User blog comment:Zathronas/Speculative author: Ironwood and Atlas army/@comment-25411051-20141019025829/@comment-25411051-20141020011210

Inside a walking tank with missiles. I see the Paladin as a close to the front line one man C&C that can offer artillery support.

The Paladin is not intended to fight toe to toe with the Grimm. But to keep the man in control of several squads of Knights safe. In addition the missiles are stand off weapons probably meant to break up surge attacks.

It's what could be called a force multiplier. One man doing the job of many. That one Pilot would probably be a veteran who is battle hardened and not likely to express negative emotions enough to make a target.

That's where most people make the mistake on how effective the Paladin is. They see big robot and think it must be just for fighting. It was never intended for the kind of fight we saw against RWBY.

My opinion only>