Gunboat Class
These battleships are often essentially oversized tankers. And they do exist in reality, belonging to the whims of early tank design and playing a role similar to that of today's main battle tanks. But because of its exaggerated appearance often people also used to call it a land battleship. As a product of reality, compared to the fantasy below, these real-life land battleships are often too small. Like small gunboats.
SMK (real life)
The Soviet Union always had a tendency towards multi-turret designs in its early tank designs. The USSR was also the first country in history to mass-produce multi-turreted tanks. Multi-turreted heavy tanks such as the T28 have performed well in combat throughout history. This selection of a Soviet multi-turret tanks in the most eye-catching type, SMK to serve as an entry point,
SMK tanks, 8.75 meters long, 3.36 meters wide, 3.35 meters high, maximum speed: 35 km / h can be said to be very heavy. Developed by the later famous tank design institute, Kokin Design Institute, the SMK's layout resembles that of a battleship, with a towering main turret and a low secondary turret. 1939 design was completed. after the SMK was prototyped, then-Soviet leader Stalin was extremely negative about its whimsical design. In the end, only one was produced and fought in the war between the Soviet Union and Finland. The SMK's body was based on that of the famous KV1, which proved to be an excellent tank in World War II. The -smk class of multi-turreted tanks was gradually eliminated from history.
KV6 (model exists, fictional)
It is worth noting that there was a real KV6 tank, but it was not an exaggerated land battleship, but an ordinary heavy tank. The KV6, described next, is a latter-day fantasy design.
As we can see, the KV6 is basically a polarized version of the SMK. It was an entry at a science fiction modeling contest, but due to its imposing shape, it became popular among tank enthusiasts. The readers who are familiar with tanks can find out that the KV6 is basically stitched together from KV-2, KV-1E, T-60, Katyusha and other famous WWII vehicles. The hull used the KV1, while the turret was a whimsical twin 152 howitzer. This tank is not relevant. But it can be seen as the ultimate WWII version of the SMK.
Destroyer Class
These battleships often begin to transcend reality and are equipped with true battleship-level firepower, but don't have a particularly crushing advantage against conventional weaponry
P1000 (Realistic Existence)
The end of World War II in Germany was characterized by a plethora of outlandish weapon visions. Among them, the P1000 land battleship design was particularly notable. The German III's frantic one-two punch at the end of the war was reflected in this weapon.
In 1942, the Krupp P1000 began to enter the conceptual stage. This armored fortress was 35 meters long, 14 meters wide, and 11 meters high, and was fitted with two diesel engines from the Navy, as well as a main gun turret belonging to the battleship Scharnhorst. It can be said to be a real battleship on the road. In addition to the exaggerated main gun, P1000 also prepared a large number of anti-aircraft guns, secondary guns. Enough to carry dozens of combat members. It is worth noting that the P1000 has never gone off the design board. And this type of armored behemoth doesn't offer much in the way of combat effectiveness. For one thing, its travel speed would be very slow, requiring huge logistical supplies. And it would be devastating to transportation in its location, with no bridges capable of carrying such tanks. And rail transportation would be too difficult. If they were actually built, I'm afraid they would mostly be a living target for Allied or Soviet air strikes.
Marienburg-class land battleship (Medieval Warhammer)
There is often no shortage of massive weapons of war in the Warhammer world, but land battleships are not common, and the Medieval Warhammer's Marienburg-class is one of them.
After all, it is a medieval fantasy, and compared to other sci-fi creations, this huge, cumbersome machine built by the merchant lords of Marienburg is far less impressive. Unable to acquire the advanced and reliable armored vehicles of the Empire, the Merchant Lords have placed their trust in a self-developed armored warship. This battleship had numerous disasters in its prototype stage, powered by a steam boiler that was highly prone to accidents. Merchants didn't have the technology to develop it, which led to rising costs, and eventually it was worth compromising on performance to become a seemingly formidable but fragile land battle weapon. Compared to other land warships, the Marienburg class is literally a land warship. But the performance is probably the worst of the lot.
Mainship Class
This class of battleships, like ships in the real Navy, tends to have the ability to fight alone and is protected by heavy armor. Often they can fight one against a hundred on the battlefield.
Otori-class Land Battleship (UC System Mobile Suit Gundam, One Year War era)
One of the first things that must be noted is that the Gundam series has had a very large number of land battleships. From the earliest Gundam 0079 to the newer 00 or SEED. land battleships have always been an integral part. Despite the fact that the Gundam series has a wide variety of behemoth-like ships, many of which are even more popular than some MS, land battleships are often forgotten. This time, we've selected a land battleship used by the Earth Federation Army during the One Year War in the UC Gundam series. Big Pallet Class Land Battleship
The Big Pallet Class has an overall height of 85.0 meters, an overall length of 215.0 meters, and an overall width of 134.0 meters. Propulsion is provided by multiple hovering engines with air cushion movement. Excellent maneuverability. Due to the unique setup in the UC Gundam, this battleship has a good view of the bridge and is suitable for visual observation maneuvers. Fixed armament has 2 main Miga particle cannons mounted in the forward section for medium to close engagements. It is also equipped with three triple mounted conventional guns. Mounted around the hull. Allows for long range artillery support.
The Grand Pallet is the main class of land battleship used by Earth Federation forces in the One Year War. It serves as both a mobile artillery platform and a command center, and has appeared as a mobile command in many Gundam productions (such as MS Squad 08 pictured above).
Similar to Gene's Dabbud class. The Grand Pallet is propelled by a hover engine and is equipped with a pair of Miga particle main cannons and three secondary cannons. The entry into service of the Grand Pallet preceded the invention of the Mobile Suit, and as such these ships do not have any Mobile Suit carrying capacity. The Large Pallet class was widely deployed throughout Europe. They played an important role in the Battle of Odessa.
Land Dreadnought (Battlefield Valkyrie)
Flagship Class
This class goes beyond the definition of a conventional naval ship, which tends to be extremely large and equipped beyond today's technological level. It is capable of self-sufficiency and self-supply for a certain period of time. With a perfect logistical production system. One such ship is often the equivalent of a small city. These ships are generally used as bases for certain organizations and military forces, and are the pinnacle of the ship class.
Karak Carriers (Homeworld Karak Desert)
The mention of land carriers brings us to the classic RTS, Homeworld Karak Desert. This game is basically a game of various land battleships playing against each other. The slow yellow sand flying with cannon fire and steel can be a very ho-hum scene. Strictly speaking,
All the ship classifications covered in this article can find their corresponding categories in Karak Desert. For reasons of space, this article will only cover the flagship of the Expeditionary Force, the land carrier Kapisi.
The Kapisi is equipped with a large number of sensor devices and observation devices, far beyond the current level of technology, and built-in perfect weapons production line and advanced data processing center, the mass of a staggering 125,000 tons, but can maintain a cruising speed of 60 kilometers / h. Its size is the largest human aircraft today. It is three times the size of today's largest aircraft carrier, the Nimitz class. Staffing: 350 officers, 1,050 enlisted men, 450 workers, using advanced nuclear reaction energy. It is well armed and has the capability to launch medium-range surface-to-surface ballistic missiles. Capable of taking off and landing heavy aircraft and supplying and maintaining a small fleet.
The Kapisi is a true expeditionary warship, tasked with ultra long-range military missions deep into the harsh yellow sands. The highest priority mission is to locate the Prime Anomaly, an unknown object that concerns the fate of all Karak people. And the harsh natural environment and the ferocious and mysterious religious army seriously threaten the mission. Karak Desert as a prequel to the Homeworld series has not lost its bold and grandiose core at all, and is worth trying for every RTS fan.
Rhode Island (Tomorrow's Ark)
Similar to Karak Desert, the civilization in Tomorrow's Ark relies heavily on landships to develop its civilization, and employs even more dramatic land cities as the foundation of its civilization. People are born, grow, and die on these tracked cities. And as the player's base, Rhode Island is also an extremely large land battleship, or mobile base.
We don't know much about the Rhode Island. The information given in the current storyline suggests that the Rhode Island ship was formerly a very old mining ship dug out of Rembito during the Tower of Babel, but there is an animal-like spinal cord present in the center of the ship, which seems to be considered an increase. The interior of the ship is well equipped with medical facilities and training grounds provided to combatants. At the same time the ship can provide living accommodation for a thousand people. The power source is a protolithic technology that is completely different from the real world. It cannot be understood by conventional science. Armed unknown, armor unknown.