Stranger Than Fiction - Tanks Beyond Belief!

I ran across this series of articles that brought forward real historical items and designs that are a Clockpunk, Steampunk, or even Dieselpunk's wet dream as a centerpiece for fiction, but were in fact, real designs and sometimes actually became a life sized monster of war for real combat, though not so many ever actually made it to the battlefields.

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2012/05/strangest-tanks-in-history-part-1.html