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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, David Rabadan wrote:
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Hello everyone. I was checking out Ryan Wood’s Jade Empire Hong Hovertank post and he mentions that we have
seen little in ground combat vehicles other than
power suit. That
got me thinking, when you have Power Suits available, should tanks be used /
are they really needed? Can tanks add anything that power armor cannot?
As a power armor fan myself I believe that they can replace tanks and do a
better job than mechanized armor. They can carry a diversity of weapons;
they are a bipedal weapons platform system. They can access areas that tanks
may not. They can perform “surgical” strikes and with less collateral
damage. What do you think?
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I think so. Since a tank (I’m talking about real life MBTs, not hovertanks) is
firmly situated on the ground, it is a more stable firing platform.
Also, even if powersuits are eventually developed, I doubt that they will be
able to carry the weaponry, ammunition, and armour that a tank does. A powersuit
I would figure would be built with more thought given to making it light and
compact.
The M1 Abram’s which weighs around 60 tons yet can still go ~40 mph. A powersuit
carrying that kind of weaponry, ammo, and armour would probably move very slow
or not at all.
I guess a tank would still be needed for sheer “presence” & firepower that it
brings to the battlefield.
Mladen Pejic
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