one spot where Mechs actually DO have a HIGH proberbiilty in succseeding, is in city fighting, since a tank can have problems turning it's tower around, while a mech, can raise it's gun to any angle.

wouldent supprise me if US and/or the former soviet actually has a working prototype.


only problem is the gunsystem, since the US M1A2 tanks is manualy loaded, here the russians T80/90 tank's has a automated system, and i see no problem in converting the gun to be portable, they may need to ad a bigger muzzle break though, or else the hydrolics of the mech would be needing changing every 20 or so round fired.


missiles on a mech is possible, atleast the nonguided ones in a pod, like the Apache has.

bit of modefying, and i bet a AMRAMM or Sidewinder can be fited for airdefence, but i belive 2*5.56 miniguns would be much better, bit hevier, but as a missile defence system, it's probable (missile defence, google after "Phalanx us warships")


a likly kombination of arms would be like:

russian 125mm canon. fited with laserpoint aim AND camera (shooting from behind cover), this would be a portable gun like in the 08thMS intro

1 or 2 5.56 GAU miniguns for pointblank defence, postioned on eighter the head, or shoulders (Predator style) with laser range finder.

2 missile batterys, eighter consisting of nontracking missiles, Hellfire (anti tank) or Sidewinder (anti air)

a mech like this is possible, allthough, wheight might be high, about 8-12,000 punds
it's poweplant, i would sugest the same gaspowered unit they use in the M1A2 tank, placed on the back, only real big problem as i see it, it where to place all the fuel....

i mean, u can do like planes (fuel in wings) and use legg's, arms, torso section to carry fuel. i would think that the range of the first mech unit's would be like....10-25 miles, based on how active the pilot is.

rocket boost jump....no....not the first 3 generations of mech unit's...


anyways, thats a...somewhat...sain look on it [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]