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Space Gamer - Issue 25, Nov.-Dec., 1979, page 25.

1979 Missile Tank (Paneuropean) (OGRE4)

OGRE4 Missile Tank

Design by Winchell Chung; Martian Metals sculpture by Randy Hoffa.  The missile turret was in four separate parts: a turntable and three separate missiles, each with its own base.


Part of the first wave release in 1979. There were only four units: the Ogre Mark V and three armor units.  They won the H.G. Wells Award for Best Vehicular Series of 1979 (presented at Origins in 1980. 1/300 scale.



1979 Heavy Tank (Paneuropean) (OGRE3)

OGRE3 Heavy Tank

Design by Winchell Chung; Martian Metals sculpture by Randy Hoffa.  This is the design that changed least from 1979 to the present.

Part of the first wave release in 1979. There were only four units: the Ogre Mark V and three armor units.  They won the H.G. Wells Award for Best Vehicular Series of 1979 (presented at Origins in 1980. 



1979 G.E.V. (Paneuropean) (OGRE2)

OGRE2 G.E.V

Design by Winchell Chung; Martian Metals sculpture by Randy Hoffa.  This was a three-part sculpture: skirt, chassis, and the "H-blower" jet engines. Finely crafted work, far ahead of its time, as were the other two in the series.

Part of the first wave release in 1979. There were only four units: the Ogre Mark V and three armor units.  They won the H.G. Wells Award for Best Vehicular Series of 1979 (presented at Origins in 1980.