Burstyn tank of 1912 with trench crossing legs

[Vermin_King]

It was supposed to have an armament of a small calibre fast fire gun (30-40mm calibre). Its tactical use would be close support of Infantry Attacks, for suppression of enemy MG's, and also frontal attacks against enemy artillery positions.

Not sure of their source, but that was found at
Austro-Hungarian Burstyn Tank - pre WW1 Tank Project

[CharlieC]

Originally Posted by cjwalas

This looks wonderful, Corey. Such a curious design. Looking at the replica above, I wonder if it would have used some other construction than rivets?
Chris

The Burstyn tank would have been riveted if it had been built - that was the only way to join thin armoured plate at the time. Back then armoured plate was made by carburising steel so the plate had a very hard, brittle surface backed by the softer more elastic plate. This sort of armoured plate couldn't be welded because the heat of the welding process burned out the carbon from the surface and destroyed the armour effect. Thin armoured plates were cut to size and drilled with rivet holes before carburising since the armour plate was difficult to work.

By the 1930s most armour was rolled nickel/chrome plate which could be welded satisfactorily.

Regards,

Charlie

[Don Boose]

There is certainly a lot of interesting discussion in this thread. I'm glad to see all the recent interest in WWI and Interwar armored vehicles. And the Ertz Steamship and Instruments of War Fabrication and Drydock Company has certainly expanded from ACW river gunboats.

Don

[ct ertz]

Thanks don.
The one page kit is up. I forgot the instructions though.

[Gerald43]

Thank you very much!

[Vermin_King]

Thanks for that

[Paperwarrior]

CT,

I just downloaded it. Thanks tons! This will be an interesting addition to the WWI collection.

What is next on the factory floor?

Jeff

[ct ertz]

Well, not sure. Sooner or later I need to get back to ACW ironclads for ecardmodels.

Here is the jpeg for the instructions.
CT

[cjwalas]

Thanks for yet another fascinating model!
Chris

[ct ertz]

Any one going to build it? It is untested and I would love to see it built.
CT