Question: Man vs. older tank

[Legbreaker]

how could a person with no weapons, only say a rifle and rocks disable a tank

realistic and almost realistic answers pls

Remember the three "R"s.

Rifle, Rocks and at least some attempt at Realism
The last two posts contain decent ideas, but they require significant manpower, not to mention explosives or some other method to drop trees/buildings is probably just a little beyond the capability of a rifle or a rock....

[pmulcahy11b]

Remember the three "R"s.

Rifle, Rocks and at least some attempt at Realism
The last two posts contain decent ideas, but they require significant manpower, not to mention explosives or some other method to drop trees/buildings is probably just a little beyond the capability of a rifle or a rock....

I'm sorry, I thought we were talking about MacGuyver here...my confusion...

[jester]

Remember the three "R"s.

Rifle, Rocks and at least some attempt at Realism
The last two posts contain decent ideas, but they require significant manpower, not to mention explosives or some other method to drop trees/buildings is probably just a little beyond the capability of a rifle or a rock....

An axe or shovel would do better than rocks of a rifle in this instance.



OR,

Use the rifle to shoot the driver of a truck infront of the tank and behind hus boxing it in.

OR

Use the rifle to hijack the truck

OR

Use the rock to bash the truck driver on the head and use that as a baricade.


See, and we now have used the rifle and the rock to help take out a tank.

[Legbreaker]

See, now we're talking realism again.

Use what you've got to gain what you need. Of course none of that is much use if the tank is already bearing down on you....

[Earthpig]

How big of rock......a pretty good sized one stuck in between the track and Idler wheel has a VERY slim chance of throwing the track....if he pivot steers to get you he might even twist the track right off the road wheels...this is not likely, the most likely thing is you wind up a red smear in the mud and a rust color on the belly of the tank.

[headquarters]

blocking in a tank

if someone tried to use a truck to block in my tank I would flatten it / push it out of the way by hiiting my speed pedal.

Seriously - a 40 ton tank with a nasty driver -there really are very few ways of doing this with a rock and a rifle .remember the rules too - if charged by a tank its a straight up initiative check or run away screaming .Pretty rtealistic rule imho .

I saw them use a leopard I as a demolition vehicle once .(No wrecking balls in the Norway army ) . They sped through a wood/brick barracks with 20 meters flying start like Mike Tyson putting his fist through a piece of pie .

If the crew were on a break you could sneak up and do them with the rifle an dthe rock somehow ..But buttoned up ..As for taking out the periscopes -there are a lot of them , they are small targets and a moving tank is a hard target .Plus as soon as they make you they are going to spray you with the coaxial .

[Mohoender]

You can use what the Russian tried during WWII. You pack a dog with explosive and launch it on the battlefield. Then, it is supposed to run under ennemy tanks and blow them up.

The downside to this:
Dogs were trained with Russian tanks and they had a funny tendency to run under their own tank as a result . The idea was still a good one and met with some success.

[Legbreaker]

Provided your rifle or rock were able to spontaneously change into a fully trained suicide dog....

[kato13]

Provided your rifle or rock were able to spontaneously change into a fully trained suicide dog....

"Polymorph object" dude .

[cavtroop]

Take your rifle. Shoot someone with a Javelin, take the Javelin. Poof goes the tank

[Mohoender]

Provided your rifle or rock were able to spontaneously change into a fully trained suicide dog....

Oops! I should have read more carefully.

[Graebarde]

"Polymorph object" dude .

Hell if I'm going to polymorph it into any thing it will be a Hawg... Warthog... A-10 loaded.. the unlitmate tank buster. But then that surely is negated by rule three... realism.

[jester]

I know how to do it!

Beverly Hills COP!

Banana's up in the tailpipe! Or stuff the rock with some wet dirt! or lots of dirt in the air intake, clog the filters/vents.


And then when the crew comes out to clean it you shoot them with the rifle.

[weswood]

I know how to do it!

Beverly Hills COP!

Banana's up in the tailpipe! Or stuff the rock with some wet dirt! or lots of dirt in the air intake, clog the filters/vents.


And then when the crew comes out to clean it you shoot them with the rifle.

What if they don't fall for no banana in the tailpipe

[pmulcahy11b]

What if they don't fall for no banana in the tailpipe

Just as long as you say it right...