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Published: 2017-11-18 15:32:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 18399; Favourites: 516; Downloads: 181
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An AM-222A unmanned-combat-walker of the Brazilian Army 12th Aeromobile Brigade stands guard atop an abandoned favela house somewhere in Rio de Janeiro. This unit is one of many air-dropped at night by helicopters in an effort to reinstate order.---
"As of 2044, it is estimated 22% of the entire population of Brazil resides in its favelas located outside cities and farmland. Crime and drug-trafficking runs rampant in these vast slums, to the point where the Brazilian government and police can no longer control and enforce the law. In order to combat this, the elite 12th Aeromobile Brigade of the Brazilian Army 2nd Division has been deployed to the largest favelas in hopes to bring back law and order to the nation, however bribery and corruption have proven to be troublesome in completing this mission."
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You and me both, man.
I also want to see a game like Mirror's Edge where you jump from favela to favela in Cyberpunk Brazil to run away from the polícia.
Or perhaps a game that's essentially Akira set in Brazil, where you have a motorcycle and have to weave between buildings, alleyways, and vehicles in the streets of Neo São Paulo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7yfFD…
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akira in brazil would be the best damn thing ever
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At first I thought this was urban warfare between militaries, but if it WAS and that tank/walker was there standing guard, a soldier could easily try and sneak into the basement of the building, blow the foundations and let the machine fall.
Pretty cool concept tho! Always like these mecha!
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Acho que seria mais eficaz uma versão menor e mais ágil desse robô, pois as favelas do Rio de janeiro são em grande parte compostas por becos e escadas estreitos... E cuidado com os helicópteros, te garanto que os traficantes possuem armamento o bastante para derrubar um helicóptero, como no caso que houve em 2009
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Meu português não é muito bom então por favor, me perdoe por quaisquer erros que eu possa cometer!
Você faz um excelente argumento de que uma versão menor e mais ágil seria muito melhor para as favelas. No entanto, neste caso, eu não acho que o Exército teria, na verdade, uma versão menor para usar. Este robô é provavelmente tudo que eles têm em seu inventário para implantar via helicópteros para a área sem trazer soldados.
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Seria uma operação bem difícil e complexa de se organizar...
Cara, até que seu português está muito bom! Tem muitas pessoas aqui (no Brasil) que parecem ter inventado um novo idioma originado do português... E com isso quero dizer que algumas pessoas escrevem terrivelmente errado a ponto que as vezes, precisamos pedir para alguém explicar o que está escrito. (engraçado mas triste ao mesmo tempo)
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Dude, I worked on a constructions sites, so I know that.Eeven if it was made of aluminum, it would still hit basement in this bilding. I would rather add some element that makes the bot seem to levitate slightly above not leaning on the roof. No malice intendend I just wanted to be helptfull.
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Oh no offense taken, I was just agreeing with what you said.
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Poor Brazil to have to use such means. Great picture and concept.
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So question whats the advantage to using a walker? Unless you have extremely extensive hardkill/softkill stsyems they seem extremely easy to disable and have a massive blindspot underneath. In urban warfare someone in a sewer drain or under a man hole could easily ambush one. Looks awsome though. Keep up the awsome work.
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I can't think of many, mechs in general are 99% rule of cool designs. I feel like this particular one would function well combined with infantry support though (as it'd be primarily fighting poorly equipped drug cartels and rebels.) Perhaps it's advantage in these condensed favelas is that it can climb up abandoned buildings and go where tanks or wheeled vehicles can't.
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Beautiful work! Such fine, pixely details! You know what really impresses me though? That a hastily constructed cinderblock shack in the slums can support the weight of a massive armored war machine!
But honestly, this is super cool and I hope to see more!
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I was about to comment and say that but you beat me to it
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Thank you! There will be more to come soon, hopefully.
Also Brazilian people build their houses to last.
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I look forward to seeing it!
...they must build 'em strong!
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Maybe a little bit of both!
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amazing desing you got there, i would like to know the purpose of the autocannon turret, looks capable of shooting down helos and other low fliying aircraft, or even incoming missiles, like a ship mounted CIWS
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Thanks!
The auto-cannon I sort of added as an after-thought, but I imagine its main purpose is to provide perimeter defense against other vehicles/mechs like an RCWS, as the turret would probably rotate rather slowly. I could totally see it shooting down low flying helicopters or missiles though, I did base it on a CIWS.
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Ah, yeah. Alternatively it could be carrying out area reconnaissance or is stationed there to deter possible criminal activity.
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Nicely depicted. However, unless the tank is made of tin and wood, it's going to crash through the roof to the basement. ^_* Love the folige.
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Thank you!
Maybe that's the real reason the Brazilian army is having trouble restoring order to the Favelas, their mechs keep falling through the roofs of the houses.
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Yeah, thet is general problem with all walking designs.
And one reason why we are never going to see giant walking tanks.
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Very "Ghost in the Shell" kind of vibes from this. Dosen't make it any less awesome though
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Thanks! The mech design actually started as my personal take on what I think a South American/less high-tech knockoff Tachikoma would look like, seeing as how mechs at this point would probably be operated and built by nations around the world.
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Wow if this is low tech I can only imagine what a nation like the US or Russia can put on the board. Mighty nice concept
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tbh, if you called it 12th light infantry brigade it would be on point to its closest real life counter-part, but in reality the chance of this São Paulo stationed unit going to Rio for peacekeeping is unlikelly possible, would be more believable if it was the 1st paratrooper brigade, BUT this looks and is writen extremely well nonetheless, congrats
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Ahh damn, from what I could find of it, the 12th Aeromobile Brigade's operation area covers the whole country, but you're right I should probably have made it the 1st Paratrooper Brigade.
Thanks by the way!
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