At least give them oversized moon clips, so the robot can reload the gun by itself.Instead the robot and to get down and the pilot has to exit the cockpit and manually reload each round.This is fucking dumb.Why even give the robot fingers if it can't reload the gun.
I have a better question: why is OP such a huge faggot?
>>23898385Don't engage, this is probably the same guy spamming on /a/.
Because it's not a gun. It's a goddamn 37mm revolver cannon. Just because it looks like a handgun scaled up, doesn't mean it actually is a handgun scaled up. The material science and physics involved are completely different, and that's not even mentioning the immense internal micro-stresses caused to the gun and mech each time it fires. The canon itself uses a revolver cylinder because it’s the most mechanically efficient way to cycle massive, heavy-caliber shells in a hand-held weapon without jamming, while keeping the center of gravity exactly where a Labor needs it to be.Yes, shells. Those are heavy munitions with each individual round weighing nearly 3 pounds, and a full 6-round cylinder load adds about 18 pounds of weight to the cylinder alone. The rounds use a short, straight-walled casing and are deliberately designed to keep the velocity lower to minimize recoil, and lower the risk of punch-through and obliterating everything behind the target. Each becomes approximately 1.5 to 1.6 solid pounds at a muzzle velocity of around 1,000 to 1,200 feet per second, and firing just one puts a massive dent into a Special Vehicles Section's quarterly operational budget, so they limit the number of rounds with each deployment.The AV-98 has fingers because giant robot hands because it's an extremely efficient design with multiple applications, even without the manual dexterity to reload. It allows it to handle tools, grab ropes, cables, and chains, or wield electronic batons or improvised weapons. They can grab and grapple, hold onto ledges, brace against vertical surfaces, and remove obstructions and rubble. Remember that the mission profile of the AV-98 is for urban pacification and arresting rogue Labors in crowded suburban areas. If firepower is even required to resolve a situation, and most times it isn't, one or two shots is all that's required. Reloading should almost never be required in those situations.
I wonder how loaded would a modern USA patlabor would be, Heavy Arms custom?
Because throughout the 80s and into the 90s the standard police side arm was a revolver. And also it's COOL.
>>23898369Needing manual reloading is the point because in civilized nations cops have restrictions and limitations to their firearms and treat them with appropriate care.
>>23898461>Remember that the mission profile of the AV-98 is for urban pacification and arresting rogue Labors in crowded suburban areas. If firepower is even required to resolve a situation, and most times it isn't, one or two shots is all that's required. Reloading should almost never be required in those situations.>Needing manual reloading is the point because in civilized nations cops have restrictions and limitations to their firearms and treat them with appropriate care.Except in the movies, they obviously would benefit from a reloading mechanism inside the cockpit, instead of having to wait inside an elevator to manually reload each round.
The Babylon Incident was an imminent man-made disaster and a crisis that went beyond the pale. Definitely way beyond the normal mission profile of the Special Vehicles Division.I don't remember the other two movies clearly, but I believe the second involved terrorists, and the third involved some mutant... thing. Again, incidents that were outliers that went way beyond the normal operations of the Special Vehicles Division.And given Movie 2 and 3 were set following the Babylon Incident, there'd be even less justification to arm Labors with automatic canons. /m/ is free to correct me if I'm wrong on this, but as I remember it - the failure of the Babylon Project because the big artificial island supporting it was destroyed, saw the decline of the economy, and as a consequence the production and sale of labors were being gradually scaled back and phased out.So there'd be even less reason to arm the SVD with the kind of weapons originally suggested. Because there'd be fewer labors and consequentially an even a tighter restriction and regulation of existing labors, there'd be fewer incidents requiring Labor intervention.In fact, I believe that was, in fact, a plot point in Movie 2 for why the SVD had been broken up. As for movie 3... ...I think it was set between movie 1 and 2, and involved some kind of organic weapon that got loose, probably developed as an alternative to using Labors. Still, the destruction of the Babylon Project would've had repercussions, the economic bubble's burst, the sales and production of labors are being scaled back, alternatives are being explored.
>>23898669The Babylon Project wasn't just a big artificial island, it was entire project that involved a giant embankment that stretched across the bay as well as general land reclamation. The Ark itself was a strategic point for labor production and development, but it's destruction only set things back. The Castle Gate is another key point for the project, that's where they fight the Griffon in the anime. In Patlabor 2 during Nagumo's conference she notes that the Project's main goal had been completed and other locations across Japan had been starting up their own works projects. This in turn increased the demand for labors in these areas along with the need for labor based law enforcement. As for the success or failure of the project, it ultimately depends on where you look. The Next Generation attempts to make it's "failure" part of it's setting, while the new anime seems to show more successful land reclamation.
>>23898591This. They should've be better equipped to deal with the threats in the movie. Heck, even an auto reloading mechanism isn't enough, they should've been carrying the Helldiver's rapid-fire machine gun. Or if they can make it, a rail gun or beam rifle. And even the pathetic plastic armor needs to be replaced to something like titanium and even that vest needs to be something like Cobham. The Ingrams also has no flight capabilities so they should've added some jump jets and wings to it. And finally, the batteries needs to be replaced with a proper fusion reactor to power all this
And instead of cops, they should've been teenagers with attitude? ;P
Because revolvers are the traditional sidearm of police officers.
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