03-26-2012, 03:16 PM
At the end of the day, you're fighting the long-term procurement system, which is driven by things not related to real-world performance. Joe gets stuck with the garbage, which he is required to be handicapped with, and Personal Protective Equipment prevents a positive engagement.
I think the future lies in robotics that can ignore traditional avenues of approach and rough terrain, relegating wheeled-vehicle warfare into history along with mass troop formations on open field, while reviving the maneuverability and force projection of cavalry. Small arms will be composed of miniguns, guided missiles, and other smart weapons mounted to the robot frames, and robot logisitics will be the huge achilles heel, although villagers will tremble with the incoming stampedes of mechanical hordes and their thunder weapons.
I think the future lies in robotics that can ignore traditional avenues of approach and rough terrain, relegating wheeled-vehicle warfare into history along with mass troop formations on open field, while reviving the maneuverability and force projection of cavalry. Small arms will be composed of miniguns, guided missiles, and other smart weapons mounted to the robot frames, and robot logisitics will be the huge achilles heel, although villagers will tremble with the incoming stampedes of mechanical hordes and their thunder weapons.