Putting out some grizzly proposals, for the sake of it.
Grizzly v3, normal proposal
Grizzly v3 is the latest and more capable version of the grizzly combat suit.
First change is in the cockpit. Since now the pilot is hooked directly to the machine, the cavernous space is removed, replaced by a pod in which the pilot plugs in in fetal position, vastly reducing size requirements and providing a smaller target to enemy weapons.
A shoulder mounted CLAW pod analogous to the one mounted on the blizzard is added, to act as autonomous anti infantry and anti tank weapon. While human soldiers have trouble focusing fire on a single vital spot for long enough, holding aim should be trivial for birdbrain.
The birdbrain pod is also tasked with assisting aim of the other weapons: the arm mounted ones and the back mounted mortar. Those modes however have to be activated by the pilot, since they have to move limbs to work and full autonomy would be disorienting and impair movement. ( to clarify, the soldiers would decide "mortar targeting activate" and then the birdbrain would move the grizzly to aim).
To support the birdbrain, the grizzly is also equipped with a large host of sensors: 360° cameras in both visible and infrared, and radar, all available also to the soldier on his screen. No mobile head is included: rather, only the displayed visual changes.
Even with the birdpod added, the drastic shrinkage of pilot space and removal of head is enough for significant size savings. Limbs and structure are made sleeker and effort is made to improve mobility. In the end, we expect to get a suit a bit more than 3 meters tall and a bit less wide than the old grizzly as well.
In short, grizzly will be smaller ( with the goal of reducing ore cost), have vastly increased sensors, more agility (being lighter), extra weapons and computer targeting for its arsenal.
A version without the extra CLAW pod is also slated for production to boost our numbers.
Grizzly v3, pocket edition
Grizzly v3 is the latest and more capable version of the grizzly combat suit.
First change is in the cockpit. We realized that, since control is done entirely by electrical input, the pilot doesn't actually have to be inside the suit. Therefore, the pilot space is replaced with a radio array set to receive commands, while the pilot itself is somewhere safe.
A shoulder mounted CLAW pod analogous to the one mounted on the blizzard is added, to act as autonomous anti infantry and anti tank weapon. While human soldiers have trouble focusing fire on a single vital spot for long enough, holding aim should be trivial for birdbrain.
The birdbrain pod is also tasked with assisting aim of the other weapons: the arm mounted ones and the back mounted mortar. Those modes however have to be activated by the pilot, since they have to move limbs to work and full autonomy would be disorienting and impair movement. ( to clarify, the soldiers would decide "mortar targeting activate" and then the birdbrain would move the grizzly to aim).
To support the birdbrain, the grizzly is also equipped with a large host of sensors: 360° cameras in both visible and infrared, and radar, all available also to the soldier on his screen. No mobile head is included: rather, only the displayed visual changes.
A radio array and a birdbrain are much, much smaller than a pilot, therefore the grizzly is extremely more compact, now formed by a pod, surrounded by structure and magmagel, linked to limbs. Overall, it would be just a bit more than 2 meters tall, and less wide than its predecessor. Work is also done on limbs to make them sleeker and more agile, although not at the cost of sacrificing power.
With so much mass being cut, we also set out to adapt drop bear technology, providing a detatchable jetpack for the grizzly suit, allowing it to do short hops.
In short, grizzly will be much smaller ( with the goal of reducing ore cost), have vastly increased sensors, more agility, extra weapons, computer targetinlg for its arsenal, will be able to jump and won't endanger the pilot.
in order to field a larger number of grizzlys