How come there has never been a land-based analogue of a battleship? I can see military benefits to a gigantic vehicle with ridiculously thick armour, huge-bore guns and the ability to steamroller entire buildings, so why does such a vehicle not exist?
Since we, as a species, are capable of constructing massive vessels like supertankers and aircraft carriers it surely would not be beyond us in terms of time or resources to build a colossal rolling fortress the size of a city block.
Is it to do with the fact that ships support their (buoyancy-reduced) weight across the whole area of their hull whereas a giant vehicle would require their entire weight to be supported by relatively small treads and axles?
Anyone got any theories?
Since we, as a species, are capable of constructing massive vessels like supertankers and aircraft carriers it surely would not be beyond us in terms of time or resources to build a colossal rolling fortress the size of a city block.
Is it to do with the fact that ships support their (buoyancy-reduced) weight across the whole area of their hull whereas a giant vehicle would require their entire weight to be supported by relatively small treads and axles?
Anyone got any theories?