Renault FT17 light tank from the latter days of WW1? If so this was the first tank with it's main gun in a fully rotating turret, compare with British landships and French St. Chamond tanks of the time.
Built today, the same chassis would have modern weaponry, no one inside, a complete sensor package, and software with instructions like "seek" and "kill". Produced at a cost of $50,000/ea, they'd be cheaper than training an infantryman.
Imagine sitting in a lecture on how to set off a bomb vest in a camp in Warziristan, and seeing a squad of these things come over the ridge.
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Renault FT17 light tank from the latter days of WW1? If so this was the first tank with it's main gun in a fully rotating turret, compare with British landships and French St. Chamond tanks of the time.
Built today, the same chassis would have modern weaponry, no one inside, a complete sensor package, and software with instructions like "seek" and "kill". Produced at a cost of $50,000/ea, they'd be cheaper than training an infantryman.
Imagine sitting in a lecture on how to set off a bomb vest in a camp in Warziristan, and seeing a squad of these things come over the ridge.
$50K/unit?
Not since the 1960s.
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