

Once fired up the T-07 unit will match engine sounds with tank movements as well as controlling various lighting combinations activated by the transmitter. Tamiya equipped the Leopard with the T-07 DMD unit that gives this tank more features than other Tamiya tanks. The first of two of the modern tanks in the Tamiya’s Current 1/16-Scale full option RC tank line-up and considered the best modern day Main Battle Tank (MBT) is the massive German Leopard 2 A6. Furthermore, when the main gun fires or the machine gun, a LED flashes in the barrel to resemble a muzzle flash and it is linked to the appropriate firing sound for greater realism. Even going so far as to recording the metallic clanking of the tank tracks. Tamiya designers traveled to museums and other locations around the world to record the actual engines of the tanks so that the sound is 100-percent authentic in the RC version. A really cool fact is that Tamiya did not take the easy route and give all their tanks generic sounds, but rather the genuine sounds for each tank. There are also turret rotation sounds, gun sounds-main and machine gun fire sounds and track related sound effects.

For example, authentic engine sounds like engine start up, acceleration, idle and engine shut down. Tamiya includes a DMD Control Unit and DMD Multi-Function Unit with speaker box that links the tank’s actions with realistic sounds. The “Full Option” designation is what makes these tanks truly special and stand out from other brands. Here are Tamiya’s current 1/16-scale full option RC tank line-up. Over the years, Tamiya has offered numerous types and scales and here we will focus on the largest scale they offer, the awesome 1/16-scale full option RC tanks. Tamiya is the clear leader in the market as they make incredible ultra-realistic RC versions of the real thing. One segment that we have not talked about in a while are RC tanks.
