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WooJin (bj90662@binghamton.edu)
Fri, 10 Nov 2000 10:42:08 -0500
I don't think it's even possible in Space whether or not people are actually
stupid enough to attempt it. The high speed of an MS would it all but
impossible for an Jet packed infantry to get close, and even it was standing
still, none of the Jet packs seems to have enough propellant or enough
oxygen for a guy to travel long distances to do so.
And even if they did get on, a moving MS should be able to shake off 99% of
them, and for the 1% that's left, their options are pretty limited, since
the ms can pretty much swat them out. Their hands and feet are pretty much
their main deefense against Infantry attacks (except for land use MSes,
which carry some anti-personel weapons).
In fact, the only real tactic that is somewhat useable (and actually used)
is for who ever that manages to latch on an MS is to open up the cockpit and
take over the MS. This is used in a number of series (V Gundam for
example), and seems to be pretty effective, as long as the pilot doesn't get
his handgun out in time to kill you ^^
----- Original Message -----
From: "Echo|Fox" <echofox@wingzero.net>
To: <gundam@aeug.org>
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 10:30
Subject: [gundam] Anti-personnel weapons on mobile suits?
> As I was trying to fall asleep last night, I got to thinking about how
> mobile suits protect themselves against ... well ... humans. As seen in
08th
> MS Team, man portable rocket launcher can do some damage to a Zaku, but
> that's not quite what I mean. Imagine during a battle (either in Space,
with
> someone in a normal suit and one of those hoverpack dealies Char had at
the
> start of Zeta, or on the ground using a grappling hook or somesuch) that a
> soldier makes his way to a major joint on the MS, say, the weapons arm
elbow
> or the neck in space, or the knee joint on the ground, and then plants
some
> high explosives, then jets away. Ba-boom. This should work especially well
> in space since weight would not be such a factor.
> I guess this means there are two questions ... one being has anyone ever
> tried this in the history of Gundam, and two, do mobile suits have any
> protection against this sort of thing? The Zaku in 08th seemed to have
> shrapnel grenades for this purpose, but I'm not so sure how well that
would
> work in space. Certainly head vulcans and a beam rifle wouldn't be much
use,
> especially in space where one of those hoverpacks would afford a lot of
> motion. Hell, in a heated battle would a pilot even notice someone
creeping
> up on them?
> I remember friends of mine who played BattleTech mentioning that people in
> those Elemental powered armor suits were positively vicious against bigger
> mechs, since they could just latch on and then the larger mecha had really
> no way of getting them off...
>
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