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Posted by: Makko Mace
We have no knowledge of the weapons poweron the Scorpion, or it's armor strength, it weighs as much as an Abrams, but it has a smaller crew, it's armor is also a ceramic compound so it's lighter than the Abrams, we have no idea if the Abrams could even penetrate the Scorpions armor.
But, yes the Scorpion does seem badly designed.
Why didn't bungie just retcon it's wieght to 35 tons or so?
Then the airlifting capabilities would make since, as would the smaller gun. If anything is wrong with it, it was because of a lack of research on Bungies part. I mean they make games, not tanks for a living.
Sigh...
*facepalm*
Do I have to explain that Abrams uses 120mm AFSFSD rounds?
And, Abrams does use ceramic compound as well... and so? their weight is still similar with Scorpion. So it does not make that scorpion's ceramic compound to be magically lighter than Abrams.
Yes, it would be easier to retcon to change Scorpion's weights to make sense for tanks to be airlifted to the battle. Indeed, it is fault of Bungie for poorly researching. However, we can hope that 343i can fix this.
[Edited on 08.14.2011 9:22 PM PDT]