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Scaled Big Gun Clubs

Australian Battle Group

Althought they are far away, they seem to be very active & enthusiastic. Australian Battle Group serves as a sort of "umbrella" organization for all of the regional Big Gun clubs down under. They've had to get an exemption from laws that consider CO2-powered model cannons to be in the same category as firearms, which are tightly regulated. It's hard to imagine that the Australian governement would be any easier to deal with than any other, so this is really quite an achievement!

Big Gun R/C Warship Combat

This is the original site dedicated to Big Gun warship combat, operated by Randy Kehr, who is a member of the South Coast Battle Group. Randy is very knowledgeable and willing to help. This site is quite extensive, and has lots of good technical articles.

Buckeye Battle Squadron

Ohio 144^th Scale Big Gun Club

Central Texas Battle Group

A New club has formed in Austin Texas. The North Texas Battle Group will be assisting the CTXBG while they get on their feet. Look for lots of interclub battles in the near future. Come see the latest thing that is helping to Keep Austin Weird.

Chesappeake Battle Group

Note new URL as of 07-November-2006. Serving the Baltimore & DC area.

Danish Model Task Group

I can't read any Danish, but they say my site design is "flot"! Someday, I hope to find out what that means! (Sven: "Ole! Did yew see da girl dat Gunnar vent home from da dance wit last night?" Ole: "Ha! Ha! Ya, sure - she vas da flottest one dere! Ha Ha!")

Empire State Battle Group

New York now has a 144^th Scale Big Gun Club. Make's sense, seeing how the Brooklyn Shipyard was located there.

Mid Atlantic Battle Group

Formerly Blacksburg Battle Group, operating in Virginia, Maryland, & North Carolina. Looks like they've got something good going on! Note new URL as of 02-February-2005.

R/C Naval Combat

Launched November, 2006, this site serves as a "clearinghouse" for R/C warship combat of all formats, flavors, & locales. Lots of information is available, including individual clubs' pages, forums, photos, tips, a unified calendar, & lots more.

Swedish Seabattle Club

Nice, long construction season!

Victorian Battle Squadron

A unit of the Australian Battle Group centered around the state of Victoria.

Western Warship's R/C Warship Combat Page

Note the new URL as of 07-July-2005.

WWCC is the largest and oldest combat club in Northern Cal. They are also one of the oldest big gun clubs in the world being founded in 1980.

They do not fully arm capital ships. Between 15.1K standard or design tons and 50.1K standard or design tons they max out their BBs and Heavy cruisers at 6 main guns. Over 50K they allow up to 8. They allow single shot torpedoes on all ships over 20 tons and repeating shot torpedoes on ships under 20K tons. There are some other differences as well.

WWCC used have a 1/72nd contingent and associated events with the club but have dropped that several years ago.

WWCC is anticipating a 30 plus membership role in 2002 based on recent requests to join and minimum losses of existing members. They also have some folks who belong to both WWCC and SCBG.

Other R/C warship-related clubs

Battle Stations

1/96 scale, otherwise looks mostly similar to Big Gun but with some exceptions that look more like IRCWCC or MWC. Members spread all over the country, plus Austria, Canada, and New Zealand.

International Radio Control Warship Combat Club

As of December, 1998, spin-off from the IRCWCC. Format is similar to IRCWCC.

Model Warship Combat, Inc.

As of December, 1998, spin-off from the IRCWCC. Format is similar to IRCWCC.

New Zealand Battle Group

Big Gun club in 1:96 scale. Hmmmm, let's see now: They've got 1:96, 1:72, & 1:144 scales all going on down under!

Queen's Own Scale Model Warship Club

The Queens Own Scale Model Warship Club is a 1/72'nd scale RC Warship Club located in the Seattle Washington area.

Rick's R/C Warships Page

Not really a club - it's hard to tell exactly what format Rick builds/sails/battles under (he mentions wanting to build a 1/96 DD). His stuff looks pretty finely-detailed. Lots of great pictures (the main page takes awhile to finish loading, though) & links to every club you've ever heard of (& some you probably haven't).

Scale Combat Warship Association

New (early 2003) organization, with much similarity to WWCC. Supports ships in scales 1:72, 1:96, & 1:144. Same armament sizes & hull thicknesses as Big Gun, reduced main armament for larger ships, with an interesting option to substitute 2-for-1 secondary guns for main guns in some classes.

Task Force 72

Our local "little gun" cousins. They've had a club since early 1998, so they're just a little ahead of us in terms of organization - they've even changed their name once already! We paid a visit to a battle in Oklahoma City in May, & had a great time. At least one of our members fights in this format with them, as well. We've offered to conduct some joint battles & other operations, such as exhibitions around town, to stimulate interest that can benefit both groups. Some of their members have been around quite a long time, in the IRCWCC circles - including the legendary D. W. Fluegel, who has relocated to the area.

Washington Cascade Column

A “Small Gun” club in Northwest US.