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=== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ===

* ''[[Gundam]]'' has a slight love affair with these, which have featured from the beginning to the more recent ''[[Gundam Seed Destiny]]''. Perhaps the most bizarre version was the Battleships of the [[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam|Zanscare Empire's]] land forces, such as the [http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/v/adrastea.jpg Adrastea-class], which were essentially naval ships on enormous motorcycle wheels.

* ''[[Gundam]]'' has a slight love affair with these, which have featured from the beginning to the more recent ''[[Gundam Seed Destiny]]''. Perhaps the most bizarre version was the Battleships of the [[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam|Zanscare Empire's]] land forces, such as the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130725034859/http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/v/adrastea.jpg Adrastea-class], which were essentially naval ships on enormous motorcycle wheels.

** The ''[[Gundam Seed]]'' spinoff ''[[Gundam SEED Astray]]'' shows that that universe's land battleships are ''amphibious''; though designed specifically for land combat, they use an exotic "scale system" that works just as well on water as on land. ''[[Gundam Seed Destiny]]'' reverts to the relatively more conventional "giant tank" with tracked propulsion in the form of the [http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/seed-destiny/hannibal.htm Hannibal class].

* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' goes typically overboard, by making the [http://www.gurren-lagann.net/mecha/images/daigurren.gif featured land battleship] a literal ''battleship on legs'' and a [[Humongous Mecha]] to boot (ironically, it requires special adjustments to cross water). General Guame's Dai-Gundo is more typical of this kind of thing. {{spoiler|Ignore the phallic connotations of its design.}}

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=== [[Tabletop Games]] ===

* The USS ''Ticonderoga'' and NGR ''Poseidon'' in ''[[Rifts]]''.

** And a fan-made [http://www.kitsune.addr.com/Rifts/Rifts-Earth-Vehicles/REEF_SSCR-1_Narwhal.htm thing].

** And a fan-made [https://web.archive.org/web/20080606000150/http://www.kitsune.addr.com/Rifts/Rifts-Earth-Vehicles/REEF_SSCR-1_Narwhal.htm thing].

* The "arsenal subs" of ''[[Transhuman Space]]'', though it helps that the aircraft are unmanned.

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=== [[Real Life]] ===

* The Soviet Union designed a [[wikipedia:Flying submarine|flying submarine]] in the 1930s, but it was never actually built.

* The USA had [http://davidszondy.com/future/Flight/flying_sub.htm a similar idea].

* The USA had [https://web.archive.org/web/20130912040955/http://davidszondy.com/future/Flight/flying_sub.htm a similar idea].

== Mobile Factory ==

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=== Web Original ===

* Courtesy of [[The Onion]]: the [http://www.theonion.com/video/obama-axes-pentagon-plan-to-build-billion-dollar-t,14351/ Dragon Tank].

* Courtesy of [[The Onion]]: the [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104112251/http://www.theonion.com/video/obama-axes-pentagon-plan-to-build-billion-dollar-t,14351/ Dragon Tank].

* ''[http://blog.glennz.com/swiss-army/ Swiss Army]'' tank by Glenn Jones.

* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140501023137/http://blog.glennz.com/swiss-army/ Swiss Army]'' tank by Glenn Jones.

=== [[Real Life]] ===

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** Many battleships carried seaplanes; today, many destroyers and cruisers carry helicopters, as did the ''Iowa'' class battleships when they were brought back into service in [[The Eighties]].

*** Many battleships were built before radar was around, so the seaplanes served the scouting function. Now that we have radar, the seaplanes have been replaced by helicopters to serve in the ASW role.

*** And then there [http://www.damninteresting.com/submersible-aircraft-carriers were] [http://www.regulus-missile.com/SubmarineWings.htm many] [http://www.navalofficer.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=288:carriersub&catid=44:submarines1&Itemid=80 attempts] to carry planes on a submarine, including Japanese "Sen Toku" with 3 torpedo-bombers.

*** And then there [http://www.damninteresting.com/submersible-aircraft-carriers were] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120418165535/http://www.regulus-missile.com/SubmarineWings.htm many] [http://www.navalofficer.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=288:carriersub&catid=44:submarines1&Itemid=80 attempts] to carry planes on a submarine, including Japanese "Sen Toku" with 3 torpedo-bombers.

** The unlucky French submarine [[wikipedia:Surcouf (N N 3)|''Surcouf'']]. Touted as an "underwater cruiser" it was armed with ''two'' 203mm guns in a forward turret and 10 or 12 (accounts differ) torpedo tubes, and housed a scout seaplane in a hangar below decks to use the full range of those guns. It was also armed with a significant number of AA cannons and machine guns. However it never saw action: it was accidentally rammed by a US freighter off the coast of Cuba and sank with all hands.

* The Israeli [[Tank Goodness|Merkava]] is arguably a mild example, armed as well as any other main battle tank in the field AND capable of doubling as an APC. Some are even equipped as [[Deadly Doctor|ambulances]]. In practice, though, the Merkava's rear compartment is normally used to carry extra ammo for the main gun. On the other hand, it made adapting the Merkava chassis into a pure APC (something that would be virtually impossible with most modern main battle tanks) not only plausible but easy, resulting in the Namer (contraction of "Nagmash" (Hebrew for APC) and "Merkava"), the most heavily armored APC in current use.