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Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged
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We are almost ready to replace tanks...lol
here's the link It's in japanese, sorry.

[ April 06, 2005, 01:30 PM: Message edited by: Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged ]
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Portabello
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*rolls 6 with a club, knocks head off*
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TMedina
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We're not that close to replacing tanks.

-Trevor
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Portabello
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Here's a babelfish translation.
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Primal Curve
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Nothing scares me more than a robot defeated by a flight of stairs.
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Boris
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Well, it's cool, but it would get quickly blown to crap on the battlefield.
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TomDavidson
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Especially since it fires foam cushion balls. I mean, seriously, who are the Japanese planning to fight? Glass Joe?

*laugh* Guys, appreciate the mech for what it is, not what Battletech says they should be. [Smile]
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TMedina
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Oh, I appreciate the innovations in tech and in some possible future, they may be viable weapons platforms.

But that's nowhere in the near future.

-Trevor
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Awww. I thought this was going to be an MTV spin-off about seven Mechs that move into the same house and learn to get real. Or something like that.
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Sid Meier
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At least they are making the effort to be inovative! C'mon, 15 years from now when the Japanese have Gundams and Mobile Suits with Anti-Panzer rockets and anti-infantry gatling guns the Americans are gonna be like: "Huh? [Confused] when the hell did they get those! and how come we had no warning?"

When of course we had warning since the first North American release of Gundam.
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Primal Curve
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Yes! The Mighty Japanese and their Weapons Platforms with Flimsy Plastic Armour!
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You gotta love literal translations! [ROFL]

quote:
The current adults, small time, the robot which has yearned...
We would like to ride in the robot which < once upon a time, you can operate by your! > It made actualize
Real bodily sensation robot 'LAND WALKER'
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Sid Meier
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in all seriousness the armour wont be plastic when its war rdy. It'll be some kind of Titanium-Spent uranium alloy or whatever the densest, hardest metal that is still workable is.
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Primal Curve
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Btw: Da_Goat is a comedic genius.
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Rico
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I'd join the military if they ever let me pilot one of those things [Big Grin]

I don't think we'll ever see actual "walkers" of this sort at all though, they'd have far too many weak points with the legs being as long as they are. The center of gravity should be ideally located closer to the ground and centered on the chassis for it to be effective, otherwise it would be too easy to make it fall over.

If this sort of stuff ever gets made I think it will be more in the form of a tank/walker hybrid.
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Sid Meier
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Eventually as industrial processes get more advanced it'll get to the point where its feasible to have it more mobile with the legs rather then the treads. Molbility plus firepower supiority is what will make G-Mrk I the ultimate battelfield weapon.
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TMedina
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It's just within the realm of possibility.

However, the technology would have to become a lot more stable to provide any meaningful benefit on the battlefield.

As it stands, the thing is a slow moving target and no redeeming functional value.

-Trevor
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