All Quiet on the Martian Front: Encounter at Lake Superior

All Quiet on the Martian Front: Encounter at Lake Superior: A Headless Body Production Location:  Phil

Tanker's Tuesday: Italian Land Battleship For AQMF

Made for a Japanese Comic, I think it's perfect for my
AQMF Italians.....)

Tanker's Tuesday : German WWI Tanks and Armored Cars

A long and difficult start

While the British and the French were prompt to built their first operational tanks, the German high command was doubtful at best of their capabilities. That was until mid-1917 when came the successes that proved any well-coordinated attack using tanks in a proper way could break through and create havoc in rear lines. They had some reasons not to urge tank production. First, infantry, like the stürmptruppen (elite assault squads) were a simple and much cheaper way to achieve this breakthrough, as they had shown on many occasions throughout 1917 and particularly during the 1918 spring offensives. The military blockade also played a role, limiting the abilities of an already exhausted industry to produce enough materials and manpower to build swarms of tanks, reducing the chances to launch tank offensives at full force. There was also repugnance for this new “dishonorable weapon” as stated in propaganda and newspapers, coming from the ancient and very deep traditional ways of the Aristocratic Prussian officer, that dominated both the head of staff and the Kaiser himself.

WWI German Tanks And Armored Cars

Tanker's Tuesday: Frederick IV Class Land Dreadnought

In keeping with my "All Quiet On The Martian Front" project and stealing liberally

from other sources, namely the BBC 's "THE GREAT MARTIAN WAR" . I thought

I'd do a German faction since I already had this monster built several years ago......) 

 

The reports that the Prussians were constructing a huge
heavily armed land iron clad at their workshop in Dioscuria
where proven correct today.

See First Report:

http://vsf15mm.blogspot.com/2007/04/desert-column-1884-5.html

The German government pledges that this new weapon will
only be used to engage Martian Tripods........

 

As reported earlier the Prussians are constructing a huge
heavily armed land iron clad at their workshop in Dioscuria.
Over the last several weeks large containers have been seen
being delivered to the Prussian holdings in Dioscuria from
Germany. These shipments although done with the greatest
of security, some of the markings on the containers have been
seen to be from the KRUPP manufactures in Essen, Germany.

Other containers were obviously of massive steam engine parts,

along with large amounts of sheet steel.

*Please note that as one of the competition rules is not to

post photos, I will hold back until the end of the 80 days.

The Frederick IV Class Land Dreadnought is a unique design

with a Tripod killing 150mm forward firing gun, two turret mounted

77mm guns and two sponson mounted 77mm guns, two quick

firing 45mm guns, and 3 Maxim machine guns. The design has

two steam boilers and two tracked drive trains The final stages

of construction are nearly completed.

Tanker's Tuesday A1E1 Independent (part 1)

 

 

 

 

 

This single prototype of a heavy tank was ordered by the General Staff in 1924 from Vickers. It remains one of the most influential design of the interwar, launching a “fad” for multi-turreted tanks that will last until ww2. At its core lays the trench warfare concept of a breakthrough tank, essentially to create an equivalent of the Naval dreadnoughts, with a fleet of faster light tanks roaming around like destroyers. The idea was deeply embedded in the team responsible for the first Tanks in UK, in particular Sir Winston Churchill, as Lord of the Admiralty was quite influenced by HG Wells “Land battleship” idea. The same idea was also shared by the French father of Tanks, General Estienne, that lobbied for the construction of the FCM 2C, operational just two years earlier.

 

A1E1 Independent

Tanker's Tuesday: A1E1 Independent.

From Peter Fitzpatrick

 

There were two tanks I couldn't get hold of in 1:100 (15mm) scale, that encouraged me to get into digital design. One was the Vickers Medium Mk.III, which I made my very first project in Blender. The other was the A1E1 Independent.

Tanker's Tuesday: Mark IV Monitor Tank

 

Since I finally obtained one of these highly improbable (but fun) vehicles,

these are the stats. 

Monitor Tank : All Quiet On The Martian Front

"All Quiet On The Martian Front" American Monitor Tank and Armored Infantry.

 

 

 

I've been wanting one of these got lucky on Ebay...)