ammunition shooting at it? Looks very vulnerable through the windows, but how would driver / operator hits be verified? L
Aug 4, 2009. 2:30 PMGoodhart says:
Possible verification would come from the screem if you caught someone in the face :-)
Aug 4, 2009. 2:36 PMlemonie says:
Referees with their hands cupped to their ears? OK now - driver out - play dead. ? L
Aug 4, 2009. 4:49 PMGoodhart says:
use a weighted net over top the of the tank to symbolize incapacitated ?
Aug 4, 2009. 11:25 PMlemonie says:
Set it on fire? OK - smoke grenade. L
Aug 5, 2009. 8:21 AMGoodhart says:
Ok, admittedly I have no idea how they officiate such events, never having been to one. :-)
Aug 5, 2009. 10:38 AMlemonie says:
You've missed out then(?) I never went to one with an armoured vehicle... L
Aug 5, 2009. 11:32 AMGoodhart says:
Yeah, I have missed out (and I am not so sure how well I would fare, now, at my age and weight ;-)
Aug 4, 2009. 4:02 AMKiteman says:
The only places I've been paintballing, a tank wouldn't fit - you'd be able to walk right up to it, stick your gun in the ports and cause no end of discomfort.
Aug 4, 2009. 6:21 AMGoodhart says:
It does look a bit unwieldy, doesn't it?

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