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maybe, but david webers name was bigger on the book. maybe just to sell more but still.
Laumer created the Bolo universe, Weber, Drake and other authors do stories in that universe not unlike done with the Conan, Star Wars, and Star Trek franchises but with better quality control.
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maybe, but david webers name was bigger on the book. maybe just to sell more but still.

It's an author thing. Generally the author's name is splashed on the cover like this.

And yes BOLO's XXXII's for the win!!

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Hmm... can't think of my top tanks at the moment...

EXO: GUNHED! Great design & cheesy movie!!!

Valkyrie: Assault: Amazing game and rotational graphics - one of my all time favorites. It took me a while & lots of quarters to beat. The in-game tank looks better than the drawings though... ;)

Speaking of Bolo, what about Winchell Chung's designs for Steve Jackson's Ogre games? The heavy tanks and superheavies were neat too.

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Since Halo 3 came out recently the Scropion Tank is another favorite tank. It's ugly but gets the job done.

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Tanks are cool because they are ugly. That's the point. Actually, most military hardware is ugly. Jeeps, tanks, helicopters, frigates; they all look ugly. Fighter Jets are about the only military machines that actually look aesthetically pleasing and that's because aerodynamic design is a necessity of building a flying craft. But I prefer my tanks ugly :)

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Oh, to look upon the science fiction of old with hindsight and marvel at how we guessed wrong :)

I wonder if our modern day sci-fi mecha will look as silly in about 50 years :)

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the mamoth tanks from command and conquer series are cool

This one? (See attached pic)

I wonder if our modern day sci-fi mecha will look as silly in about 50 years :)

NEVER!!! :p;)

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