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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Zack" data-source="post: 7938406" data-attributes="member: 53996">Take a look at <a href="https://www.mahq.net/mecha/dougram/dougram/dougram.htm" target="_blank">this</a>, look familiar? Well it should, since it's the basis for the <a href="https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Shadow_Hawk" target="_blank">Shadow Hawk</a> 'Mech. Now the combat armors of Dougram don't seem to be that powerful compared to mobile suits, but consider another series of mecha also inspired by them, the Valkyrie series from Super Robot Wars. These include the <a href="https://superrobotwars.fandom.com/wiki/Razangriff" target="_blank">Laz Angriff</a>, which can be a formidable opponent to the protagonist's mecha (and can be chosen as the protagonist's mech in SRW Advance and also can be used in the Super Robot Wars OG games after Super Robot Wars Original Generation 2, albeit being upgraded to the Tesla Drive-equipped Laz Angriff Raven by OG Gaiden. So it's kind of like a flying BattleMech. There's also the variable fighters, many of which could be comparable to Gundams. So these mecha would probably inspire future 'Mechs. They would also perhaps be easier for MechWarriors to adapt to piloting.A lot of BattleMechs I suspect are already a match for certain mobile suits, depending on the comparative technology advancement of the unit and whether certain technologies are available to the mobile suit or 'Mech in question. The semi-transparent coating technology that could protect from lasers went out of style as the Universal Century approached it's end, already becoming fairly obsolete by the end of the One Year War due to the proliferation of beam weapons. The beam-resistant coating also provides some protection against lasers, but it is unclear whether that was widely adopted. The even more advanced anti-beam coating was prohibitively expensive at least at its introduction and it is unclear whether it would provide the same protection against lasers. So let's pit say... a Timber Wolf against the RMS-106 Hizack. The Hizack's standard weaponry includes a modified machine gun. It can optionally use either a beam rifle or a beam saber and it can also use a heat hawk. It can use only one weapon at a time. The Timber Wolf on the other hand has multiple laser weapons and inferior armor to the Timber Wolf. The Hizack does have considerable agility and considerable speed, but I'd give far better than even odds to the Timber Wolf. I might give the Hizack's successor the Marasai the edge over the Timber Wolf, though. Also a lot depends on the pilot too.</blockquote>

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