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Now, I suppose that I was taken a bit aback by those poo-pooing the mech infantry. Yes, I've always been mech and I think there are a few misconceptions out there about the mech world. (To add on to rcac_011's post, one mini-recruiting-movie made back in about 84 or so got me hooked on wanting to go infantry: can't remember what the whole thing was about, but it did highlight some guy joining up with the infantry and when it showed the combat team stuff, I was hooked. I didn't want to be slaved to a tank, though it had its appeal, for some reason I wanted to jump out of a fire breathing dragon and slay the black knights on the fields of Germany when I was 16. My mech-ish-ness might also have been born when I saw a 1 R22eR demo attack, with the old M113s, way back in 82 in Germany.)
As for "getting fat in the track", it may have been true, and it may still be true for some, but the appeal (for me) of commanding a combat team in a delay op with tanks, LAV APCs and stuff, the spacial dimensions blew me away. It didn't overwhelm me, but there certainly is a different way to fight like that.
This is NOT a slag against the light guys, but I did feel there was a slag against the mech guys (ie: me), so if my previous post was taken as a slag, I apologise.
Now, as for moustaches......
As for "getting fat in the track", it may have been true, and it may still be true for some, but the appeal (for me) of commanding a combat team in a delay op with tanks, LAV APCs and stuff, the spacial dimensions blew me away. It didn't overwhelm me, but there certainly is a different way to fight like that.
This is NOT a slag against the light guys, but I did feel there was a slag against the mech guys (ie: me), so if my previous post was taken as a slag, I apologise.
Now, as for moustaches......