Okay, let's say we solve the square cube law and build mecha. Are there any non-arbitrary reasons why tanks aren't better? If not, what are some bullsht reasons I can use for stories that aren't that absurd?
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He did imagine that on a battlefield wheels would be infeasible, which is why in his imaginary war between a lower tech and higher tech civilization the lower tech horse cavalry beats the higher tech soldiers who try to replace horses with bicycles
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But then they invent a steam tank that uses "pedrail wheels", which are sort of a primitive precursor of caterpillar treads (a wheel made of separate "feet", just lacking the continuous tread between them that keeps them from getting caught on stuff)
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TIL Wells apparently really liked ironclads
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I mean, they're tanks, but the word "tank" was a decade in the future
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