Do you think that in our lifetime we will be able to witness these in actual combat?
Almost certainly. They've already seen limited use with Russian EOD in Syria, and now they've seen limited use with Ukrainian artillery units, its only a matter of time before somebody wears one in a trench raid. Unless you're talking about specifically powered ones, we haven't really nailed them yet.
>>65043642Are these the answer for the discombobulator?
>>65043642The only reason why we'd see them would be because there are too many old males who need the leg and hip support to be combat effective.>>65043671We haven't even nailed the passive ones. They're all awkward to use and only actually support a tiny range of repetitive motions.
No.
>>65043642Depends, how old are you?
>>65044767I don't really agree with that. In theory you can walk farther with current exoskeletons
>>65045126>>65044767Damn you're hitting on something here. Modern peer to peer war as seen in Ukraine is drones in the air hunting and killing everything with expendable infantry on the ground to either assault to paint the map their color or defend to keep the map their color. Vehicles and heavy equipment are kept in storage so they arent wasted to drones. As for the infantry there is kind of a ruthless utilitarianism for who gets to fill the role. Russia most famously with convicts in penal battalions. Ukraine a sort of reverse triage where the oldest guys with heart disease, copd, bad knees etc are sent because they're less "useful" to a society with an inverse population pyramid that needs the young guys with the most productive years ahead of them to survive the war (or prevent it from getting cut short due to domestic political unrest if they're thrown into the meatgrinder sooner rather than later). So whereas an exo suit might be a scifi gimmick for a regular soldier who still is likely to be killed by a drone regardless, for 54 year old guy with sciatica it might be the difference between him reaching his designated hidey hole at the gray zone or not. Provided its cost effective enough and doesn't interfere with drone production. Cost effectiveness can be subjective too when its already "all hands on deck" (for the selected social and age demographic anyway) with a few days of training.
