On the off chance you haven't seen this :-)
http://www.gizmology.net/tanks.htm
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
There was a guy a year or so back working on a 1/3 scale Panther. It was not radio controlled, however; the operator ran it from inside. The main gun [1 11/16" bore] appeared to be about the right size for firing golf balls. To a range of a half-mile. Los!