Oct 5 2007Panzer Paintball Tank Is A Cute Little Thing
The Paintball Panzer is a tank designed for use in paintball matches. It has a 24-inch gun, and can shoot 15 balls a second. They cost a staggering $18,000 apiece. Now I'm not here to steal their business or anything, but for only $4,500 I'll sell you a Paintball Plymouth. And if you're thinking a Paintball Plymouth is just my neighbor's stolen Neon with the windows knocked out, you're right.
A video of the cute little bugger after the splatter.
The Paintball Panzer: Never Lose Again [uberreview]
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Reader Comments
1. BOB THE BUILDER - October 5, 2007 2:04 PM
1st
2. hank - October 5, 2007 2:09 PM
i'll better wait for the b52 paintball bomber
3. Saladtosser 75 - October 5, 2007 2:11 PM
They should call that the 'how to blow your teams position and get your ass painted' tank.
I made a Mech suit with an automatic paintgun on one of the arms.
Its made of trash cans painted day-glo orange, has limited mobility and you can barley see through it.
Oh yeah if you get hit with one paintball, you're out, just like everyone else!
4. TheMrs - October 5, 2007 2:15 PM
Damn it guys have all the fun!
5. Eric - October 5, 2007 2:44 PM
so would there be some kind of rule about how you get out when you're in the tank? cause it seems like regular painballs should be ineffective, so someone is gonna have to invent the paint-RPG.
6. king of the butts - October 5, 2007 3:52 PM
paintball rpgs have been around for a really long time. do a search you'll find them. and they are stupid as hell. paintball is NOT playing army. these woodsball idiots give real paintball athletes a bad name.
7. ilovejb - October 5, 2007 4:04 PM
I think paintball is cool but I think anyone that uses the term "paintball athlete" has already given them a bad name.
8. Nsomniac - October 5, 2007 6:14 PM
Leave it alone, ilovejb. It's like getting involved with a guy who thinks guys who play online RPG's are not real gamers because everyone knows you have to play D&D with an 86 sided die.
9. CAPITALLETTERS - October 6, 2007 11:56 AM
Forget that - people who play on-line RPGs aren't even real people, let alone "real gamers".
10. ryan - October 6, 2007 12:07 PM
"people who play on-line RPGs aren't even real people"
#9, then why are they still people?
11. supercheese - October 6, 2007 3:25 PM
guys, by paint-rpg he meant as in a grenade launcher rpg
12. NeoteriX - October 6, 2007 3:56 PM
RPG = Rocket Propelled Grenade
13. nominus - October 6, 2007 5:05 PM
actually, I think the guy who mentioned the rpg needs to clarify this now.
ilovejb: that was f***ing great, thank you
14. Suck My Comment - October 7, 2007 2:25 AM
they already knew that supercheese, Nsomniac was just calling #6 a nerd
15. Steve Jobs - October 7, 2007 11:26 AM
FIRST!
16. Michael Brown - October 7, 2007 1:29 PM
don't you know 16th is the new FRIST!
17. Chris - October 7, 2007 2:48 PM
Isn't one of the strategies of paintball, I dunno, stealth?
18. ivanm - October 8, 2007 8:00 AM
wowww players ... what game is?
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19. Skan - October 9, 2007 9:55 AM
Actually... Woodsball is how it started. It _was_ playing army...
Now it's more like dressing up like Judge Dread and shooting 300 balls per second out of guns that cost 5k.
Oh... tank is cool... but loud... and would never work... too slow.
-Skan
20. Bobsyeruncle - October 9, 2007 7:14 PM
"Oh... tank is cool... but loud... and would never work... too slow."
Unless of course, everyone was in a tank. Then it would be a totally new spin on paintball that actually might be cool.
21. Mentalpatient87 - February 8, 2008 12:17 PM
I love playing woodsball. All the natural cover is awesome, and throwing some plywood bunkers and log walls out in strategic points just makes everything so much fun. Playing in an arena is cool, too, but not as much fun.
This tank would be a lot cooler if it went faster.
22. Gregory - March 26, 2009 8:57 PM
"Oh... tank is cool... but loud... and would never work... too slow."
Have a closer look at that picture. I don't think that tank is moving slowly.
23. soldier - June 7, 2009 10:31 AM
can you buy that tank