I bet it was a western woman who designed this crap.Women: "In WW2 people put spare tank tracks on their tanks. Ima gonna do it on MS too because it looks cool."A fucking 5 minute search on google would have prevented this shit from being added to gundam.They didn't increase protection, the steel is way softer, and even made it worse against armor piercing rounds as the soft metal made it harder for the projectile bounce off when it hit the hardened steel armor.And they also carried them to use as spares back then, for when the tank track broke.But on a Zaku, it totally doesn't make any sense. The zaku doesn't use tank tracks anywhere. It doesn't need spare tank tracks. It is just added weight.At least the nextflix series isn't canon.
You’ve already made your point, can we not have another thread like this?
>>23737545>"we want the vatnik audience"
The tank tracks may not make sense, but despite EF had MS, it still relies a lot on more conventional weapons such as tanks (which carried EF until MS got deployed), artillery and ATGM. Also it's a touch to give the Zaku the look of machine hastily put together with whatever part is available (due being actually a kitbash of destroyed Zaku) and to be coherent with OYW being WW2 in space (where track armours were common).
>>23737545But it looks dope tho
>>23737545It'd lessen the effect of blunt melee impacts thoAlso do we even know what material OYW UC tank tracks were made of?
>>23737562lolIt'd stop looking like scrap trash if you'd remove the Z
>>23737545>I bet it was a western woman who designed this crap.
>>23737873He's clearly losing it then.God damn it, so many mecha designers are going senile and there's nobody to carry the torch anymore.
>>23737545>In WW2 people put spare tank tracks on their tanks. Ima gonna do it on MS too because it looks coolIt worked, it does look coolFaggot
>>23737545>imfuckingplying there are women who do mechanical designActually, no wait are there even any?
>>23737545RFV had good designs and its called SLAT armor
>>23737545what if it has internal tracks to actuate the joints, like a machinery belt on steroids?
>>23737545This is why warhammer fans should be gatekept
>>23740591killed*
>>23740591burninated*
>>23737562This design doesn't go far enough with the cope armor and cages.
>>23740591gaped*
