I'm basing this discussion on the concept that the Tauri sent armoured forces against Jaffa troops.
Theorectically, it is a no-brainer: the firepower of tanks (any modern tank) can easily overwhelm any light infantry force. As World War 2 has proven, tanks in massed large numbers can easily break through and decimate enemy held defensive positions or lines.
But what if the Tauri do not possess air supremacy?
1) Even if we assume that armoured units sent through the Stargate were accompanied by highly mobile air-defence units carrying perharps anti-aircraft machine guns and stinger missiles, will a dozen Death Gliders still make short work out of an armoured battalion?
2) Don;t forget, tanks eat up a ;ot of fuel and they require a lot of logistical support. So for the sake of arguement, we incorporate advanced reverse-engineer technology into the M1 Abrams.
a)so the tracks of the tank get replaced by anti-gravity, turning it into a hover craft
b) The cannon gets replaced by a giant version of the staff weapon or soe kind of energy weapon; or even the rail gun
Arguements against:
1) if the Tauri can incorporate anti-gravity into the tanks (I'm assuming they can; how else they lift-off the X-303 and 304?), whats stopping the designer to go several steps further and practically turn it into a flying space fighter craft with VTOL capability, albeit with heavier armour? Like an evolved version of the F-302? Thats assuming the fuel source gets changed from petrol to naquadah?
2) if the main cannon, it gets turned into the railgun, wouldn;t that make it more like a helicopter gunship? I'm assuming that there isnlt any kind of altitude limit to the hovering capability?
Theorectically, it is a no-brainer: the firepower of tanks (any modern tank) can easily overwhelm any light infantry force. As World War 2 has proven, tanks in massed large numbers can easily break through and decimate enemy held defensive positions or lines.
But what if the Tauri do not possess air supremacy?
1) Even if we assume that armoured units sent through the Stargate were accompanied by highly mobile air-defence units carrying perharps anti-aircraft machine guns and stinger missiles, will a dozen Death Gliders still make short work out of an armoured battalion?
2) Don;t forget, tanks eat up a ;ot of fuel and they require a lot of logistical support. So for the sake of arguement, we incorporate advanced reverse-engineer technology into the M1 Abrams.
a)so the tracks of the tank get replaced by anti-gravity, turning it into a hover craft
b) The cannon gets replaced by a giant version of the staff weapon or soe kind of energy weapon; or even the rail gun
Arguements against:
1) if the Tauri can incorporate anti-gravity into the tanks (I'm assuming they can; how else they lift-off the X-303 and 304?), whats stopping the designer to go several steps further and practically turn it into a flying space fighter craft with VTOL capability, albeit with heavier armour? Like an evolved version of the F-302? Thats assuming the fuel source gets changed from petrol to naquadah?
2) if the main cannon, it gets turned into the railgun, wouldn;t that make it more like a helicopter gunship? I'm assuming that there isnlt any kind of altitude limit to the hovering capability?
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