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WhiteWolf McBride -> RE: Any NON-historical tanks? sci-fi, rescue,? (10/18/2006 5:36:35 AM)
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Cafestomp:
I've got a few in progress, but due to my current illness, progress has ground to a halt apart from sales of older non-essential RC gear and purchasing parts with that revenue to complete the projects at a later date (hopefully)
I'd rather not mention the subjects, but one of them is well known amongst my fellow Yahoo Sci-Fi Armor group members: A BOLO Mk. 3 aka 'Markie', from the now famous Keith Laumer Bolo series. Since Laumer's death, his estate has allowed other writers to continue in the storyline, and such famous writers as David Drake of Hammer's Slammers fame have contributed. Baen books carries many of the collected works, and again, we hope Baen (http://baen.com) will continue on with their good taste now that Jim Baen is no longer with us.
Another pet project is a Leopard CAT, as designed and suggested by Matt Fisher in his CASR Article. With the Canadian Army telling the Government that they HATE the LAV's, and want to ~keep~ their aging Leopards, this idea may bear fruit. Lets see what the reports back from Lord Strathcona's Horse say about this aging vehicle's performance.
I gotta laugh at how they got most of the way there though: Russian Antonov AN-124's! We got the Russians to take us Canucks to Afghanistan, 20 years after their debacle there. Anyone for a Canadian remake of 'The Beast'?
First reports! Go Canucks!
http://www.sfu.ca/casr/ft-isaf-armour1.htm
http://www.sfu.ca/casr/ft-isaf-armour2.htm
http://www.sfu.ca/casr/ft-isaf-armour3.htm
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