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nimysa
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Ender
United States294 Posts
The first consideration to be made is what nemesis will you do battle with? HIlarious; I have a feeling this will become one of those frequently quoted phrases like Random Poster: OK so what map will they play on? Random Poster 2: The first consideration to be made is what nemesis will he do battle with? Anyway, in a slightly more serious note, the actual problem in designing this type of suit is the energy issue--arc reactors don't exist and the best we have today is a huge tank of gas. Then comes the issue of how you build a small rocket on a suit. | ||
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PH
United States6173 Posts
Your soldiers are going to become huge walking bullet magnets with a fraction of the mobility a simple armored soldier would have. In addition, designing weapons into a powered suit of some kind would also increase the weight, as well as its size. That requires even MORE power. Maybe some kind of a powered suit could, if they were able to armor it properly, could be used as support for footsoldiers, kind of like vehicles work today, but the technology is very far off. | ||
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Wohmfg
United Kingdom1292 Posts
On May 07 2009 10:06 PH wrote: There's also the big question of...why. Your soldiers are going to become huge walking bullet magnets with a fraction of the mobility a simple armored soldier would have. In addition, designing weapons into a powered suit of some kind would also increase the weight, as well as its size. That requires even MORE power. Maybe some kind of a powered suit could, if they were able to armor it properly, could be used as support for footsoldiers, kind of like vehicles work today, but the technology is very far off. Why? To improve military efficiency, not even necessarily on the front line. I've seen some videos of some exoskeletons that look like the user is very mobile. Yes, adding weapons would add weight, no more than the soldier would usually be carrying though. One drawback you mentioned is the power required for these things, that's the only serious limiting factor right now as far as I can see. The rest of the technology seems to be in place. | ||
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