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The armor thing is bullshit. Every large country going back at least 2 decades puts out a new sci-fi armor photoshoot, brags about its capabilities, says it's about to be released, and then forgets about it, at least once every 5 years. It accomplishes a couple things:
justifies wasting millions on corrupt R&D programs that go nowhere
provides fodder for braindead "patriots"
may fool some of the dumber enemies of said country into thinking they're scarier than they are
gives politicians something pointless to brag about
If you looked for it, I'm sure you'd find examples of it from China, India, Brazil, Britain, and a dozen examples from the USA.
What you say is true but, We're only now getting to the point an exoskeleton might be realistic. They still aren't ready for wide deployment I don't think(yet). But using the past as a guide for this isn't realistic. It wouldn't surprise me much to see a small squad of mech suited soldiers using combat robots as weapons for special operations though.
The main use an exoskeleton would have is to increase the load someone can carry. The best use would be to outfit 1 soldier in a squad with it so they can carry heavy weapons, like a .50 cal MG or automatic grenade launcher. But in most cases it's better in almost every way to use a small (or large and armored) vehicle to accomplish the same. It wouldn't be special forces necessarily, it would be for mountain, jungle, or urban operations. Power requirements & reliability would make it tricky for a long time, and being dedicated for tricky environments like that would only make it harder.
While that may be true, it doesn't confirm my bias, so I'll have to reject it as hate facts.
I guess China bought into the hype so much they actually did it, the absolute mad lads
They're each carrying 20kg of supplies. Our soldiers in Afghanistan usually carried double that with no leg supports. They're just a meme at this point.
all of those are being used thou
they arent given to most soldiers, but they see use when they are needed
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