have you never heard of a predator drone or smart bombs? i take it you weren't alive or you are too young to remember the Gulf War. maybe too young to have paid attention to our action in Afghanistan in 2001. i think you just like to say "small pockets".
i was about 4 or 5 during GW1 and i do remember Afghanistan. i'm not trying to be rude to you, Mysterio, so i hope you show the same courtesy. I'm simply defending my argument (although "Rumbler"
is growing on me, I won't deny it).
since you mentioned drones and smart bombs, you've given me another opportunity to defend my argument, so feel free to counter (civily though):
In
Begins, Wayne notices the Tumbler shoved in a back corner covered with a tarp--our first clue that this thing has been around since
at least Bruce left for his sojourn seven years prior. While some may immediately think "then the Tumbler's only been around since '98", we get more clues when Fox gives Bruce a little history lesson about the Tumbler, there are clues in both the physical design of the Tumbler and in Fox's dialogue that tell us not only
why the Tumbler was developed, but
when. The most obvious clue is that "she was built as a bridging vehicle. During combat, two of these would jump over a river, towing cables."
Ok, well there are a lot of places that have rivers where this could work. But let's look at the Tumbler's design: a relatively low, wide and somewhat stocky chassis that stays low to the ground, and is outfitted with not two but
four large, heavy-duty tires that look like they belong on a 737 (an exageration, but you get the point).
Because of the way that the Tumbler is designed, this kind of vehicle just wouldn't work in a heavily forrested area: it's too wide, and the wheels are too big. Furthermore, while there are rivers in forests, the terrain is simply too closed in to allow the Tumbler to attain the speed it needs to jump a river.
The only answer was that the Tumbler was designed
specifically for desert warfare. And with your remark about smart bombs, you just solved the riddle of the Scrambler (or Pod). Yes, while we did have smart bombs back in the Gulf War, the technology wasn't nearly as advanced as it is now. And why waste a multi-million dollar heat-seeking missile to take out an enemy soldier with a shoulder-RPG (a
huge threat to fighter jets by the way, especially when it's a particularly windy day in the desert), when you can send in a highly-trained soldier riding a high-speed, all-terrain,
combat-grade motorcycle that can both take them out as fast
and as hard as any missile, without wasting a missile that could be used to take out a much more critical target like a weapons' facility, or a more tactical target like a power grid?
Plus, they would have no defense against the Scrambler (or Pod, whichever you prefer), since
a) They were aiming for and anticipating fire from the jet fighter passing overhead and
b) Even if they
were able to take a shot at the Scrambler, all the soldier has to do is lean to the side. The enemy won't have
any time to reload, so either they let the bike kill them, or they run for it.
By the way Mysterio, thanks for making me actually
work do defend my idea.
t:. personally i think they've either already come up with a name or will just call it "the bike". but as a creative person i like to write my ideas down and see how people react to them. but thats just me.
