Kettering University Student Builds a Fully Operational Half-Size Panzer Tank

Written by: Bruce Cat on: Apr 11 2008 Published in: Automobiles

Now here is someone who will have a bit of a problem finding parking space on London’s narrow street. Kettering University mechanical engineering student Will Foster built a mini size Panzer Tank, roughly half the size of a small car, and it was made from plywood.

With its three-cylinder diesel engine, the tank can reach speeds of 20 mph and it has a 360-degree cannon powered by compressed air from a scuba tank, that can fire empty can of red bulls, tennis balls and golf balls.

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According to Will, the tank has an estimate of $2,000 USD worth of parts in it, but in total Will had spent about $10,000 USD due to trials and errors, sometimes he’d spend $200 - 300 USD on a part that didn’t work.

[via mlive]

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