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Originally posted by Frank(Aflak)

and about the whole WWII comparison, Imaybe it does resemble the D-Day invasion, but it is in such a different context that I find any comparison flawed -- the idea is completely different. Its a clash of the titans with little ants running around, not large amounts of men charging other, well entrenched, masses of men. I understand the 'go, go go!' part, but thats where the comparison stops.

Giant death robots Vs. Giant death machines controlled by men.

And then a pedestrian with a wheelbarrow.

He was just so out of place . . . . I mean, wouldn't the giant death machines be capable of reloading themselves?

For the amount of parts and metal that goes into making a walking death robot with two machineguns and limited ammo, i bet five or size turrets could be built that carry four maching guns each, and have basically infinite ammo. And they wouldn't have their controllers sitting on the top of them completely unarmoured.

If I were that defense minister guy, i would have invested all my resources in turrets.
As for giant death machines, how about fortified machine gun emplacements, tanks, naval and air bombardments?

Most of WWII was not entrenched battles, that was WWI. WWII was a much more fluid war with dramatic new results from a different sort of warfare. The blitzkrieg by the Germans subjugated Poland in 18 days, and in a few weeks pushed the French and British back to the beach at Dunkirk. Mobility and adaptability is key in force planning.

The French tried to build a wall (the Maginot Line) to prevent the Germans from invading again. Well, the second time around they made it into Paris. The mobile German army just rolled around the perimeter defense, just as the machines did with the digging rather then through established tunnels.

Putting all your eggs in one basket is rarely a good thing.

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