I'm going to join in because this looks like a valid discussion, I 

have

read a novel that was set in World war II, which ended abruptly due to 

an

alien invasion (you could substitute Angels for aliens). neway, the 

Allied

and Axis were forced to work together to come up with a new weapon<<

Harry Turtledove's Worldwar series. I read that one too. Technically, 

they

didn't develop new weapons but enchanced what was under development 

(nukes,

radar, jets, gas).

From: Andy Kent

Not sure this was even a consideration in Evangelion... after all, 

how

many battles actually lasted sufficiently long to deplete the Eva's
power?<<

Pratically every battle. They were timed to end in 3 minutes after the 

EVA

lost its power cord. Purely for the sake of dramatics.

Precisely. <chuckle> It was something Gainax threw in because it was 
cute. Mecha with power cords? Ridiculous... but they made it work.

the planes have to attack from machine-gun range, so you can see
the fraggers coming and sidestep out of the way.

Ever heard of the dive bomber? They drop anti-tank bombs and would be
perfect to take out walker as well without getting into machinegun 

range

with the walkers.

<facefault> Um... yes, the Stuka would be perfect for this. Of course, 
the Stuka is a German aircraft... and the Allies really didn't use 
dive-bombing that much. Besides, dive-bombers are NOT that good against 
a fairly agile target... heck, they're almost useless against anything 
that moves more unpredictably than a railroad train anyway.

I like the idea of smaller ones, AT-ST size, though.

Even those are next to useless without energy weapons.

Well, yeah, in RL of course it's a useless concept, which is why we use 
tanks and half-tracks for weapons platforms instead. 

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