ya but instead of a walker you could just as easily bring in a helicopter armed with 52 missile launchers, and it would not have as great of a chance in being destroyed...Raniak wrote:
When I think walker I think of a weapon platform with two leg, bring it in front of the city/bunker/airbase and start shooting with your 52 missiles launchers, then send the (hover) tanks in followed by the infantry, you can also add AA to the walker to cover them and you own the battlefield...
Man, thats a lot of pages to read.
I dont see any niche that they could fill in a cost effective way.
The nearest I could see to a mech would be a hydrolic infantry armour suit (think the alien / matrix liftrs but smaller like robocop). The only nation that would really consider these advances would be the Yanks, the single biggest problem they face when going to war is the loss of life in its service men and women primarily in the infantry (it hurts public opinion which is the only real weapon many of the countrys it wars with have). If you can armour plate the infantry then you cut the cost of operations in terms of service personel - THAT is a very valuable comodity for any President with a desire for Oil / mission from God (please ignore the little jab ) or who wants to justify military spending etc...
(again please excuse the jab at America, there is nothing malicious intended)
Thats my thought on it.
Kooda
I dont see any niche that they could fill in a cost effective way.
The nearest I could see to a mech would be a hydrolic infantry armour suit (think the alien / matrix liftrs but smaller like robocop). The only nation that would really consider these advances would be the Yanks, the single biggest problem they face when going to war is the loss of life in its service men and women primarily in the infantry (it hurts public opinion which is the only real weapon many of the countrys it wars with have). If you can armour plate the infantry then you cut the cost of operations in terms of service personel - THAT is a very valuable comodity for any President with a desire for Oil / mission from God (please ignore the little jab ) or who wants to justify military spending etc...
(again please excuse the jab at America, there is nothing malicious intended)
Thats my thought on it.
Kooda