Escafarc Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueCloud2k2 Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Re: Anyone else want one of these? Oh how frickin cool is that! So Aliens had it right when it comes to heavy equipment in the future lol And we are one step closer to having real powered armor in the military. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnaskar Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Re: Anyone else want one of these? Add two 50lb gattling guns and about 200lbs of armor and reinforcement. Optionally add a jet pack. And a shoulder-mounted bazooka. Then I'd be happy to buy one. Also, it should in all fairness be mentioned that both the Matrix and Avatar has these in some form. And the original Starship Troopers (the book). So the idea is not new in any sense of the word. Just awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escafarc Posted April 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Re: Anyone else want one of these? A US version of an Exoskeleton: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueCloud2k2 Posted April 22, 2010 Report Share Posted April 22, 2010 Re: Anyone else want one of these? Add two 50lb gattling guns and about 200lbs of armor and reinforcement. Optionally add a jet pack. And a shoulder-mounted bazooka. Then I'd be happy to buy one. Also, it should in all fairness be mentioned that both the Matrix and Avatar has these in some form. And the original Starship Troopers (the book). So the idea is not new in any sense of the word. Just awesome. I have a feeling we are going to be seeing more examples of powered-armor in sci-fi movies in the near future, as this is most likely the route the US Military is going to take once the initial engineering is taken care of (ie, smaller motors and a power-source for the suit). Which I might point out is better than the alternative (ie, battle droids). And my earlier comment about Aliens regarded non-combat uses for the technology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowcat1313 Posted April 22, 2010 Report Share Posted April 22, 2010 Re: Anyone else want one of these? the Powerloader in Aliens had a CAT logo on it, CAT got calls for months after wanting to order them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 22, 2010 Report Share Posted April 22, 2010 Re: Anyone else want one of these? They should have take preorders and developed one, then. Stupid Caterpillar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowcat1313 Posted April 22, 2010 Report Share Posted April 22, 2010 Re: Anyone else want one of these? another movie gag, like the snowspeeders from Empire Strikes back with "Powered by Ford" logos, and the speeder bikes from Return of the Jedi with Harley Davidson logos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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