Mecha vs. Tanks.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Sava
I think large Mecha's would be impractical...

but rather, I think bio-technology will eventually give way to a change in modern infantry tactics...

but in the short-term/near-future... I see remote controlled unmanned vehicles becoming more common. As the technology gets smarter, I think it will get smaller and more utilitarian. I suspect that there will be more recon and patrol UV (unmanned vehicles) in future conflicts. I doubt AI will be created any-time soon. Intelligence, as we know it, requires a brain that can function like a living brain. I don't see existing computer hardware being capable of such intelligence. I don't buy the whole "machines taking over" stories in sci-fi. I think there will be humans contolling those machines.

There was an article in Discover magazine a few months ago about a guy who was trying to build computers based on the brain. They ended up being something like 200 (literally) times as energy-efficient as normal computers, which means you need less cooling, etc.

[Sava]

There was an article in Discover magazine a few months ago about a guy who was trying to build computers based on the brain. They ended up being something like 200 (literally) times as energy-efficient as normal computers, which means you need less cooling, etc.

I heard about that. The problem with attempting that is the materials and mechanics used. The human brain is part of a living organism... it is bio-matter. Trying to duplicate the mechanics of a living organism using silicon, copper, etc; is quite a task.

I think bio-tech and information-tech should work together to create a living computer. AI (similar to human intelligence) cannot be created using conventional computer technology.

[The Mad Monk]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
Damn straight!

Of course, even in the tabletop game centering on mechs that we both know about, combined infantry and armor can beat the living tar out of a mech force.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Sava
I heard about that. The problem with attempting that is the materials and mechanics used. The human brain is part of a living organism... it is bio-matter. Trying to duplicate the mechanics of a living organism using silicon, copper, etc; is quite a task.

I think bio-tech and information-tech should work together to create a living computer. AI (similar to human intelligence) cannot be created using conventional computer technology.

It'll probably be done using either nano-machines or bio-engineered cells.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by The Mad Monk
Of course, even in the tabletop game centering on mechs that we both know about, combined infantry and armor can beat the living tar out of a mech force.

I hate artillery as well. It kicks the living crap out of me when I play against MW armies with my clix teams.

[Sava]

It'll probably be done using either nano-machines or bio-engineered cells.

[Paul Hanson]

Mechs just don't seem to be right for the battlefield, so it's probably more likely that they'll be used in a civil capacity, for construction purposes (Patlabor is a good example of this, and for an anime is fairly well grounded in reality).

[VetLegion]

Originally posted by BeBro
I can´t imagine Mechs replacing MBTs, that seems pure scifi. Why shouls one build giant walkers that make also giant targets when we prefer driving vehicles for every purpose?

I only can think of mechanic exo-skeletons (-sp?) for infantry, but even that is future stuff.

Nonsense. Observe the little boilers on their backs. This is some time around 1851

[monolith94]

Vetlegion - what movie/series is that from?

[VetLegion]

What, you don't read japanese?
I think it is a poster for Steamboy, anime that is not finished yet.

[Panag]

hi ,

it all depends on the battlefield or area of ops itself , .....

but mechs shall take a place , they shall fill a gap thats needed , .....

have a nice one

[GePap]

Mecha! (but not 50 feet tall, or lie some gundam piece of crap).

[Panag]

Originally posted by GePap
Mecha! (but not 50 feet tall, or lie some gundam piece of crap).

hi ,

more something like the C&C gdi little ones with machine guns , ......

have a nice day

[The Mad Monk]

PH33R MY RYOKEN II l_337N3SS!!!

[GePap]

I can only think of Mech that are squat, heavy set, low to the ground, asnd probably multiple crew. s for theior legs being a weak spot so are the threads on a tank, all vehicles have weak spots.

As for weapons, you could try to fit the sort of heavy gun they have in the nose of the A-10, and then in the other "arm", missile tubes for hellfires or TOW (or something of the like), or just rockets.