From: John Kinder <JKinder@w...>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 23:29:13 -0400
Subject: Re: 121st Marine Reaction Co. + The Tank Lords
Greetings All, Drake uses the American Vietnam era call signs. In the story "Team Effort" in the third Fleet book, Captain Kowacks transfers command of the company to the weapons platoon leader. He refers to himself as Headhunter 6 and Lt. Wonking as Delta 6. I was in a Waldenbooks today and saw what looked like a new David Drake book. On closer examination it is a volume with the novel "Rolling Hot", the original short story "Under the Hammer", two or three other short stories, and the backround material on the universe of the Slammers, Drake's experiences in Vietnam, and the TO+E of the regiment. I don't know if "Hammers Slammers" is out of print, but this book would be a good intoduction to the series. It is published by Baen Books and is titled "The Tank Lords". Sorry I didn't write the ISBN. > From: Glover, Owen <oglover@mov.vic.gov.au> The weapons platoon is four tripod mounted rapid fire plasma weapons and a command team. > One of the things I like about David Drake are his believable combat