Military Mashup Machine: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Posleen War Series]]'': The Tiger IIIs from ''Watch on the Rhine'' are land battleships. The design of the Tiger III is never specified, but it is also known to be capable of shooting down spacecraft in low orbit as well as taking out swarms of [[Horde of Alien Locusts|Posleen]].

** The SheVa unit "Bun-Bun" has added weapons and equipment to arguably make count as a land battleship, but it still isn't quite on the same level as the Tiger IIIs. Other SheVa units, however, are more akin to just really big mobile artillery pieces.

* Scott Westerfeld's [[Leviathan (novel)|Leviathan]] features Land Frigates, which are essentially actually German Battleships with [[Spider Tank|legs]].

* Spoofed in the [[Harry Harrison]] short story ''Navy Day''. The US Army declares their waterbourne rivals obsolete after developing a technology that enables vehicles to drive on the ocean. Naval scientists work frantically while Congress debates whether to abolish the Navy once and for all -- just as they are about to vote in favor the Admiral points to the battleship now 'sailing' down Constitution Avenue.

* ''[[Gundam]]'' and its multiple continuities had several of these serving to launch both aerial and amphibious mobile suits.

* ''[[Macross Zero]]'' had the Auerstadt as the Anti-UN forces' home base, launching both variable fighters and transforming mini-sub OCTOS.

* The Dai-Gunkai of ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''. Notable for being one of the few capable of creating ''its own ocean'' when it needs to travel over land.

* The ''Killer Whale''-class subs in ''[[Super Robot Wars]] Original Generation''.

** While not edged, the powerhead (aka "shark stick" or "bang stick") uses a similar principle in a "jab with a stick" fashion.

*** Parisian hoodlums who called themselves the "Apaches" had weapons that could be used as a dagger, a revolver, or a set of brass knuckles.

** The 'gunblade' of Final Fantasy VIII is actually more akin to the [[Vibroweapon|vibroblade]] concept, which is quite popular.

* ''[[Starcraft]]'s'' Terran siege tank, which switches from main battle tank to artillery platform.