DaSheepdogg87 wrote...
Not to mention that most militaries require trained mechanics for a monstrosity such as this. think of the time and money they would spend just getting them trained and then keeping them in the military after their service time was up.
This right here is one of the biggest reasons why mecha can't and won't be implemented as combat units. Speaking as an enlisted serviceman, I can tell you that most enlisted personnel don't stay past their first or second enlistment. The only ones who stay are usually people who like working for the military, people who want the retirement bonuses, or people who go from enlisted to commissioned officer. You'd be shocked at how much a former military member can make out in the civilian world with a single enlistment under their belt.
Even basic mechanics go to a three month A-school. Anything more technical and they usually end up going to a C-school. Nuclear Machinist Mates are a prime example off this. Nuc MMs go from A-school(Minimum three months) to Power School (Minimum six months) to Prototype (Another six months) before they get stationed on a ship/boat, and that's not counting the waiting period between each school, which can be as long as six months. Now, I'm not saying that working on the machinery of a new type of mecha is as difficult as working on a nuclear reactor, but you're looking at a three to six month A-school followed by a C-school at a minimum. Not only that, but the military would have to hire the people developing said mecha to teach the first batches of mechanics and technicians before they could even THINK about deploying this mecha out in the field.
And this isn't like a new type of tank or aircraft, this is a completely new type of weapon. No one has had experience working on one of these things besides the people who've designed and created them. It would be like taking experience from working on a jet fighter and trying to apply it to working on helicopters. Sure, some basic mechanical skills and principles would transfer over, but the nitty gritty technical work would be completely different from anything we've seen before. All of this costs money and this is an ENORMOUS amount of money to spend on a new type of weapon, money that the military does NOT have.
Qrast wrote...
I don't know bout any new tech on America, but i got plenty top secret information on the technology currently held by the Republik of China and Russia. Believe me when i say they has surpass us in term of military technology they have .
Buddy, I don't know where this supposed "top secret information" is coming from, but most countries keep a pretty tight lip about their projects. I'd like to see some proof of this supposed information.