Is this where GW got the idea for super heavy tanks?

[Tercha]

Imperial Guard

 

[evil tendencies]

I wouldn\'t be surprised.

As a side note, you just won my \"soda out the nose\" award for this evening. It was the \"practical home hints\" tag on the first cover. lol

 

[Shawn R. L.]

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Airstream GOES TO WAR!!!!

 

[Einion]

They might have gotten the idea from the early days of tanks - the \"land battleship\". Practicality eventually won out and things were scaled down a smidge.
Good potted history of tank development on Wikipedia.

Einion

 

[airhead]

Ogre micro-game and an old pulp sci-fi book series called \"bolo\" all were based on mega tanks.

An Ogre mk. V would be about like a Titan on treads.

The bolos ran the gamut from about the size of a modern main battle tank to a planetary defender.

 

[ScottRadom]

Forgot about the Bolo books. Was it Laumer who wrote those?

I love that big four color one up top. I\'d like it as a poster.

There is another thread discussing the grimdark-ness of things. I like this as a good illustration of the way things were. It\'s a MASSIVE engine of war grinding an entire town under it\'s treads, but the glorious color and style of it still makes it all look like happiness and sunshine to me. Neat-O.

 

[airhead]

David Weber looks like the original, then there was a change over. (just judging by Amazons list of Bolo.

Originally posted by ScottRadom
Forgot about the Bolo books. Was it Laumer who wrote those?

I love that big four color one up top. I\'d like it as a poster.

There is another thread discussing the grimdark-ness of things. I like this as a good illustration of the way things were. It\'s a MASSIVE engine of war grinding an entire town under it\'s treads, but the glorious color and style of it still makes it all look like happiness and sunshine to me. Neat-O.

That stuff on the cover - between the wars? 1930\'s+/-?

 

[Undave]

If you look really, really closely you can just about see the little bobbleheaded guy from Fallout driving it lol

 

[EArkham]

Originally posted by evil tendenciesAs a side note, you just won my \"soda out the nose\" award for this evening. It was the \"practical home hints\" tag on the first cover. lol

Tip #1 is \"Don\'t build your home in the path of the Monstrous Machines of the Next War.\"

Tip #2 is \"Curtains make everything better.\"

Kep

 

[generulpoleaxe]

Just a few examples of what was actualu built during WWII (supposedly their were only two of the Maus ever built).

http://fingolfen.tripod.com/superheavy/fze100m.html
http://fingolfen.tripod.com/superheavy/maus.html
http://fingolfen.tripod.com/superheavy/p1500.html

 

[No Such Agency]

The interesting thing is that any of these would be mincemeat against modern air power and guided missiles, let alone tactical nukes. Just goes to show that \"you\'re always preparing for the previous war\".

Hugo Gernsback (the editor of this mag) was one of the major figures in the takeoff of science fiction as a published genre. His \"Amazing Stories\" was the first sci-fi fiction magazine.

 

[Durus]

Originally posted by Einion
They might have gotten the idea from the early days of tanks - the \"land battleship\". Practicality eventually won out and things were scaled down a smidge.
Good potted history of tank development on Wikipedia.

Einion

The article started a few hundred years late though, as the first tank has been invented by Leonardo da Vinci as far as i now.

As many other things from the \"Imperium\" are reminiscent of the Nazi Regime,
the superheavies might have also been inspired by the Nazi\'s Obsession with huge tanks. Link and Link

+edit+
Wow, you guys are fast.

 

[Sand Rat]

Originally posted by airhead
David Weber looks like the original, then there was a change over. (just judging by Amazons list of Bolo.

Originally posted by ScottRadom
Forgot about the Bolo books. Was it Laumer who wrote those?

I love that big four color one up top. I\'d like it as a poster.

There is another thread discussing the grimdark-ness of things. I like this as a good illustration of the way things were. It\'s a MASSIVE engine of war grinding an entire town under it\'s treads, but the glorious color and style of it still makes it all look like happiness and sunshine to me. Neat-O.

That stuff on the cover - between the wars? 1930\'s+/-?

Umm Kev - Laumer created the Bolos - Webber is a follow on author.

 

[airhead]

looks like I should have paid more attention to the publish dates......(airheadedness strikes again....)

@Durus, welcome to the forums.