Mechwarrior.....today...
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Topic: Mechwarrior.....today...
Posted By: .Ryan
Subject: Mechwarrior.....today...
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 11:24am
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http://neogentronyx.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/ - Well then.... -------------  |
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Posted By: Trogdor2
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 11:38am
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Wierd. I want one.
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Posted By: TruePaintballer
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 12:30pm
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lol you dont need a ski lift with that thing around. ------------- http://www.freewebs.com/outlawspaintball/index.htm - Outlaws *Sponsors* http://www.abrika.ca - Abrika |
Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 12:42pm
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That is so cool... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors"> 
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Posted By: Brainless_Fool
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 1:13pm
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I'm skeptical. It would at most be an animatronic puppet that can bend forward and bacward and move it's hands around, but probably can't walk without bending metal parts out of place and completely breaking down. But I can be wrong. It's cool that they're at least starting to make make real life "mechas" ------------- Who loves the chocolate? Everyone loves the chocolate. Nobody hates the chocolate. 'Cos everyone loves the chocolate. |
Posted By: For Honor
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 1:14pm
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only cool when they attach machine guns and rocket launchers to the arms ------------- 
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Posted By: stick_boy_2002
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 1:33pm
agreed. oh and flame throwers. |
For Honor wrote:Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 1:34pm
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Small missles... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: St. Jimmy
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 1:45pm
| and PPCs. Can't forget them. |
Posted By: .Ryan
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 1:46pm
Actually, the governments military R&D department,
DARPA, has been working on a most practical form of this for a long
time. I've been researching it for a while now and it's lookin really
cool. Here's a http://science.howstuffworks.com/exoskeleton.htm - link to the howstuffworks article about 'em. There's actually a lot of stuff about the project out there if ya wanna check it out. ------------- |
Posted By: cdacda13
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 1:46pm
| i want one |
Posted By: Bolt3
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 1:57pm
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Cool.
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Posted By: LastShot0330
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 2:57pm
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for u true mechwarrior game fans who know what I'm talking about. Think how fun it would be to drive a Daishi. 100 tons of metal running around blowing stuff up!! Gotta Love Clan Gauss rifles ------------- [IMG]http://www.zmachars.com/emb%20patches/The-Used-Logo_P-752_small.jpg"> |
Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 3:08pm
Explain your reasoning. I am posotive they have hydraulics to operate such a vehicle, and strong enough metals (titanium alloy) or a composite carbon material. Anyway, it is pretty neat. ------------- |
Posted By: MT. Vigilante
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 3:18pm
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These things whould be very usefull in construction and other civilian projects, but in warfare they arn't very practical since they can't cary as many heavy wepons as say an attack helecopter or a tank, and they will never move off road as fast as a tracked or wheeled vehical, plus you can just trip them. But in the civilian realm, they are very practical. -------------  Join the XP Re-Revolution!
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Posted By: .Ryan
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 4:28pm
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LOL Vig..... Insurgent: "Sire, the infedels have these huge battle machines! They have rocket launchers, flame throwers, miniguns, and they stand almost 15 feet tall! I think our cause may be lost! What should we do!?!?" Extreemist Leader: "Just trip it...." Anyway, I agree, he doesn't explain how his user interface works but unless it exactly mimics it's users movements without any restriction it would be really vulnerable. That and the logistics of supporting those things.....I think as soon as DARPA gets their stuff together, thats when we'll see military exoskeletons. I think it would be great. Each soldier would have the armor of an APC, the firepower of a Apache, the speed of a Hummer, the Communication and Battlefield awareness of a Striker, and unmatched strenght and endurence. Who's gonna screw with us when it takes a missle to take out one GI? Heck, maybe this'll be us one day.....  ------------- |
Posted By: whoknowswho
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 5:54pm
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Closest we will ever get to mechs. http://www.military.com/soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_FutureWar,,00.html - http://www.military.com/soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_Futu reWar,,00.html I doubt mechs will ever catch on. Way more expensive and complicated than standard tanks. Knee-cap the mech with a Javelin or Viper and it is useless. |