felakuti

I wanted to ask do land forces have the equivalnet of UAV and if they do and they being deployed heavily.

dark-alias

tanks, no, small robots with a small firearm attached with SA equip. on it to relay to a UAV or land warrior system YES

RustyBattleship

Tanks are in reality mobile armored artillery for line-of-sight targets and will always be in demand because of their mobility, armor protection and accuracy of its main gun.

But tanks are also a prime target. An enemy with an RPG on his shoulder would rather aim at a tank than a Hummvee or a deuce-and-a-half full of MRE's.

Since we already have pilotless "combat" aircraft (though not really fighters - yet), getting the human crew out of the tank and operating it from something like a video arcade console is the next step up.

The time is coming, soon, that all combat aircraft and close-in ground fighting vehicles will actually be remotely controlled (perhaps SELF controlled in some cases) robots.

Now, if they only duplicate an Infantryman.

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tankie

Did you see the new suit that has been developed R/B by the USA for there troops , it gives them superhuman strength ? a bit bulky but it seems to work ok , and so on to the next quest , robot wars huh ?

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bolo121

So soon we'll be saying is it a bird, is it a plane? No its SuperInfantryman

Big K

is there a photo?

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RustyBattleship

The idea of building an exo-skeleton suit with hydraulic power units in the joints has been around a very, very long time. Popular Mechanics magazine had an article on it back in the 50's or 60's showing a photo of a wood mock up to demonstrate manueverability and an artist's rendering of a mechanic (wearing a hard hat) carrying a V-8 engine block with one hand like a tray of beers.

But technology has had to catch up. There was also the law of the conservation of energy that had to be considered. If you mechanically enhanced a joint to be super strong, it also becomes super SLOW. Hydraulics are a different thing, but require a pump for pressure, special rotating units for joints like elbows, shoulders, wrists, hips, knees and ankles and a big roll of paper towels to clean up after all the gasket leaks.

Big K

so onca again fantasy lighting up the way...

dark-alias

THere is a reason they havent yet....no one can figure us out

TTL

With full automatisation of the battlefield and ever powerful weapons systems tanks can share the fate of battleships. What is the meaning of tons of armor if it cannot defeat opposing warhead? Today even an advanced hand held rpg can disable a MBT, and the tanks with AI can calculate a firing solution and fire a much more powerful warhead in miliseconds in the future. I believe future battles will be between howercraft like fast robots trying to shoot each other first :D

dark-alias

Ahah the battle of economies and their tech. instead of blood...i never see that happening though. If you take the human equation out, IMO you lose your most important asset

Big K

maybe in the future wars will take place only at World Cyber Games...

dark-alias

Maybe a vendetta style conflict, but not between Nations

Big K

hımm infact maybe a conspirascy theory but we are already training about those future wars

Indirect Fire

Any idea how a good ol' jammer activated at the right time can cut off the signals of your tanks, just when they're attacking a vital stronghold?

Also, how susceptible is this system to EMPs? (I know that no one would dare use an X-Ray flux EMP, but still...)

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