Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27144409-20160125035940/@comment-10390252-20161125144912

HighCastle67 wrote:

I don't see mechs phasing out tanks because they're both ground armor where you could swap tech between the two w/ few pros and cons. The US Army actually carried out a study that demonstrated that Battlemechs are inferior to modern tank designs in almost every significant way. They're slower, have a much higher silhouette (making them easy to spot at greater distances) and tend to have wider cross-sections, making them easier to hit with long-range shots.

Their only advantage is better all-terrain clearance and psychological 'shock' value and neither of these were considered to outweigh their weaknesses.