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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, John T. Jensen wrote:
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Add in things like ... jetpacks,
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Okay, now you’re just fantasizing. A human-sized PA would probably weigh at
least half a ton, so it’d need a huge boost to get off the ground. To get
enough boost for airlift that doesn’t look sluggish, you’re probably looking at
having to strip the engine off the SS1, and figuring out how to modify it so it
can fire in short controlled bursts.
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This is why you often see squads of troops on foot in Iraq, they’re much
harder to take out.
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The’re also much cheaper to outfit, and they can enter buildings without having
to make their own doorways. And a tank is somewhat overpowered for taking out
some teenager who runs into the street with a small automatic rifle intending to
“make a statement” or somesuch.
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Their weakness is in guerrilla tactics, but in a full force strike there’s
very little that can compare to a tank battallion.
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Offensively, yes, they are pretty much out of their element when dealing with
guerilla warfare (but then again, they’re really not designed for dedicated
anti-infantry use), but defensively they’ve got enough armor that they should be
able to shrug off anything that a person can carry short of a suitcase nuke.
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