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Originally Posted by Asuras
It seems to me your forgetting that we're taking into consideration that we already have this level of technology. I mean saying, "Well we don't have that kind of technology," doesn't mean anything when we're talking about the advantages of a potential future mecha system. It'd be like saying we shouldn't have believed VTOL was a good idea because at the time it was implausible.
In any case, a bank of missile launchers is nothing special, and hovering wouldn't change many things I offered the mecha would be capable of.  |
It would solve a lot of the mobility problem.
His point is that, while 30th century mecha would beat 20th century tank, it wouldn't beat 30th century tank. At equal technology level and equal weight, a humanoid mecha is just a bigger, weaker target than a tank. And no more likely to dodge anti-tank weaponry than a flesh and blood human is to dodge bullets. (Both happen in anime. I don't think you'll see a lot of either IRL.)