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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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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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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
airsupport...
I was talking about invasion of a unified planet (which I think will be most
probable in an age of space colonization; at least in the colonies): Once the
invader is able to land troops, he’s probably destroyed most spacedefences, and
then all groundtargets is under heavy threat by ultra precise battleship-scale
weapons, and thus needs agility more than armor to survive (the
accuracy/agility-race i talked about)
-NB
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