Walter shared with me the tales of his beast, the K-Rats Kinderpanzer, German for "child tank." Born from the ashes of war and invasion, in the face of limited resources and heavy losses, a new weapon was forged. A child-sized tank, manned by a crew of two, capable of the destruction once wrought by five grown men. Raised from youth and trained in camps, these young soldiers graduate to the front lines, their armor forged from salvaged road signs and scrap metal, each Kinderpanzer bearing its own unique scars of war.