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Default 07-24-2007, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Tripper
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Originally Posted by geRV
Does anyone think militarys will ever seriously invest cash in making walkers? I can't really see any advantages in them myself, bigger profile = easier to spot\target\hit, most likely not very manouverable, relativly easy to knock over and once its knocked over its more than likely fucked. oOo:

Wouldn't exactly call the one in that vid a walker..more like a shuffler, think some japanese guy made it.
Yeah what was wrong with tanks?
Well the idea is a walker is supposed to be able to propel itself up a much greater incline or even small vertical steeps that tanks and other treaded/wheeled vehicles wouldn't be able to pass over. Ideally to combine the mobility of infantry with the firepower and armor of a tank.


Not gonna happen for a long time, and never in the Mechwarrior/2142 style that video is trying to recreate.
  
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