I am full of questions tonight

I found several sites on the net about the use of the German Panzer Faust, but I can't find any pictures of the impact damage such a weapon makes on a tank (turret)

I want to build a knocked out tank, but I don't want to destroy it, so I need a impact weapon that gives a visible impact damage but that could kill a crew whiteout blowing a whole tank in bits and pieces. any ideas how it should look and how to do it??

#:-)

The Panzerfaust is basically a rocket propelled shaped charge. As such you would see a relatively small burned/melted hole and perhaps some splatter, but not much more. The "real" damage comes when the charges causes flying metal in the tank or AFV. Never having experienced a Panzerfaust hit I cannot for 100% certain say it would "destroy" a tank, but from the pictures being inside when hit was not pleasant.

Unless fuel or hydralic fluid was ignited, the surviving crew would probably bail out from the tank/AFV before it blew....Showing a single Panzerfaust hit and an abandoned vehicle is well within reality. So have at it !

Hi,

Here at Soviet Destroyed AFVs at Russian Battlefield you have lots of damaged tanks photos.

HTH

Don't know if you found this one but it's got alot of info. Also explains how shape charges work.

http://www.geocities.com/Augusta/8172/panzerfaust1.htm

I`ve seen quite a few modern light anti-tank weapons and the damage they can do.(M-72,Carl Gustave) The exterior damage is pretty insignificant(a small hole with rough edges). It is the damage to the interior that is imprressive. Small pieces of metal flying around inside a metal turret doesnt do the crew or interior stowage much good. Just keep in mind the thickness of the armour in the area you want the Panzerfaust to hit.