This is awesome!

An Australian man built himself a fully functional miniature Sherman tank. It has working treads and a rotating turret, and he drives it around his back yard. Now he wants to help you build your own. Here's how.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlUbZ...layer_embedded


This is the first video in a five-part series. Turrets! Tanks! Tread idlers! A walkaround and instructions and a 6.5-hp Honda four-stroke with a separate, chain-driven transmission, and Holy Crap He Built Himself A Tank!

Things we did not know until this moment:

1. If you put an Aussie in a pair of tank goggles and a battle helmet, it is possible to make driving a toy tank around your backyard damn near the funniest thing on Earth.

2. If you're interested in a friendly round of tread-to-tread combat with your buddies — you didn't think you'd be the only one on the block with a Sherman replica, did you? — the best approach is laser-tag warfare. Or, as our host points out, you could install a spud gun in the turret. (Note: We recommend the latter. Target practice on the neighborhood cats?)

3. There is an entire community of people who do this.

4. Oh my heavenly armored warfare, Want.

There's also a "field trials" video at the bottom that includes footage of the mini-Sherm trundling around a field and firing off its air-powered gun. Have fun storming the castle!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mg6h...layer_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhBcN...layer_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWHAf...layer_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j74Vc...layer_embedded

http://jalopnik.com/5541643/how-to-b...in-your-garage

 

If i had the money...i'd build my own battalion

 

Next meet?!

 

Awesome.

 

I'm envisioning a line of Audi's, all trailering mini Sherman tanks