Radkampfwagen Armored Car



Radkampfwagen (German for Wheeled Chariot) also started out as a college project. It was originally developed as a "firefighting vehicle" but once home it was converted into a personal sized armored car. This project is still in progress. I welded the full metal frame from bar stock and formed the steel turret ring circle by hand. It is armed with a 30mm air pressure cannon that fires homemade armor piercing, fin stabilized, discarding sabot shells. The battery operated air compressor mounted in the back of its turret provides infinite propellant.






Radkampfwagen from an isometric view showing all its major aspects.





Radkampfwagen with its turret turned so the tip of the barrel is visible.