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Modern heavy infantry? 2016-04-11 19:26:21 Post No. 29571424
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How do we make the concept of heavy infantry viable again /k/?
My idea is that we get really big (300+lbs at no more that 25 percent bf) guys (4u) and then cover them in armor and issue heavy weapons.
The armor maybe slightly powered but it doesn't have to be, I'm thinking we wrap then in 100-200 lbs of dragonskin or some other armor that can take a ton of repeat hits before failure, then put some stuff underneath to give blast resistance like an eod suit (disclaimer: I have no idea how an eod Suit works).
Then each guy is issued at least a saw or antimaterial rifle. Now these troops Sure as hell won't operate on their own, they'd be mixed in with other units like tiger tanks were in ww2 armored divisions, to give extreme concentration of force and to give targets that will soak up enemy fire.
The units would be entirely defensive or at most, shock troops during the very beginning of a battle, they'd get quickly out maneuvered by both the enemy and their own troops.
Also how good would brewster body armor be made out or ceramic? The old ww1 steel version took 20 plus 30 cal shots to the chest plate while a person was inside it.
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>>29571424
why
whats wrong with our current infantry
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>>29571424
Heavy infantry cannot be viable again without major energy storage advancements. Like maguffin mechwarrior fusion core shit.
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You're about as sharp as a bowling ball.
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>>29571424
its already hard as fuck fighting in the mountains and you want these guys to be heavier?
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>>29571424
Only thing I'm looking forward to is /actual/ Mechanized Infantry.
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>>29571442
not enough like Op's japanese animes
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Full armor, dismount from ATV's.
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>>29571442
I think that the idea of heavily armored and armed troops is really cool
Like from the praetorian guard, to knights, shit even up until the 20th century heavy (100 lb plus armor) troops were still considered
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>>29571464
Nah I don't watch jap cartoons
>>29571446
I'm not saying we should do it, I'm asking how we COULD do it. Fag. Kys. There has been way worse threads, like do you not remember antman?
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>>29571450
Don't make them mountain troops lol, you wouldn't have sent the waffen ss motor corps into the mountains
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>>29571474
Yfw modern dragoon/curaissers
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>>29571523
Mfw
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>>29571424
Unless powered exoskeletons with decent power sources become a reality, it ain't happening.
Now if, by some stroke of engineering genius, it happens, then the concept may be feasible for richer countries.
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I present to you... Russian Iron Man
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