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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?
David Rabadan
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I don’t know jack about real-world tank design and specifications, and haven’t
given much thought to potential powersuit concepts, but this has been a very
cool discussion to read all day. I certainly see a place for tanks in the
future, as they’ve proven their worth in wars since their creation. When hover
technology is improved in the future, I’m not sure we’ll see tanks floating
above the ground, since I imagine the recoil of weaponry would send them flying
backwards for some distance. Maybe there’s some kind of braking involved for
hover vehicles?
--Ry
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