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I thought the low-tech choices for the military were kind of fun. Especially that huge knife for the exoskeleton. That's not something I've seen before. Also the detachable gun.

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> Especially that huge knife for the exoskeleton. That's not something I've seen before. Also the detachable gun.

Gundam?

The american military generally does not follow this stereotype to the least, but there is a long-standing conception of armed forces using somewhat dated, simple technology. The reason of course being reliability and serviceability. Never dated to the point of being useless, but behind the cutting edge.

Frankly if I was on some mission light years from civilization, I'd like to have something dead-reliable and easy to fix if it breaks.

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