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Posted by: hotshot revan II
Posted by: Gottalovec4
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Scorpion: 90mm Main Gun.
1 7.62x51 exposed mount or coaxial mount.
Top speed of 10 mph w/ exposed engine.
One foot of Titanium Armor with huge hole in front for machine gun.
M1 Abrams: 105mm rifled barrel or 120 smooth bore canon
1 Top mounted .50 caliber remote operated machine gun, 2 coaxial 7.62x51mm machine guns.
Top speed of around 50 mph on roads, 40 mph on rough terrain.
Layers of Explosive Reactant Armor, depleted uranium weave, and composite plastics that can survive a hit up to 120mm and can take Duel Purpose High Explosive and HEAT rounds.
This is the general layout for pretty much all NATO heavy armor. Any Leopard 2, Abrams, or Challenger II could drive circles around a Scorpion and take it out in one shot.
Biased too much??Not to mention some of your info about the scoprion is wrong.
I guess you played Reach right,your service record says so.
Then i assume you played tip of the spear,watch the opening cutscene and you see scoprion moving at high speeds.
And there are two 7,62 mm turrets on the scoprion,that subject was the ponit of this entire thread.
Which exposed engine??
Which huge hole?
Uh, look at the cutscene closely genius. The Scorpions and Hogs start at the same spot, but immediately the Hogs pull away from the tanks and they are never seen again.
And what do you mean, "what exposed engine"? That huge grate at the rear of the turret is the engine, and one guy with a frag grenade can take it out from there.
The huge hole is where the gunner on the front mounted 7.62 sits. Why the UNSC would have such a huge gap in defense so a human can do what a slaved link to the driver's helmet could do I have no idea.
Even if the Scorpion DOES have 2 7.62x51 NATO machine guns it is still completely inferior to the Abrams in every way. From exposed treads, to a huge dead zone covering the entire rear of the tank where no weapons can reach, it is a slowly moving death trap.
[Edited on 02.26.2011 11:02 AM PST]