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France, Britain, America, and Italy didn't adapt to the post-WW1/interbellum era. They were still basing everything on either WW1 paradigms (the French), believing that mechanized units would be secondary to... horse cavalry and infantry (yes, I have no idea why some thought this), or they...

Reminds me of early Halo's UNSC vehicles (before Late Bungie and 343i fucked things up).

Bah, they just need to GDI this shit and go straight to the powered assault walkers. :p

Man, seeing all this just reminds me of Warzone 2100. That COMVAT looks like something either The Project or The Collective would field.

What the fuck is that? It looks like someone sat on the tank!

That's pretty much what Japanese tanks were; IIRC they didn't keep up with tank development before and during the War, unlike the Allies, Germany, the Soviet Union, and their doctrine basically became adapted to using their underpowered tanks as infantry support, e.g. IFVs. When they realized...

Yeah, they were great for the terrain they were meant to traverse, but once they came up against actual combat tanks like the basic Sherman, they were pretty much coffins. IIRC, their underpowered (in comparison) gun could only penetrate the Sherman's armour at pretty much point blank and...

That's basically what Hasbro did: Look at upcoming prototypes and high-end gear, modify them by changing the shape a little in areas and sticking on flashy bits, then put them into production as a GI Joe vehicle/weapon. All the Joe vehicles, IIRC, are from real-life experiments, prototypes...

Well, that's one way to get more use out of the Abrams' hull, things like bridges and repair/recovery vehicles aside.

I wonder if anyone has made kitbashes or scratch built things like the Abrams X, or various late 20th prototypes?

Isn't the proposed Abrams X upgrade also looking into modernizing the engine?

...Someone in the Rebels' leadership has been playing too much Command and Conquer.

IIRC wasn't it related to the aborted American--German Abrams technological predecessor, the MBT-70? After canning the 70, they worked on the Leopard?

Modern reinterpretations of old 19th and 20th century vehicles, when things were still experimental, would be pretty cool projects. The Imperial Russian Tsar Tank, for example, reminds me of something the CIS would use in Star Wars...

#1 is just stupid -- were they trying to convert it into a helicopter? GLA'ish, though. #2 is a heavy technical variant -- very GLA'ish! I wouldn't mind seeing that as part of a GLA general's arsenal. Technical (Generals 1) #3 would actually be great for muddy and other impassable terrain for...

While I do prefer the sexy armoured chassis and track design of the M270, the wheels and missile rack versatility make more sense. :)

Otakus with guns, military training, and vehicles/armoured fighting vehicles. That's a high school bully's worst nightmare, lol.

I take it Ghost in the Shell was popular? Maybe Naruto and Urusei Yatsura, too?

IIRC there were some hilarious ones on vehicles during the 2001 Iraqi Invasion?

...I am now imagining a Russian Ukrainian tank (tractor stronk!) having Yuno Gasai painted on the armour. Any educated Russian soldier should be shitting their pants on seeing that.