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PM_ME_A_PLANE_TICKET t1_isu7d6r wrote

I want to believe this is some great feat of engineering and technical design, but it looks like a .50 cal machine gun welded to some tracks.

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peq15 t1_isuyznm wrote

If we look back at WWI-era armor, it was very rudimentary and unrefined, with the primary goal of providing defense against small arms to the operators. In the future, as these platforms mature we should see designs which account for the threats of heavy weapons, ewar, and guided munitions. Only then, and when budgets allow, will we see the true manifestation of what was previously science fiction on the battlefield.

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Omnizoom t1_isujg8a wrote

I mean it is but I think it’s entirely autonomous meaning it doesn’t need any human to even control it if need be

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