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<blockquote data-quote="Olgar Shiverstone" data-source="post: 6167139" data-attributes="member: 5868">There is another defensive alternative (note that I'm on the side of &quot;it's impossible because the physics of the creature don't work; if the creature works within known physics then it would be vulnerable to existing weapons&quot;).&nbsp; The critter doesn't need to shrug off bullets -- it can absorb them.&nbsp; If its vital organs are very, very small compared to its overall mass, you can pump the thing full of lead, penetrating the skin repeatedly, but not have any substantial effect on its operation.As a comparison, a 120mm gun-fired APFSDS round can penetrate meters of thick, hard material ... but by itself it still only creates a 1&quot; diameter hole through the target.&nbsp; The damage to the target comes from the secondary spalling of hard material which then tears up other vital components, assuming the penetrator didn't hit something vital.&nbsp; Being built of hard, tough material can thus be of greater danger than being soft and squishy.&nbsp; So if you can build a kaiji that can stand under its own weight, make it big and squishy, and give it a brain the size of a peanut.&nbsp; You can poke it full of holes and it will keep coming.&nbsp; Of course, it will eventually be brought down by the use of explosive projectiles that tear apart its ablative mass ...... the only reason for mecha is: &quot;the only think cooler than fighting giant monsters is fighting them with GIANT ROBOTS!&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Olgar Shiverstone, post: 6167139, member: 5868"] There is another defensive alternative (note that I'm on the side of "it's impossible because the physics of the creature don't work; if the creature works within known physics then it would be vulnerable to existing weapons"). The critter doesn't need to shrug off bullets -- it can absorb them. If its vital organs are very, very small compared to its overall mass, you can pump the thing full of lead, penetrating the skin repeatedly, but not have any substantial effect on its operation. As a comparison, a 120mm gun-fired APFSDS round can penetrate meters of thick, hard material ... but by itself it still only creates a 1" diameter hole through the target. The damage to the target comes from the secondary spalling of hard material which then tears up other vital components, assuming the penetrator didn't hit something vital. Being built of hard, tough material can thus be of greater danger than being soft and squishy. So if you can build a kaiji that can stand under its own weight, make it big and squishy, and give it a brain the size of a peanut. You can poke it full of holes and it will keep coming. Of course, it will eventually be brought down by the use of explosive projectiles that tear apart its ablative mass ... ... the only reason for mecha is: "the only think cooler than fighting giant monsters is fighting them with GIANT ROBOTS!" [/QUOTE]

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