Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27144409-20160125035940/@comment-28345522-20161125025822

@SYUTK: I don't see how mechs would be the more viable option to tanks when they are the literal wlaking versions of tanks. Mechs would face the same problems that tanks do except instead of treads, they now walk.

One example would be Death from Above. How does a mech fair better than a tank against a Javelin style missle? It would still have to worry about getting hit, just like any other ground fighter.

And then there's the sound. One problem not commonly brought about treaded tanks is that they're loud as fuck. Impossible to not know a tank is coming loud. That's why some armies like to send in wheeled APCs because you don't if an APC or a truck is coming your way. A 33ton mech, however, would still be as loud stomping about as a 82ton Abrams tank.