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Grav tanks are a great way forward, but again the problem of recoil troubles me (the thought of the thing scooting backwards as the shell falls, catoonesque, to the floor is great!).
When laser weaponry actually becomes viable, or solid state stuff is past its sell-by date, then perhaps a few more options are available.
As it is, walkers simply create extra problems which far outweigh the benefits. A walker is just not a very effective way of locomotion - but since nature never invented the wheel, we are stuck with it.
I very much agree that the nature of warfare will be almost unrecognisable in the future. So, planning for it is a bit difficult. Look at the way that cavalry has morphed into air-cav. The role is essentially the same, but the way that it is executed is completed different.
The concept of command stations with drones is probably the most realistic - as long as you can control the drones in an alternative way, as the control van makes a very tempting target. Digital weaponry and warfare is the way that it is currently going, with both the US and UK investing huge sums into the technology. The unseen advances will probably have a greater impact, with a 'war-net', information instantly shared across forces and the actual combatants getting further and further away from each other. Perhaps anything more mobile than a bunker will be worthless, since missiles with a huge range could make a mockery of any mobile force.
The trouble is, walkers are not the only thing that can go up stairs. Yes, there is an inherent flexibility in a walker frame (mainly because we have built the world that way), but tank tracks, and those strange porter trolleys with three wheels in a triangle pattern can do it too.
I think that the AI system will continue to develop, but not without human control somewhere, and not necessarily with titans.
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?Wheeled AFVs (Strykers, LAVs, etc.) are cheaper and easier to produce and maintain than tracked but do not have the cross country capabilities of tracked. ?I shudder to think of the maintenance required on walkers, at even an advanced level of technology. Grunts are still the cheapest, most cost effective, and flexible combat arm, however you still need expensive AFVs, FA, Choppers, etc., to limit casualties and get the job done ...
?AFVs and Air Power revolutionized warfare, but also have their limitations. ?The art and science of warfare is using the (best) available techologies together to suit the mission/role. ? Like the Germans did at the beginning of WWII. ?In Hammers' universe for example, to make massed Armored/Mech formations survivable and not massive targets, ?Anti-FA/Aircraft/Missile tech had to been developed. ?Then these huge 170 ton GEV Panzers could roam in relative safety ... but even then they took limited casualities ... ?We see a similar paradigm when Epic brought in aircraft ... ADA/AAA had to be brought on the board. ?And Sell models of both ! ? 