The concepts, origins and popular beliefs concerning and ultimately becoming the Bolo....
Some magazine covers of the time...These depict the prevailing private, military, and popular concepts of a "Land Battle Ship" at the time.[]
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"Bristling with secondary turrets and weapon ports,
the war machine looked to be a
battleship on tracks,
though no one could mistake it for being seaworthy.
It was a dreadnought whose design had been condensed to its most lethal form.
Losing its displacement and elegance,
'it gained terrible focus in all things that its enemies feared 'most:
firepower, maneuverability, and speed."
"Incursions"
Bolos Book 5 : "Old Guard"
Professor Mark Thiess
Laumer Inst. Of Military Archaeology & History