sorry for getting off the ethics of war(and leadership there of) topic but...
I think these make it far safer for the soldier, but far less effective than a soldier. In this case I think video games that have "ideal" sentry gun technology (never mind the fact in video games you can get shot 50 times and still live) are a good example. Even as the weapon may or many not be in your opinion "ideal" in such cases, there are ALWAYS ways to circumvent the weapon(the hall wasn't working for the aliens, so they went under the floor and above in the ceiling), I feel you lose a TREMENDOUS amount of awareness when you're looking at a monitor (you cant hear directionally as well if at all, you cant see as well, you cannot smell the air). These things have to be mounted to humvees, walls, tanks. So why not, walk around them? why not damage the weapon and the vehicle either is forced to withdraw, or someone(or a team of someones) has to (personally) go out and repair/reload it. I feel that this is what happens/will happen from the lack of awareness of actually being there.
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sorry for getting off the ethics of war(and leadership there of) topic but...
I think these make it far safer for the soldier, but far less effective than a soldier. In this case I think video games that have "ideal" sentry gun technology (never mind the fact in video games you can get shot 50 times and still live) are a good example. Even as the weapon may or many not be in your opinion "ideal" in such cases, there are ALWAYS ways to circumvent the weapon(the hall wasn't working for the aliens, so they went under the floor and above in the ceiling), I feel you lose a TREMENDOUS amount of awareness when you're looking at a monitor (you cant hear directionally as well if at all, you cant see as well, you cannot smell the air). These things have to be mounted to humvees, walls, tanks. So why not, walk around them? why not damage the weapon and the vehicle either is forced to withdraw, or someone(or a team of someones) has to (personally) go out and repair/reload it. I feel that this is what happens/will happen from the lack of awareness of actually being there.