Miniature target vehicle

A track-laying miniature target vehicle simulating a combat tank in appearance and having an exoskeletal basic supporting structure, comprising:

• a. a metal five-sided box open at the bottom;
• b. Two supporting axles mounted on opposite sides of the box approximately midway between the ends of the box and in axial alignment, each axle supporting two road wheels for rotation on a common axis by means which secure the two road wheels against relative rotation;
• c. a second axis of rotation adjacent one end of the box;
• d. fifth and sixth road wheels, one on each side of the box coplanar with one of said two road wheels on the same side of the box and mounted on the box for rotation on said second axis of rotation;
• e. a pair of drive means, one for each of the fifth and sixth road wheels, carried by the box closely adjacent to its associated road wheel and drivingly connected to it;
• f. a third axis of rotation adjacent the end of the box opposite to that of said second axis;
• g. seventh and eighth road wheels, one for each side of the vehicle;
• h. means mounting the seventh and eighth road wheels for rotation on said third axis, each of said seventh and eighth road wheels being coplanar with the remaining one of said two road wheels on the same side of the box;
• i. first and second drive belts connecting the fifth and sixth road wheels respectively with their corresponding coplanar road wheels;
• j. third and fourth drive belts connecting the seventh and eighth road wheels respectively with their corresponding coplanar road wheels;
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• k. a bottom plate secured to the open side of said box at the bottom thereof, said plate having extensions at each end forming ramps with extend upward and away so as to constitute approach ramps as determined by the direction of motion.