March 3, 2017

Drive, Shoot, Kill

Women may live by the creed, “eat, pray, love”, made famous by the bestselling novel and film which advocates adopting a spiritual existence, but guys think a bit differently in today’s day and age, particularly after a hard day at the office. Drivetanks,com, a Texas-based firm, offers would-be Brad Pitt tank commanders, not only the chance to drive a WWII-era tank across a predetermined course, but also the opportunity to fire its guns. The drive over private property requires you to meander up and down hills, ford shallow streams and negotiate brush-filled terrain all the while as an “enemy” takes aim and attempts to lay waste to your tank with mock shells and bullets. For an added cost, you can fire back at them, using any of the tank’s machine guns or even its main gun, making the ranch the only place on earth where a civilian can take out his or her wrath with real heavy duty ordnance. As this CNN reporter found out, you can also experience other forms of combat, including barbecuing a wooden target with a flame thrower, or trashing a wave of enemy soldiers with a bipod mounted machine gun. http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/02/travel/driving-tanks-for-fun/index.html?sr=fbCNN030217driving-tanks-for-fun0139PMVODtopLink&linkId=35044073

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Atlas Beefs Up Their Armored Assault

Atlas Editions’ 1:43 scale US T19 halftrack in olive drab

Our distributor reports that ten new 1:43 scale World War II era military vehicles are about to make landfall, along with a restock of their wildly popular World War I era German Ehrhardt Strassenpanzerwagen E-V/4 armored car. The ten vehicles cover a wide range of combatants, theatres of action and vehicle types, so without any further ado, here’s what you can lay your mitts on this March:

ATL2690941 – German Steyr Raupenschlepper Ost (RSO) with Pak 40 Anti-Tank Gun

ATL6690013 – German Sd.Kfz.4/1 Panzerwerfer 42 auf Maultier

ATL6690014 – British Humber Mk. IV Armored Car

ATL7123106 – US Navy Dodge WC51 6×6 1-1/2 Ton Weapons Carrier

ATL7123107 – German Wurfkorper M F1 50 Stuka zu Fuss Halftrack with Rocket Launchers

ATL7123109 – Soviet GAZ 67B Staff Vehicle

ATL7123110 – US Army T19 Howitzer Motor Carriage (HMC)

ATL7123119 – German Opel Blitz 3-Ton Truck – 7.Panzer Division, Eastern Front, 1942

ATL7123120 – Italian Autoblinda AB 41 Armored Car

ATL7123121 – Italian Morris Portee Gun Truck

Priced at just $24.99 apiece, these vehicles are designed to complement several recently introduced military series from the likes of Altaya, Eaglemoss, Schuco, Solido and others and we wouldn’t be surprised if they shared some parts and/or pedigree with a number of them.

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