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Subject:	Re: Tanks or Power Armor
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space
Date:	Fri, 27 Aug 2004 23:13:21 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Niels Bugge wrote:

I’m supprised about this too, but from a little different standingpoint: I don’t think humans have any future on the battlefield, because everything will happen so much faster than today:

Why should you use something as demanding and confused as a human, when inserting intelligence in military units? AI are much better: It doesn’t demand space, lifesupport or rest, is way faster and smaller, and do what it’s told to without moral considerations...

Rockets are fine and is here to stay, but drones are the future. Still, you need humans for humane stuff like peacekeeping and heart & mind missions, but they’ll need heavy space, air and drone-support.

I agree with this part...

When you add oceans and mountain to the equation as well as the need to avoid enemy smartbombs by moving around or dodging, I think that that pretty much sums up why tanks need to hover (and with beamweapons or rockets, recoil wouldn’t be a problem).

I am assuming that a tank would not go from its rear area yard/base (on another continent) to the combat zone under its own power, even a hovertank. So I guess I don’t see why tanks need to hover. As someone elsethread said, hover == higher == easier to hit == soft underbelly == easier to knock out

Tank TRANSPORTERs though... ??? Sure! Short range transporters could well use hover tech to get from the local basing area to close in to the front. But the tanks themselves I expect will be brought in by ship (with good air cover) if there is time or C5A if there isn’t, to that basing area...

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		Re: Tanks or Power Armor
(...) I think this would depend on the efficacy of the hover mechanism. Depending on the technology involved, it could be faster then a tank with treads running on the same sort of power source would be (there's alot of mass in tank treads, and (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)

		Re: Tanks or Power Armor
(...) Yup and that's the difference of perspective, I talked about: You can't expect to have that kind of airsuperiority as it is now (unless you're an American), and if we're talking about aliens, well, space superiorty pretty much eats (...) (20 years ago, 30-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)

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		Re: Tanks or Power Armor
I'm supprised about this too, but from a little different standingpoint: I don't think humans have any future on the battlefield, because everything will happen so much faster than today: Why should you use something as demanding and confused as a (...) (20 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)

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