Wonderful War Machines

[Mr War]

Thread dedicated to all military war machines (siege engines, early tanks, interesting warships) both real and fictional, pre-1920. I hope this is an interesting topic and also a good place to harvest unit ideas for Glest.

Since I've been adding "ironclad" and pre-dreadnought battleships to my mod, here are some cool old battleships

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[img]http://www.corbisimages.com/images/67/E11ED9C3-CDA3-40D1-8E59-B9B980B3D769/BE088057.jpg[/img]Russo-Japanese war


French pre-dreadnought.

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[img]http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/maldives/738/jauregm.jpg[/img]
British Royal Sovereign Class battleship, 1900

[Ishmaru]

The American Civil War had the most unique Ironclads i've seen.
The Confederate ones were like floating steel houses more than boats:

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[img]http://www.corbisimages.com/images/67/7771A72A-72FF-48D8-9DDB-AD35BB4A7E0C/SF674.jpg[/img]
Mini one:


Union one are very low height. Remind me of subs with a turret:


Battle:

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[img]http://niahd.wm.edu/attachments/21862.jpg[/img]
The confederates had the first attack submarine:

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[img]http://www.jonnychapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/hunley_render1.jpg[/img]The idea was to sneak up and ram a ship with the explosive at the tip. To bad it sunk herself in the process. Perhaps one of these would be great for imperial mod. A melee water unit. hopefully more successful than this sub.

[Mr War]

ah, yes the Monitor was a big influence on my "ironclad" unit although I merged it with later battleship influences. Yes a submarine is on the cards.

There are quite a few other wooden submarine ideas out there - maybe a mix of these and Hanley for Tech/Imperial?
Drebbel replica



Spanish one


Never built Dutch idea from 1600s


Fantastic site for this stuff: http://www.heiszwolf.com/subs/plans/plans.html

[John.d.h]

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Turtle_%28submarine%29

Submarine from the American Revolutionary War.

[wyvern]

leonardos tank
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DaVinciTankAtAmboise.jpeg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leonardo_tank.JPG
and flying machines
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leonardo_flying_machine.JPG
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leonardo_da_Vinci_helicopter.jpg
and a parachute
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leonardo_da_Vinci_parachute_04659a.jpg
A lot of his drawings of technology and equipment inspired some of the current tech units, like the ornithopter, and my add ons like the tank and possible helicopter.

[Mr War]

Some amazing Japanese prints of pre-dreadnoughts

Many more here http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/throwing_off_asia_02/visnav_ii_e.html

[Hagekura]

Nice picture.
I can see from the label the japanese white ship in the front is a Cruiser Matsushima.

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[img]http://okiraku.air-nifty.com/plamo/WindowsLiveWriter/t35_18_3.jpg[/img]T-35 multi turreted heavy tank.
It's a WWII tank so not pre-1920 but looks very classical and funny.

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[URL=http://img200.imageshack.us/i/tp01511.jpg/][IMG]http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/1686/tp01511.th.jpg[/img][/URL]German Armoured Train BP45. also not pre-1920 though.

In fiction, I like Goliath Airship from the 1986 anime "Laputa".

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[Zoythrus]

to go along with the anime references, who here has played the Metal Slug games?

like, every boss and enemy is modeled after the big, fantastical, anime vehicles.

one of my favorite examples is the Slug Gunner from MS 5

[Mr War]

The soviet interwar tanks are darn cool. Add steam power and we're rocking!

[wyvern]

the t-28 and original panzer 5 were also cool multi turreted tanks, though of dubious value in combat. 
The SMK was also cool, but saw very little, if any action in its test trials in the winter war
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMK_tank
And here's more beastly tanks though the ratte and monster were never built
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Char_2C
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreuzer_P._1000_Ratte
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreuzer_P._1500_Monster

[Mr War]

ah, the Vickers A1E1 Independant was another multi-turret tank from that time.

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[img]http://images7.fotki.com/v141/photos/1/133612/1712096/A1E1-vi.jpg[/img]
[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3348/3592490395_3658db52cf.jpg[/img]

[Ishmaru]

I like mini tanks.

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[img]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2460/3554668346_dfacf3d7dd.jpg[/img]
For fantasy I love the airships in an anime called "Last Exile"

[wyvern]

Heres some tiny tanks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-27
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TKS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L3/35

[Mr War]

Meine kleine panzerin?

Love the airships too, a bit like red alert

[wciow]

Heres some tiny tanks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-27
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TKS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L3/35

That TK5 is so cute, I want one 

[Mr War]

WWI Liberty tank with fake turret, Indiana Jones



Steamboy war machine


Air ships

[wyvern]

WWI Liberty tank with fake turret, Indiana Jones



Steamboy war machine


Air ships

Sweet, the modified mkIV ww1 tank with an awkward turret also looks cool

[Yggdrasil]

I love this airship fleet. Seems to be concept art from iron grip which has awesome artworks.

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http://igwarlord.isotx.com/http://www.moddb.com/games/iron-grip-warlord

artist's website:
http://www.maniakart.com/

[-Archmage-]

Spider Tank from Turok, a fun and brutal game.

[Mr War]

I love this airship fleet. Seems to be concept art from iron grip which has awesome artworks.

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http://igwarlord.isotx.com/http://www.moddb.com/games/iron-grip-warlord

artist's website:
http://www.maniakart.com/

Wow the art is truly amazing man

[Mr War]

amazing sub, Surcouf

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[img]http://www.seoprise.com/pds_data/military/images/1187400260.jpg[/img]
[img]http://derfflinger1982.blogspot.es/img/Surcouf.jpg[/img]
[img]http://storeagemsw.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/museemarine-surcouf-fnfl-p1000460.jpg[/img]

[Mr War]

a bit more recent but it does look like it's straight out of a computer game like Red Alert, the Soviet Object 279 tank


US type T-28


French type FCM1


French ARL-44. Love the tracks

[Hagekura]

At modern tanks, I want to cite American M50 Ontos anti-tank vehicle.


When I saw picture of the vehicle first time, it occurs me Guntank. 

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[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/Rx-75.jpg[/img]

[wyvern]

Sweet, especially the 279 of which I have never seen a picture before.

[Ishmaru]

At modern tanks, I want to cite American M50 Ontos anti-tank vehicle.


When I saw picture of the vehicle first time, it occurs me Guntank. 

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[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/Rx-75.jpg[/img]

-Those anti tanks reminds me more of anti air flak cannons.

-I've always felt that GunTanks should have camouflage. The blue red yellow stands out to much. The same can be said for all Mobile Suits.