Keith Laumer Wiki
Register
Advertisement

The concepts, origins and popular beliefs concerning and ultimately becoming the Bolo....

"Little Willie"
800px-Mark I series tank
800px - Panther
Mk XXXIII Bolo

"Little Willie"

The first "Tank" designed in Britain under leadership of Winston Churchill

Mk XXXIII Bolo

"Little Willie"
800px-Mark I series tank
800px - Panther
Mk XXXIII Bolo


Some magazine covers of the time...These depict the prevailing private, military, and popular concepts of a "Land Battle Ship" at the time.[]


Section heading[]

"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

Advertisement