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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HeavenShallBurn" data-source="post: 3909133" data-attributes="member: 39593">Or with some climbing hooks just dig them into the wall with that machine driven strength and drag yourself right up the side of the building.The goal wouldn't be to make them immune to enemy fire it would be to add just enough that common small arms have a much smaller chance of inflicting damage.  To shrug off light shrapnel, common small-caliber rifle rounds in common use as infantry weapons.  RPGs and other light anti-armor weapons are still going to be nasty to light armor as always and powered armor is VERY light armor, the main advantage is it can use terrain for cover and concealment in the fashion of traditional infantry while gaining some benefits of mechanized armor.Powered Armor isn't traditional infantry and wouldn't fill the same role, it's place is akin to a very light support IFV.  Able to withstand fire that would be unsurvivable for infantry but able to use its size to engage in areas traditionally limited to infantry using heavier weapons than infantry can carry.  Concurrent with the increased armor that added strength enables heavier weapon loads to become possible.  I'd expect to see such early suits of powered armor carrying traditionally mounted weapons such as AGLs or HMGs as standard weapons (miniguns are nice but they eat ammo too fast for infantry), heavier missiles or rockets would become portable.  TOWs, Hellfires, and the smaller 70mm pods become portable under this scheme.  Even without the armor I expect mortar crews and artillerymen to clamor for these exoskeletons.  Anyone who's ever dealt with mortars in leg infantry knows what I'm talking about, even the 60s are bad enough to shift any great distance overland and the 120s are monsters without mechanized help.</blockquote>

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