Battle Station
“It did look vaguely like a tank—or maybe a horned Viking helmet. The tank had two separate turrets that rotated independently of one another. Sitting side by side in the midsection of the tank, the cannons swiveled independently and required a human gunner to man each of them. Both guns covered a wide arc of fire, but if the tank was attacked from either flank, we would only be able to get one weapon into play. Still, it was pretty impressive-looking.Kwon walked around the big machine, slapping... its steel flanks and rattling the heavy treads. “You really like making up this kind of stuff, huh?”“Yes, I do,” I said, standing on the slanting hull. The tank was far from perfect. I was sure any tank designer back on earth would roll his eyes at my work. But I had been working from memory. This machine looked like a world war one monster, with the two bulbous turrets and the high-riding treads. “Not bad for a first run prototype, Colonel,” Captain Sloan said, from the hatch on the top turret.MoreLess
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