Balloon German Panther Tank
 

Possibly a last ditch attempt by the Third Reich at reactive armor plating? :D Actually, I was thinking it looks a bit more like the long-barreled Panzerkampfwagen IV than a Panther, but it's still fun.

Certainly a must for any junior Panzer General's birthday.

http://ingesidee.de/dateien/grafiken..._x_300cm-l.jpg

http://ingesidee.de/dateien/grafiken...nther_1b-l.jpg

Here's the original link...
http://ingesidee.de/page.php?pgid=63&lang=en&subpage=1

WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW, I SAY UNTO THE CIRCUS FOLKS!?:stare:

Plenty of 'BANG' for a small price. :DL

Inflatable decoys are becoming more common and are of high fidelity.


But if you go with the lowest bidder.........


:D

Nice! :up:

Reminds me of these:

http://nbnl.globalwhelming.com/wp-co...nk-400x316.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3355/...a3f195c55c.jpg

Shame that inflatable tank warfare never really caught on...

Actually, it did. Inflatable objects, like tanks and planes, were used by the british magician, Jasper Maskelyne.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper_Maskelyne

nah thats a panther, look at how the balloons slope at the front to help deflect spitballs

I meant more like inflatable tanks engaging inflatable tanks ;) I knew about the decoys, hence the pics. The whole of Southern England was littered with them in the run up to D-Day :03:

Now if we can only get the military's of the world to fight with inflatable bullets and shells, we might be on to something. :shucks:

Looks like it's still around in some quarters. :cool: I may have to trade in my RPG for a pin.

http://www.hemmy.net/images/interest...yballoon02.jpg
http://www.hemmy.net/images/interest...yballoon03.jpg
http://www.hemmy.net/images/interest...yballoon04.jpg
http://www.hemmy.net/images/interest...yballoon05.jpg

Just out of interest...
Do the modern bouncy tanks have heat signatures?

I'd imagine for them to be proper decoys they'd have a heater in the area of the engine or some kind of hot water tank or something. Otherwise it'd fail as soon as someone switched on Thermal. :hmmm:

Great pics though Torp, I honestly didn't realise that that kind of decoy was still going! :o Chinese I take it?

And Platapus, I hear you mate, wouldn't that be something? :yeah:

Non of them have any chance when pitted against the modern infantrymans latest portable anti-tank missile :smug:

http://blogs.omniture.com/wp-content...astic_dart.jpg

I thought you'd be using a Javelin?

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/b...er/RIMSHOT.jpg

...I'll get my coat...

Is it hydrogen powered????:hmmm: