Post by ironhold on Sept 7, 2022 18:37:44 GMT
A thought has occurred to me and left me wondering.
In order to practice creating characters, I'm working on a faux G. I. Joe - type series where I have to design a wide variety of individuals.
As part of it, I'm also going so far as to develop hypothetical vehicles for each of the two factions.
I gave both factions a hover tank that was ostensibly for use in arctic environments, and am looking to give both sides amphibious IFVs.
In real life, amphibious transports have been around at least as far back as WWII, what with the Ford GPA, DUKW, Su-Ki, and other wheeled vehicles that could handle water, shore, and dirt alike. Since then, tracked transports have joined the fray, such as the AAVP7, the LAV-25, and the BTR family. I want to say that the BMP family is also amphibious, but I could be wrong.
Hover transports such as the LCAC and AIST have likewise been common for decades now, and it's entirely plausible that within our lifetimes weapons engineers may figure out how to do actual combat hovercraft.
In such a situation as one where we have combat hovercraft and amphibious transports, what purpose would rat boats and other more traditional lower-end wet-naval assets have on the battlefield? Yes, Zodiac boats and other inflatable craft would still be of value for covert operations, law enforcement, and rescue crews. But why send a rat boat or even a smaller patrol boat to check out a river when you have hover tanks that can do the job? In fact, hover tanks could hypothetically go from body of water to body of water, such as patrolling marshlands and areas with a lot of lakes.
In order to practice creating characters, I'm working on a faux G. I. Joe - type series where I have to design a wide variety of individuals.
As part of it, I'm also going so far as to develop hypothetical vehicles for each of the two factions.
I gave both factions a hover tank that was ostensibly for use in arctic environments, and am looking to give both sides amphibious IFVs.
In real life, amphibious transports have been around at least as far back as WWII, what with the Ford GPA, DUKW, Su-Ki, and other wheeled vehicles that could handle water, shore, and dirt alike. Since then, tracked transports have joined the fray, such as the AAVP7, the LAV-25, and the BTR family. I want to say that the BMP family is also amphibious, but I could be wrong.
Hover transports such as the LCAC and AIST have likewise been common for decades now, and it's entirely plausible that within our lifetimes weapons engineers may figure out how to do actual combat hovercraft.
In such a situation as one where we have combat hovercraft and amphibious transports, what purpose would rat boats and other more traditional lower-end wet-naval assets have on the battlefield? Yes, Zodiac boats and other inflatable craft would still be of value for covert operations, law enforcement, and rescue crews. But why send a rat boat or even a smaller patrol boat to check out a river when you have hover tanks that can do the job? In fact, hover tanks could hypothetically go from body of water to body of water, such as patrolling marshlands and areas with a lot of lakes.
