At 06:28 PM 8/2/98 PDT, Andy Kent wrote:

In fact, that is one of the best reasons to HAVE battlefield mecha in 
WW2... the planes have to attack from machine-gun range, so you can see 
the fraggers coming and sidestep out of the way. Makes it darned 
difficult to walk fire over an enemy force when it's not limited to 
forward or backward movement, eh? This doesn't even mention the fact 
that the mecha could easily elevate their main weaponry for use on 
aircraft as easily as on ground targets, meaning that even a mech armed 
with a few machineguns becomes rather deadly for that strafing P-51 
pilot.

  You really believe that it would be that easy for them to target a plane
moving at 300-400 mph?  Also, late WW2 fighters could carry rockets quite
capable of hurting or destroying a tank and some attack planes carried
cannon appreciably larger than the 50 cal machineguns and 20 mm cannon that
were standard fighter armament.  One version of the B-25 Mitchell carried a
75 mm cannnon as an anti-ship weapon.  Also, given their height, these
mecha would be nice targets for artillery, especially anti-tank guns.

All this design discussion is interesting, but I still don't see how these
designs are distinctly EVA and not general giant mecha.  

                                                  dml