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[[File:military mashup machine 1871.jpg|link=Supreme Commander|frame|A Submersible Land Battleship Aircraft Carrier Factory Shield Generator.]]
{{quote|''Wot's faster than a warbuggy, more killy than a warbike, and flies through da air like a bird? I got no bleedin' idea, but I'm gonna find out.''|'''[[Funetik Aksent|Kog da Flymek]]''', pioneer of the [[Warhammer 40,000|Deffkopta]].}}
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* See [http://www.amazon.com/My-Tank-Fight-Zack-Parsons/dp/0806527587/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205083504&sr=8-1 My Tank is Fight!] for a look at flying tank ideas, among other Military Mashup Machine concepts from [[Real Life]].
* Several countries [[wikipedia:Winged tank|experimented]] with flying tanks in ''[[World War II]]'', some included in the book above.
** If any practical real-world aircraft could get away with calling itself a flying tank, the [[
* Wouldn't be a complete article without mentioning [[wikipedia:Lockheed AC-130|the AC-130]]. With the weapons load including a ''105mm howitzer'' it's is informally classified as a flying artillery platform. I mean just look at that thing.
* The AC-130 is cool, but similar attempt was done on at least two [http://www.stormbirds.net/variants262a1aU4.htm ME262], the Me262 A-1a/U4 variant, with 50mm Anti-tank cannon fitted on its nose. Consider WWII have light tanks with smaller cannons.
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