60mm Murder

The Atomic Testing Base has a murder victim. He is carried into the medical facility where the doctors will conduct an autopsy. Two soldiers were detailed as an honor guard and to protect the body.

Three CID Criminal Investigation Division men are here to watch the autopsy and oversee the chain of evidence. The FBI agents handed off the investigation when they decided it was a simple local matter.

The litter bearers leave the body of the dead soldier at the medical facility.

The CID men will watch the autopsy to observe and control any evidence that is discovered.

Everyone is in place. The autopsy begins.

Victory in Machine War

The HK got off one more shot before it too was hit, by a boy firing a missile launcher and an automatic cannon.

The HK reeled back as if it was a man punched in the face.

The Hunter Killer itself got killed and it flipped over on it's back and died.

The first HK finally was able to turn away and limp back to it's base.

Four bodies recovered out of the six dead. Seven wounded, all would survive. Eighteen left alive after defending their homes.

The commander praises his people for the battle they won today. They won the battle, but they no longer have enough manpower or ammo or weapons to hold out again. In two days they will withdraw to a new set of ruins, the next town down the highway. In three days the Hunter Killers will be back to take over in peace what they could not get in war.

Good Hit

The remote cannons are a battery of four guns. They only require the actions of the loader and the fire direction vehicle to launch an attack. Sitting in the middle of the street this gun waits for the HK to come close enough to insure a good hit.

The commander directs the battle from the up front - front. He stands in the rubble of the second story of a building. His wife nearby keeps alert for close up attacks.

The second HK moves in, it's nose gun blasting away, troops hunkering down behind cover. The fire direction vehicle just waiting for the right moment.

The first HK is not at the rear, trying to limp back to base, flying at an odd angle. The mechanical man is draped over the bunker. The second HK is still plenty deadly and the humans could still lose this fight.

Destroyed guns, men, mechanical man and debris litter the scene as the second HK fires.

Machine War

While the destroyed tank did not burn, everyone knew that no one could survive the terrible explosion caused by the attack of the second HK.

While hardly much more than a boy, John steadied his rocket launcher, waiting for a chance to defend the ruins of his home.

The Mechanical Man charged up to the ruins, seemingly enraged over the damage done to the HK. The men and women firing as fast as they could shoot and reload. Hoping a lucky shot would hit a vital part. John stood in the ruins of his second floor bedroom and aimed rocket launcher.

John watched as the Mechanical Man lifted a neighbor lady and slammed her to the ground. And fired.

The rocket slammed into the Mechanical Man and exploded. He staggered to his left and fell over a bunker, as dead in appearance as he was in fact.