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Modern heavy infantry?
2016-04-11 19:26:21 Post No. 29571424
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Modern heavy infantry?
Anonymous
2016-04-11 19:26:21
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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.
