The 10-ton six-legged robot that China is experimenting with is currently the largest electromechanical hydraulic control coupling robot in China, and it has completed the mountain environment mobile performance test. Some netizens said that from then on, the People's Liberation Army can sit on this robot and go anywhere to fight.
"Communist Army Really Has Gundam" will become a reality, the enemy will tremble when he sees it, this spider-type or crab-type robot is a kind of bionic robot, and its biggest feature is that the adaptability of the terrain is very strong.
How big is the load capacity of a ten-ton six-legged robot? At least a few tons? It can be said that this is a modern version of the wooden cow and cow horse, which is very powerful.
The question now is, what role can such robots play on the battlefield in the future? Of course, multi-legged robots are not necessarily omnipotent, its advantages are very prominent, and its disadvantages are more obvious. Its biggest advantage is that it has strong terrain adaptability, large load capacity, and can pass through almost any complex terrain, especially suitable for heavy load transportation in mountainous areas. The disadvantage is that the movement speed is slow and the running distance is relatively short.
You can understand that the movement speed of this robot should not be much different from that of people, and the off-road ability of the two is also comparable, but the load capacity of this robot can be much stronger than that of humans, especially in highland areas.
Of course, it is also possible to transform it into a battle robot that can adapt to complex terrain. For example, the installation of a 120 mm mortar on its back can strike the fortifications on the enemy's counter-slope position without dead ends.
If a large-caliber machine gun is installed, it can be turned into a weapon for attacking strong points and an anti-aircraft weapon. Of course, the cost of this robot is not estimated to be cheap, and in the case that we have other means of attack, it should not be cost-effective to build this six-legged combat robot in large quantities, but it is still possible to use a small amount. So, what is the biggest use of this giant six-legged robot in war?
I am afraid that it may not necessarily be suitable for combat, but for logistical supplies, especially in the complex environment of the plateau, to provide the last mile of supply for soldiers on the front line.
The U.S. military's operations in the mountains of Afghanistan have found a fatal shortcoming, and how to transport combat materials from the road to the combat positions on the hill is very difficult. Because in the last kilometer or two, there may only be some sheep gut trails, which can only be carried on the shoulders, or transported by donkeys, so that the supplies that can be reached at the top of the mountain every time will be very limited.
Transporting by helicopter is certainly possible, but helicopters are very expensive, and in the process of supplying the troops at the head of the mountain, it itself takes a lot of risks, because helicopters hovering on the top of the mountain tend to be targets for enemy attacks.
So in some cases, it may be a better choice to use this kind of multi-legged robot with strong load-bearing ability to deliver supplies and ammunition to front-line troops. As for the idea of transforming this multi-legged combat robot into a combat platform, as long as there is mature artificial intelligence technology, it is of course possible to do so.
Because of their relatively strong load capacity, they can be equipped with strong protective armor and a variety of different types of weapon systems. In offensive operations, this multi-legged robot may play a miraculous role.
Overall, the use of such advanced multi-legged robots on the battlefield in the future may be more logistical supplies, but they can also become combat robots.
In the past, our PLA soldiers had what weapons to fight, but in the future, with more advanced technical means, we can develop an attack platform that is more suitable for the needs of the battlefield.
These attack platforms are unmanned, thus greatly reducing the burden on our soldiers.