Which of these would win in a fight?
One is real, the other one is not.
One is increasingly useless in wars, the other one is increasingly unpopular in fiction.
>>133957659
Mech.
>>133957659
i'd put my money on spider tank from sora no woto.
It fights the apocalypse and doesn't afraid of anything
>>133957659
cf Gundam IGLOO gravity front
>>133957659
Uchiha Madara
Depends on who's driving the tank and who's driving the mech
>>133957786
Except the destroyer of all things, time and lack of precision instruments to make parts.
>>133957659
Tank obviously. A bipedal robot of that size is completely impractical
Tank.
Whichever one got the first shot off. Being that a mech is a huge, slow, and easy to hit target I'll vote for the tank.
>there are people in this thread who unironically think a tank could beat a mech
Tip top kek.
>>133958443
>massive upright target with multiple joints as weakpoints is viable in combat
>>133958144
This.
Tank driven by Ankou Team >>> normal mecha
Mecha piloted by Koji Kabuto >>> normal tank
Tank driven by Ankou Team vs mecha piloted by Koji Kabuto >>> any anime made to ate - I keep throwing money at the screen but nothing happens
Everything depends on the scenario of course.
But everyone spare the most fanatic would agree that mechs have a tactical disadvantage in every way.
>>133958523
>ate
*date
Mech due to mobility.
Deal with it.
>>133958443
>>there are people in this thread who unironically think a real mech could perform like that
>>133958504
>mobile, all terrian, adaptable loadout biocomputer, single army remote weaponry understanding machine
Gundams arent that big later on and most machines in that universe has coatings on them to prevent rape from ballistics
>>133958570
Tank due to mobility. Deal with it.
There is a reason the mech in OP's image is lying. It literally can't move.
>>133958252
You retarde dpiece of human garbage, a tank's cannon couldn't even fucking scratch a fucking mech not to mention how all of them can fly at fucking hypersonic speed and are equipped with city block leveling weaponry.
Kill yourself faggot.
>>133958504
In fiction it is and we're talking fiction here you fucktard.
What if tanks just became mech hunters in some future Gundam series? Like, all they do is have a really low profile and mount a fixed beam weapon. Would that make them viable again?
>>133958576
I dont think anyone thinks that
>>133957659
If fiction, mech because bullshit anime scifi magic.
If reality, tank obviously
If you ask me, it's got to be a joke.
Not only is making a mech walk on two legs a technical nightmare, but there's no point in making a bipedal humanoid mech to begin with.
Putting legs on a mech would raise its clearance, increasing its frontal projection area. It'd also be less stable.
Suppose the legs help the mech travel bad roads... I don't see the logic in that. Isn't that what treads are for?
I mean, anyone who'd seriously consider making a thing like that has got to be a wacko.
Tanks until asspull mahou mech/pilot makes their appearance. Then whatever country relies on tanks will have to try and copycat the mahou mech but of course they'll fail since they lack JUSTICE.
Eventually they'll succeed but the female pilot will fall in love with the good guy and turn against the Evil Tank Empire and it's new super weapon - continental sized tank - piloted by the evil dictator himself who also lusted after the female pilot.
A dramatic battle ensues in which the evil dictator and the Evil Tank Empire are utterly defeated and MC and the heroine hold hands (on the two mechs' hands acting as platform and a bigger version of our heroes) in a romantic sunrise symbolizing the end of the Evil Tank Empire and the realization of their own feelings for each other.
The end.
>>133958659
Whether or not they become viable depends on the writer not on the physics.
The only reason mechs work in anime is because of artistic freedom.
>>133958659
As long as there are portable batteries and the writing allows for it, it can work.
In the gundam universe thats out of the question since everything after f91 has beam shields and its all about high speed combat with smaller suits trying to stab each other.
>>133958590
If the mech is that advanced then tanks would be also advanced like that.
>>133958715
Wouldn't a tankette mounting the e-pac system beam cannon be the ultimate expression of Late UC's smaller, lighter mobile weapon concept? It just needs to be a fast tractor that can fire the beam gun from ambush position and run away.
Humanoid mechs are stupid desu. Future lies with spider tanks.
>>133957659
unless the mech does not have any kind of kinetic or energetic shield against tank shells any post WW2 tank will annihilate any mech
>>133957659
>implying a mech would stay i range of a tank
>low tech kinetics
>what if tanks had the same mass and tech level as mechs?
See Ordinatus, the destroyer of Titans.
Really all depends on what you follow. With anime pseudo-science, mechs can be a little more dexterous, with some basically being co-ordinated with the own pilot's movement.
But IRL, the mechanics behind mechs are just not worth the resources. You can get the same job done with cheaper hardware.
>>133958741
Basically, the waffenträger .
>>133958682
Yes mechs are meant to be weapons. I like the idea they were built for construction in space/sea.
>>133958770
Again, why would you think that tanks wouldn't advance with mechs?
>>133958888
aren't*
Also, something to do with humanity being vain etc. makes people want to make things human-like.
4chan ate my post.
Whatever. It may have been close to the character limit, but I'm sure you are all well informed on the subject and don't need me to repeat all those old arguments.
I'm still going to eat my hat now.
>>133958523
I'm trying too, anon.
>>133958912
Because the very lay-out of tanks is designed on the limitations of physics and how to use them to your advantage.
Tanks will never move at 1000 miles per hour or do missile spam. It's just not in their arsenal.
But mechs are fiction. Nobody cares if you write up something that clearly violates some rules of physics.
>>133958912
Because tanks would be expendable when you have weapons that has more destructive power.
Retrofitting a tank with advanced weapons would only do little for it's small frame.
>>133958968
What about fictional tank?
>>133957659
In the real world a Mech would be so heavy it would be almost impossible to be actually mobile.
The resources made to go into a Mech would make it so expensive any practical aspects of it are instantly lost.
While armored, a Mech is too tall. It would be easy to hit from a distance.
Mechs are only one person generally piloting, that leaves way too much for one person to operate effectively. Tanks have crews of 4+
The true question is 100 Tanks vs 1 mech in anime physics. In which case go to /m/
>>133957659
An Object.So a Tank. Unless you throw in magical jesus universe ending mechas.
>>133959005
No, the design of the tank itself is based on its desire to hug the terrain while at the same time being as well armored as possible. It has as few joints as possible to allow for maximum protection.
How are you going to keep true to this concept and rework the tank into a flying super-weapon that shoots death into every direction at the same time?
"Deluded mech fanboys desperately clinging to anime magic" the thread.
Depends on the mecha.
If you put an Argevollen mech against tank, you'd most likely lose every time.
But if you put, say, Gurren Lagann, or hack, even Diebuster mecha, they win every time.
>>133959200
Mechs have anime magic and tanks don't. Mechs win.
Explain why this mech wouldn't work in real life.
Checkmate.
>>133957659
Depends on the armor (material, thickness etc) of the mech.
But mechs by design have more flaws then any armoured vehicle (Joints, can't be repaired in the field, relies on cameras and other sensors, loose the pilot it becomes useless (Due to being a one man crew), etc).
>>133959069
>hugs the terrain
>armored
>shoots death in every direction
>flying
A helicopter?
>>133959236
Because it'snot anime
Mechs are cooler so they win
Shoot the mecha in the leg and it's finished.
>>133957659
>le I will post retarded reddit meme thread again
tip: by the end of the century tanks will not exist in any viable conventional military.
transforming tank nigger
>>133957659
Tank.
> Mech taps the thrusters for a quick minute, jumps up, and lands atop the tank. It then proceeds to Tbags the tank which smashes the hatch on top trapping the soldiers inside
Mech has boosters anon. Its a no contest in mobility. The tank MIGHT have a chance if it self destructs or something. Tank can't even strafe
>>133959069
>nto every direction at the same time?
One direction is enough. Just put a beam weapon on a flying platform and you are done with your futuristic tank.
Advantages:
* can fly and turn circles around a land-based tank
* smaller profile than a tank
* no humans inside
Disadvantages:
* not enough armor
* flying time is limited (unless they have anti-grav tech)
* control is slower (if it remotely controlled) or the AI may be tricked (if AI controlled)
So how do we fix it? With a funnels carrying flying tank.
>>133959277
>Mechs have more joints than tanks
Are you kidding me?
As a former APC technician, I know how vulnerable caterpillars really are, and they are the weakest point of a mech.
>>133959353
>Tank can't even strafe
You know tank have a turret right?
>>133959332
That Zaku's movements are way too fluid.
>>133959233
/thread
Mech carries a shield and then proceeds to assrape the tank.
>>133959574
But the whole tank is a shield.
>>133959611
But assrape come from the bottom.
I bet your tank doesn't have bottom armor.
>>133959611
And is weak, flawed and only against infantry and other tanks.
Also, >>133959233
>>133959633
My tank is in a cocoon of armor.
All this talk about shooting limbs and slow mobility.
Mechs win face it nerds.
Are there any tanks that can defeat Demonbane
>>133959661
Heavy Object isn't a tank.
>>133959689
Who put you in charge of deciding what is and isn't a tank?
>>133957659
Demonbane is a mech.
>>133957659
It really depends why you make mechs.
Like, a mech is more comparable to a fighter jet than a tank at any rate. It'll be similarly as expensive and odds are if you make them they'll be speed focused rather than armour protected.
>>133958626
are you 12?
>>133959713
There is a Demonbane that is a tank.
>>133959651
Tank armor would actually work pretty well against Gundam style weapons, assuming they're filled with modern equivalent explosives and not anime magic SuperTNT. Beam weapons and sabers would be easy to counteract with heat dissipating armor materials as well.
>>133959732
He used the term fucktard unironically, take a wild guess.
>>133959706
I did.
HO isn't a tank.
It's a war machine on wheels.
>>133959741
There is a Demonbane that is a mech that can beat both the Demonbane that is a tank and the Demonbane that is a tank but can't be defeated by the Demonbane that is a mech.
>>133957659
Mechs that are specifically designed to make tanks obsolete.
>>133959829
These weapons can't even scratch a tank.
>>133959829
Any sort of shaped charged other than a HESH round would fucking destroy these things in open ground. Only useful in cities MAYBE.
>>133957659
Depends on the mech
Can it perform crazy backflips oris powered by dead people?
>>133959748
You do know that if these mechs use kinetics, they would use warheads as big as the tanks their aiming at right?
Also, a mech is not possible with modern technology. The only way to pair them up is to add animu logic to tanks.
>>133957756
Tank.
>>133959946
Main "service rifle" of a Zaku II is a 120mm gun, T-90 uses a 125mm.
Seems pretty comparable to me.
>>133959956
Mech.
>>133960012
I really need to watch GBF
>bigger tank
>bigger gun and few smaller ones for cool factor
>indestructible armor
There you go. Think terminator in tank form.
I can already see the scene where the mech fires a devastating volley at the tank and it's consecutive emergence unscratched from the dust as well as the looks of shock and disbelief. And if you slap a "proximity anti-mech-reactor device" to shutdown pesky robots getting closer you also avoid the need to explain why a katana won't cut it in half.
No reason why it couldn't work other than habit and established tradition regarding mechanicus cartoons.
>1 million years old loli is okay
>mecha are not
fuck you too /a/
>>133960316
Lolis don't have their own board.
>>133960340
yet
Are there not tanks in mecha shows? This seems like a debate that would be dealt with numerous times in actual anime.
>>133960262
There is just one problem with your theory.
It's not in anime.
This is an /a/ thread, therefore, mechfags give out mechs that appear in anime.
You can't just asspull a tank from nowhere.
Use existing examples.
Also, what's the biggest tank in anime?
The one from Mars?
>>133960347
Never ever. Hiro has the FBI balls deep in him already, there's no way he'll bring back /l/.
>>133959288
>>armored
>helicopter
Helicopters are close to what you want, but they are very vulnerable.
They are basically reality's response to mechs.
>>133959674
Orbital Frames aren't /a/ so they don't count
>>133960361
Dealt with in UC Gundam and Code Geass, and mecha in universe are better for both obviously.
However both have:
a)some kind of plot armor, minovsky particles for example
b)have shown that tanks are still effective in limited situations
c) have weaker tanks that current MBT technology
d)pretend combined arms don't exist
And for Gundam space battles is a thing, and treads don't work in space.
There is a reason why mechas don't work, as explained by like a dozen posts already.
A bipedal model is just way too inefficient in pretty much every regard compared to tank. If we apply nip logic then sure, they work, and they'll win everytime because of their magical boost. But then what's to say that tanks won't have the same power-ups?
If mechas have sword fights. then why can't tanks have magic swords spring out like a porcupine in close combat?
Bottom line is magic/plot convenience is the strongest factor, also if we're fighting on land.
>tfw you can fuck a mech
>tfw you can't fuck a tank
mech>tank
>>133960454
>then why can't tanks have magic swords spring out like a porcupine
Stop being retarded anon.
>>133960437
ZoE had a few OVAs.
>>133960517
It had more than a few OVAs it had a series. It was shit but it's definitely /a/
>>133960439
>And for Gundam space battles is a thing, and treads don't work in space.
That's why they should use designated space combat platforms, not humanoid shapes.
>>133960555
Shit,,I just did a quick Google and thought Dolore,i was another OVA. I didn't realize it was a full series.
>>133960467
>you can't fuck a tank
Clearly you never visited /k/
>>133960562
Gundams vs Star Destroyers and TIE Fighters when
>>133960685
Call Otaking.
>>133960685
Gundam is just Jedi knights with robots anyway. But SW stuff simply outperforms Gundam. They're not a good match-up.
>>133960709
Please no. His shit looks and smells like feces.
>>133960725
>His shit looks and smells like feces.
As it should. What is your shit like?
>>133960733
Flowers and sunshine.
Why do you ask?
>>133960725
>implying
Tie Fighter looks far better than all current anime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN_CP4SuoTU
>>133960467
>tfw you can't fuck a tank
not with that attitude
>>133957659
Giant Mechs > > > Giant Tanks > > > Regular Tanks > > > Regular Mechs
>>133959862
>High power laser designed to fight against tanks
>can't starch it
kek
>>133959870
>has speed and maneuverability a tank can only dream of
>only the size of large van
can't HESH what you can't hit.
>>133960763
I didn't imply anything. I clearly stated that his rectal excretions disgust me.
His short video is not good. It really isn't.
>>133960790
Giant mecha can't function at all.
Giant tank can't move.
Regular tank > regular mecha > giant tank > giant mecha.
Why bother spending money on mich or tank when you can just use One Punch Men?
>>133960828
>punching
Violence is not the answer to everything.
>>133960386
Yes I know a ton were shot down in Afghanistan but it's the closest out there.
>>133960805
What vans do you drive that are 4 and a half meters tall?
Front Mission's Wanzers are miracles of the universe.
Though I have to wonder how viable they are, seeing how often their limbs get blasted off.
>>133959993
Why use the rifle when you can use their famous bazooka?
>>133960979
Cause you have to muzzle load every single round
Unless you mean the beam one which is pretty based.
>>133957659
I always liked how Patlabor's answer was 'of course a fucking tank would, this thing's armor is mostly plastic'.
>>133960942
White Glint called, you're a faggot.
Average Gundam vs Merkava mk.IV.
Who wins?
>>133959200
Don't be so mad, kid.
About a century ago, people were still using horse-drawn coaches, and those saying that man will have flying machines in the sky, way faster than airships, got called madmen.
>>133961156
gundam every time
>the jews fear the samurai
>>133961156
Leopard 2A7 win.
>>133960029
whats stopping you?
>>133957659
assuming the anti-gravity technology required to have such a large and maneuverable machine existed, both would counter each other. "tanks" would now be used as easily portable placements that can blast quick mechs with their assumed technologically advanced weapons and target systems. mech strike teams would move in to destroy or be destroyed by those placements while rest of mechs proceed. "tanks" would be redefined and given only basic all terrain maneuverability, focusing more on the large vehicle plated heavily with a big gun that its body can support aspect. like, 3 times bigger than a normal big tank with its big gun at the cost of being reliable driving all over the place
tanks would prolly should some railgun or concentrated energy shit or something which would destroy a mech. also you'd have to be an anime MC to actually dodge incoming fire from a proper placement because there would be such a small margin for error in that regard
>>133961156
mobile suits if they have their beam rifles, merkava if not
APS is hot shit yo
>>133961211
T-14 is the stronkest.
Theoretically
>>133957659
Mech is too lightly armed to be effective against a tank.
>>133959069
it is the BANEBLADE, and all its other versions
>>133959236
does anyone still plays that game?
>>133961403
I get games in Attrition easily. Not sure about the other game modes though.Xbox One
>>133961273
Literally a meme tank
![hal-x-10-hover[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/XUrdt1K.jpg "hal-x-10-hover[1].jpg")
>>133961060
Except patlabor also classified tanks as mechs
>>133961490
That thing is borderline. In Patlabor, 'labor' basically means any advanced robotics implementation. They consider deep-sea drones labors.
>>133957659
In canon those tanks died in droves to the mechs and only halted the mechs advance by basically throwing themselves at the mechs in huge numbers.
>>133958252
>slow,
Zaku II are supposed to be able to run at over 80 mph.
>>133957659
Tank every single time.
Tanks have a lower profile, a more efficient shape for armor protection, don't have vulnerable limbs with joints, and will be cheaper, faster and more efficient than a bipedal vehicle every single time.
I love me some Gundam and Full Metal Panic as much as the next nigga, but in a real fight tanks will always beat mechs.
>>133961566
The same powerplant that could do that would make at tank move three times as fast, easily. And the tank would likely be able to turn much quicker.
>>133959236
Would get raped by RPG.
>>133961365
These days a fucking pickup truck or a single person (usually with a buddy) is able to be heavily armed enough to take out a tank.
It has been like that since WW2 where have you been?
Are you a time traveler from the past?
>>133957659
A giant humanoid is an extremely inefficient design for a weapons platform. If you give them the same technology and resources, tank wins.
Toilet paper armor mech with a pilot that surpasses plot armor of gods who is not looking for trouble and wants to find his waifu.
>>133959236
>mech
>>133961273
>T-14 is the stronkest.
Vatnik get the fuck out.
>Turtle with gun beating a human with gun
>ever
>>133960599
>Clearly you never visited /k/
all i know is one of them mix his own cum into the chocolate bronies for their meet up
>>133961661
>These days a fucking pickup truck or a single person (usually with a buddy) is able to be heavily armed enough to take out a tank.
That depends on whether you consider monkey model T-72s "tanks"
>>133959748
>Beam weapons and sabers would be easy to counteract with heat dissipating armor materials as well.
I'm not sure you understand how beam weapons work.
>>133961603
>and will be cheaper, faster and more efficient than a bipedal vehicle every single time.
Are you sure? Because the human body is essentially a bipedal weapons platform that has been proven to be cheaper, faster (not in land speed, but logistical speed) and more efficient than a tank in modern warfare. There is currently a debate as to how much we actually need them and why we don't just get more attack helicopters/drones/missiles.
magic or bullets /a/?
>>133959829
In Code Geass they shot those arm hook things on ropes and the tanks blew up.
What I'm saying here is mechs are goddamn fucking stupid and anime would be better without them. Imagine Code Geass where instead of relying on hack conventions it DIDN'T have a high school and DIDN'T have mechs.
Be a lot more fucking watchable.
>>133961623
>The same powerplant that could do that would make at tank move three times as fast,
It would also make the tank three times as big. I'm not saying mechs are practical by any stretch, just that the mech in the OP isn't a big, lumbering, slow thing. And that's running speed on the ground for it. It's faster if it uses its thrusters for bursts.
Mecha Musume>Tank
>>133961741
God damn this scene was retarded
>>133961756
Code Geass is perfectly watchable as a balls to the wall gloriously retarded trainwreck.
You are trash for saying otherwise.
If Code Geass was "more watchable" as you put it, the world would be a much worse place.
>>133961731
/thread
>>133961756
>mechs and highschool are what made code geass bad
Depends on the tech level.
That's all there is to it.
>>133957659
Tank - sturdy mobile metal block with powerful gun
Mech - walker with armor in some places, has many moving parts that can be easily broken.
I will go for tank.
>>133961865
those were magical arrows so it's ok
>>133962087
Depends on which mech from which series. I am sure Shin Getter Robo would annihilate any tank you have until it's like Demonbane or some other Tank with equal tech but it wouldn't really be a tank anymore.. and wouldn't compare anyway.
>>133961879
Season 2 was a trainwreck, season 1 was actually genuinely good. I fucking love Code Geass, it's probably my favourite anime and maybe my favourite show full stop, but it woulda been a lot better if:
A: they'd avoided the stupid mech thing
B: they hadn't felt the need to put it in a high school like every anime seems to
C: Britannians and Japanese could be visually differentiated instead of having random hair and eye colours and all being white.
>>133962129
getter 3 is a tank
>>133962158
It's a hybrid and one of the transformations of Getter.. and only used in certain situations. It wouldn't defeat Getter 1 if it went Shin Shine Spark or whatever.
>>133962155
>season 1 was actually genuinely good
Is this a joke? Honest question.
>>133961387
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpBngmCpUrU
>>133962199
It's not a joke. It was... patchy in places, and as stated the pointless high school and mech aspects did it no favours, but I thought it was pretty damn good. The premise was interesting, Suzaku and Lelouch were pretty interesting as characters and it was camp enough that the what the fuck moments like the last Mao episode worked.
>>133961731
Yeah, uh, you realize that the human body doesn't run on servos, hydraulics and some form of massive electrical powerplant, isn't multiple meters tall, and doesn't need to be constructed from massive amounts of expensive materials. Right? Like, you do know there's a very, very significant difference between organic lifeforms and machines?
>There is currently a debate as to how much we actually need them and why we don't just get more attack helicopters/drones/missiles.
Among morons whose only knowledge of military matters is a couple Tom Clancy books from the 90s and some videos of Pierre Sprey on Jewtube.
>>133961758
Would still be smaller, lower profile and more efficient than the mech.
>>133961731
>There is currently a debate as to how much we actually need them and why we don't just get more attack helicopters/drones/missiles.
When will armchair generals let this meme die?
Truly I must be a masochistic to read these types of threads.
Idiots like >>133961731 actually think that mechs are viable despite never read a fucking book in their life on the subject.
>>133961741
>Not returning fire
I think we have reason to believe they just shot down a medical aid helicopter.
>>133962420
420 poster speaks the truth.
Anyone who defends mechs outside of a fictional setting is pretty much slapping a big sign on their chest that says "I know literally nothing about modern warfare"
>>133957659
Easy.
>>133962557
Everyone considers themselves an expert on defense because of the arcane knowledge base.
Though retards do love spewing conjecture.
>>133962698
This isn't the worst I've seen, desu senpai
I once saw a guy actually claim that replacing the powder in a cartridge with FUCKING COILSPRINGS would be a viable thing to do.
>>133962762
What? Not only is that viable, it's also much safer and more reliable. Am I being le epic trellod?
>>133961731
You can hold a land with same missiles, helicopters and drones.
Somebody has to be there to keep the control.
Tanks are quite good at this when mixed with infantry.
>>133962840
*can't
>>133962762
> implying coiled springs wouldn't work just as well
RETARD ALERT
>>133962814
>Am I being le epic trellod?
No, but I suspect I am :^)
>>133962840
to be honest regular hummins are better at holding ground than pretty much anything.
Tanks are for taking ground and advancing positions primarily. And they're pretty much necessary for that if the enemy has tanks too. Airpower alone has never won a war ever.
>>133959993
T-90 main cannon isn't capable of fully automatic fire.
>>133963008
Fully automatic fire at 120mm+ is pointless. Heck, most Western tanks don't even have semi-automatic guns because a trained human loader is almost as fast, can change ammo types on the fly, doesn't jam up, and allows you to store the ammunition in a safer place so pic related doesn't happen.
Also we don't know the full dimensions of the 120mm round used by the Zaku. Could be half the propellant of a 120mm tank shell or a full-on chode round for all we know.
>>133957659
Of course Mechas don't make a whole lot of sense in real life but if you take them seriously enough to have this discussion in the first place you'll have to accept that any technology made out of pure bullshit will win against technology that's held back by rules of logic.
>>133957659
In fiction? The Mech without a doubt
In reality? The Tank
>>133959611
Mech pushed shield under tank once in close proxy and flips the tank over now rendering it useless.
Everyone forgot that a tank is just a platform to its weapon, and the cannon is the launcher for its projectiles. Tests of 122mm 70s-80s HEATFS rounds on T-54/55 shows that the copper stream penetrates front armor plate making an absolute mess of crew compartment then penetrates the engine and after that the back plate. Don't think that tanks uses only HE rounds, not to mention modern APFSDS rounds that capable of penetrating more than 600 mm at 1000 meters away with the speed of projectiles above 1.5 km/s. If mechs wants to rival with tanks they should be all covered with reactive armor and has active protection. I just don't see any escape from modern projectiles.
Mechas only become viable against tanks if they manage to acquire sufficient armor protection to not be disabled by a single shot from one.
However, if such protection exists, then a tank can mount similiar protection and be cheaper, but also immune to opponent's weapons.
So the mech needs a weapon that can kill the tank, but what could it use? Any ranged weapon it can use will automatically be able to be fielded on a tank simply because tanks by design can be upscaled far more efficiently than a mech to carry bigger guns and any melee weapon can be converted into a ranged weapon relatively easily.
What then is the solution to the mech's conundrum that would allow it to become a viable weapon?
I believe the answer lies in "time to kill".
If an armored target can only be taken down by sustained fire on a single spot, then mechs would have the advantage as their freedom of movement more or less allows them to choose where they're being hit at if they can see it coming.
If there's regenerative armor, then it would be even more harder to take one down.
Granted the tanks would probably have attached revolving plates or some shit around the vehicle or something in order to compensate.
>>133957659
Todoh won against Knightmares with a brigade of tanks.
>>133963607
Fucking Federation won in Earth nothing but cheapass jets and tanks.
Jims were just the finishing blow.
Max
>>133961387
Kek, my 2 drop pods with 4 Relentless Multi-Meltas each says hi.
3 structure points ain't shit.
>>133960012
Why did the mecha fire a Galic Gun?
>>133960340
But anon, you can use their chests as a board.
>>133964043
>But anon, you can use their chests as a board.
>>133964079
Please do not post honk cat on this board. Thank you for your kind consideration on this matter.
>>133963567
I don't think that mech has freedom to choose where they're being hit, only if the capable of carrying a 500m thick shield. Tank can use HE or shrapnel round with delay fuse, so there is no need to hit mech directly. Round will pass and detonate near mech making damage where the is no armor or it's thin enought to make shrapnel go through.The principle is similar with rockets of Buk.
>>133960369
>Foreign national
>caring about female body inspectors
>>133964385
>Citizen of Earth
>not worried about the constant looming presence of Foreign Butthole Invaders
>>133961698
>camouflaged, armed turtles loosing against bold monkey
>ever
>>133961681
Mini mechs are viable after we develop the technology.
Flight was no viable till the necessary engines that can power such structures.
No one from late 19th century will believe that such heavy chunk as supersonic fighter jet like f22 will even fly , let alone maneuver.
Current technology dosen't allows us to analyze the scenario perfectly.
>>133964648
but with current technology, after a century of using aircrafts, each of them still cost shitload of money and requires tens of well taught people to service, now imagine cost of mecha with all those moving parts and time to service the damn thing
>>133964910
Still we maintain them and keep developing new one.
What we need is an astonishing progress in material scienc that will make durable and cheap.
Then, we might be able to incorporate mini mechs and do whole "strafe and shoot" very fast. Big mechs only needed when a kaiju attacks.
Walker machines from GE made in 50s-60s were a good starters.
Realistically we can come very close to "power armor with wheels " , which was pretty much Votoms and Gasaraki were.
I think mechs shown in "Flag" and "Gun griffon" are also worth trying alternatives.
To be honest, world will rather look like that of "patlabor" than gundam.
If tanks are so superior why have we evolved into a humanoid shape and not a tank-like shape?
Checkmate motherfuckers.
>>133965326
But murrikans did evolve into tank like organisms.
The only difference is that instead of solid rounds they shoot bullshit.
>>133962087
imagine the amount of maintenance and trouble that you'd have to go to if it was ever damaged.
>>133959316
There will. Because muh politics and money!
>>133959829
i doubt those capsules are well protected, maybe 25mm max. A few well placed small arms shots to the canopy could take out the operator
>mecha
powered by rule of cool and soft scifi physics that might as well be magic
possibly space-capable
>tank
powered by physics and some near-future scifi tech at best
hugging the ground most of the time
mecha wins. because if you build a tank with mecha-tech it could fly, transform, release funnels etc. anyway.
>>133965422
Imagine how long even regular maintenance would take even if it wasn't damaged.
>>133965326
With that logic running is better then cycling. The real answer is that humans are evolved to be intelligent builders and not ultimate fighters.
Are we going off real physics or anime physics?
Imagine being in 1000 BC. Theres this cool guy but insane guy who draws stories about things he calls "tanks". People then go "man thats unrealstic as fuck but so cool!"
And then some nerds go
>but could it win against an archer?
And then people start flinging around their shit and then theres one guy
>BUT YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER AN ARCHER ON THE SAME TECHNOLOGICAL LEVEL AS A TANK!!
repeatedly screaming this.
This is how you guys sound.
>>133963330
>flip over a 50 ton vehicle
Does your mecha even lift?
>>133957659
Either as long as it's rode by Jesus.
>>133965326
Because 1) evolution can't into wheels and 2) a big priority for the human body is internal repair.
Machines can get new parts. Organisms aren't designed to just go to the organ donor. Anything that's part of us is designed to either not break (until death) or self-regenerating.
>>133965631
There are no mecha by real physics.
In order to have a comparable defense to tanks, mecha would have to be so heavy that they wouldn't have any mobility.
If they forgo this protection, they'd be trivial to take out. Even if you can't penetrate their armor with your gun, the kinetic energy would probably still trip it. Then your highly expensive super-mobile fighting engine is wriggling on the ground, trying to get back on its feet while you have all the time in the world to put some well-aimed shots at its more vulnerable parts.
>>133965783
More importantly, can it lift more than magical girls?
Mobile armors and balls can beat tank anyday in space.
>>133965653
Horrible analogy.
Some dude from 1000 BC would not be able to conceive a 'modern' tank because of the lack of knowledge of technology and application of material.
It would be literally a armoured horse carriage which is god knows how many times simpler than a tank.
A modern tank is no way comparable to an armoured horse carriage.
Mechs aren't governed by reality in any sense, tanks are. There's very little you gain from mechs over tanks apart from mobility but even that is govern by the amount of armour it will have.
>>133966257
Leonardo Da Vinci had predicted tank and helicopters, although not the accurate form they will be made.
>>133966294
>Leonardo Da Vinci
>1000 BC
>>133966312
not the 1000bc anon, just saying historical fact.
>>133964175
I'm saying that if the only way to defeat your target is to fire a continuous beam at the same spot for 10 seconds or something, then tank might not be the best option.
>>133957659
Why not both?
>>133966355
At the time of Da Vinci we already had something comparable to armors.
Saying that these concepts would be developed further makes sense.
Saying that a shape that we know to be vulnerable would replace a piece of military equipment that is supposed to be sturdy does not make sense.
>>133966429
Because that shape you are proposing is really really bad.
>>133966415
Tanks can spin.
Even if I can't get through the armor plates of your mecha, I can still topple the whole thing.
>>133966438
But then in his time there was no such technology necessary to make modern tanks, let alone aviation.
And his designs were not viable.
Similarly the way we think "mecha" might materialize in an entirely different way/ shape.
>>133966574
>But then in his time there was no such technology necessary to make modern tanks,
The first cannons already existed in his time. If those grew in relevance and power, it was a natural response to improve the defense against them.
The idea of a mobile platform with strong armor is not so strange.
>>133966695
I know. Siege towers were a thing since days of roman empire.
But there was never a realistic desgin for a flying machine for a long time.
>>133966429
What kind of advantage does that thing have to a normal tank
A bipedal mecha is stupid by definition. It may look cool, and would be pretty good to have in space, but on the ground gravity and physics would make it next to useless.
Mechs make sense if it's in a Dune like setting.
>>133966757
The basic principles of many things were understood long before they were put into real inventions, just like how the ancient Greeks already had the first steam engines and didn't know what to do with them.
I don't know how much exactly was known at the time of Da Vinci, but once you understand the way that air works, the basic idea for a helicopter isn't insane anymore, even if you know you lack the technology to actually build it.
>>133966803
Why, because Rommel never managed to drive his tanks through the desert?
I think a better question to raise the point on how stupid mech design is, is fighter jet vs mech. Specifically space-faring mobile suits.
Jets are much more practically designed and can move potentially infinitely faster across any air or space. And you get this effectiveness without the extremely complex mechanical and electrical systems that a mech would need to function, which means that a chance for mechanical failure is much higher on a mech.
>>133957659
Well according to Igloo tanks CAN beat them but with massive casualties and a death god
>Discussions of this type always boil down to 'why not build a Gundam? The RX-78-2 helped win the OYW, why can't it work in real wars? :^)
>Nobody ever wants to talk about if you could build a labor or one of the other more grounded types of mech, along with more realistic applications outside combat
>>133966939
>can move potentially infinitely faster across any air or spac
aerodynamics are irrelevant in space
>>133966981
Don't use emtoicons on /a/.
>>133966853
Anon please
>>133966981
>along with more realistic applications outside combat
we already have various walkers for construction, rescue and forestry work.
they're quite slow and thus boring
>>133966981
>gundam
>helping win the war
All it did was blow up the fancy toys Zeon came up with every week the Regular grunts did most of the work.
The only relevant thing that Amuro did was the computer data saved in his cockpit which would be used for the Jims
>>133967035
I don't understand why you think big bipedal robots would make sense on a desert planet.
>>133967057
A Dune like setting as in you have shield that can tell ranged weapons to go and fuck themselves
>>133967056
so you're saying it was a research and tech demonstrator unit?
>>133967007
Alright anon, sorry that I triggered your need to police the rules of /a/. I forgot that this epic meme was banned here.: ^)
