By construction, I mean demolition, and equipment, I mean lets knock this wall down and block traffic. Since this mecha is vaguely human-shaped, it might be capable of replacing construction equipment. The M1A2 simply has to aim where the mecha is hiding, and shoot through the cover and will either hit the target, or shower it with chunks of the (now missing) concrete wall. However this is a pretty moot point because I don't think city buildings withstand cannon fire very well. It can then retreat to cover quickly too. It can poke-out from cover faster than a tank can. In urban environments, the mecha has a surprise advantage over M1A2. Taller than a two-story building, but only slightly. The M1A2 has a crew of four(4), so a single pilot is a massive improvement with regards to minimising loss of life.Īpplying my scaling rules from the 9' tall case, this mecha should be in the order of ~25' tall. And has a similarly sized gun, similarly rated armour, and a single pilot, and is vaguely human-shaped. If you need shock-troopers to lead an assault against a defended position, this guy is your best friend.įor the moment, I'm going to assume that mecha weigh the same as an M1A2 Abrams Tank (~62 tonnes). Mecha this sized should be able to withstand small-arms fire much better than infantry can. Modern militaries still use infantry for a great number of reasons, but the two I think are relevant to you are they can go where vehicles can't, and they can make high-level decisions where-as a machine cannot (yet). If we assume the mecha is predominantly made of Iron ( 7.87 kg/L), it weighs-in at 2.5 tonnes (sans room for the pilot). Scaling this up to 9', my mecha displaces 332 litres. The average person displaces 66 litres of liquid when fully submersed, and is 5'4" tall (which strikes me as unusually small). This mecha is tiny by mecha standards, but is by no means a lightweight. Then I replaced this person with a robot. I chose 9' because I pictured a person and scaled them up until they had to duck uncomfortably in my office. providing they smash a 9' tall door frame upon entry. A 90' tall isn't going to fit inside a building, but a 9' tall is.
But mecha this big should be considered, if for no other reason than to illustrate where larger mecha sizes potentially don't have much use. The benefits and merits of using mecha are highly dependent on how big these mecha are.Īt the lowest end of the size scale, you have what is probably better coined powered armour.
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