I know it's mainly plot stuff, but tanks wouldn't be obsolete because of these, they'd be more niche though. The Exos would dominate for urban and jungle/forest warfare conditions but tanks would still dominate in open field combat. Basically, tanks would not longer be needed in the places they already are vulnerable in and Exos would be a huge force multiplier for any military engaging in urban or jungle warfare.
Also another great use of ligth exos is shocktroopers infantry Want to assault heavily defended position? Combine tanks and exos Tanks are the kings of open plains Exos would be masters of combat on asimetrical terrain that benefits from dexterity and agility
Its not that theyre obsolete beccuse of their uses. Tanks are established as being million times less cost efficient than exos, in the geo political discourse i can see that its not business to have a tank, be destroyed by weapons that literally cost rocks. So any army can see itself crippled in the long run as well as the goverment funds and as other countries, mostly third and south imperialist agree to the use of exos, the USA government cant keep bluffing or keeping in line other countries (if you think this machines are going to be still in the earth over other 30 or so 50 years) like China and Korea, its like a second cold war, and its similar to the actual state of china and the USA Navy, where the balance between fear and aggresion changes every year between who appears to have the most big navy army
Even today they use phrases in enterviews like ''Its not about numbers, but of quality of navy carriers'' in this case it can be applied to exos, making a huge difference if you take into equation how much tanks can a exo destroy in a conflict
Assuming the average cost per 1,000kg of limestone is either 20 or 40 USD, An EXOFrame costs 1,000kg of limestone per unit, a battalion is 300 troops minimum and the development budget(including the base EXoframe's) is 4 million USD. How much of that would be dedicated to developing weapons, armour and equipment mods for the battalion's Exoframes?
For context, a US armored brigade combat team cost 3.1 billion. A infantry BCT cost 2.9 billion. But a army reserve and national guard ABCT only cost 900 million while a National guard IBCT cost 780 million. Only 1/5th of a US BCT cost is the combat element itself. The rest goes into logistical support and administration. Let us assume a exoframe BCT have 3 battalions and each battalion cost 4 million as claimed. That's 12 million for the combat element. Now we multiply that by 5 and we get 60 million. Even if we assume there's some missing costs here and bump it to 100 million, it still makes no sense. Its a impossibly low cost because even a reserve IBCT cost more than that. Granted, IBCT uses JLTVs and other vehicles that is more expensive; but the infantry and the associated weapons and sensors will balloon the price.
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Hi all, I wonder if anyone here familiar with the hand-to-hand combat techniques of the US Marines, and/or other US Special Forces Units in general? If there is, please comment about the training scene. Thank you so much in advance!! :)
I love that they lampshade how ridiculous it is to spend millions on an exo when its primary advantage over other vehicles is its low cost, and then do it anyway. It's perfect, because that kind of ridiculous decision is exactly what the US military would do.
Not necessarily. When first used in combat, the Exos were not much better than technicals or riding on horseback when in combat. Adding on weapons and armor changes that. Whether or not this venture pays off remains to be seen.
The problem of course is that lost lives in war causes political problems at home - keeping your own soldiers alive is much more important for democratic countries. It's political. But what's probably a much more important factor is that by requiring US-exos to have millions of dollars in gear made by the defense industry you get that industry behind it or at least less against it. And since the US election system is dominated by legalized bribes from corporations with the defense industry being one of the biggest such groups, they will basically always demand their cut in order to allow their bought senators to accept any change without pulling their funding/election campaign donations.
@@BrowncoatGofAZ I would disagree. If your Exo is almost as expensive as a tank, you might as well just use a tank in most environments. We can also see this in the Exos used by the Outcast Brigade: they prioritize low cost and mobility over armor and expensive equipment (excepting optics, where they seem to have splurged), and they understand the Exo better than anyone. For Bowman's extremely specific requirements, the TOAD makes perfect sense (he wants Exos and has unlimited budget, but has to keep numbers small to avoid arousing suspicion from his own bosses), but for anything else it's absurd. Against any Exo brigade of renotely the same cost the TOADs would get eaten alive. So, Bowman isn't crazy, but the people who designed the TOAD might well be.
@@Hust91 In the context of the US I would partially disagree with the casualties part, but everything else you said is exactly why this is so in-character for the US military.
@@reaperwithnoname I think even in th context of the corruption of the US election system, US mass casualties would lead to war fatigue extremely rapidly (see Vietnam) to the point that people would start voting for whichever party seemed most likely to deescalate and protect soldiers better. Of course it might also have to do with the US army being made up of "volunteers" who in part consist of people with a significant training investment - as opposed to barely trained 12 year olds. This might weigh heavier than the political impact of lost soldiers on the reelection of warmongering senators.
It would crash the American defense market because the US is ratified the Sankt Gallen Arrangement, that regulates the use of EXOFRAMES. It would crash the market as nations stop buying regular equipment like tanks and APCs and go all out for EXOFRAMES, as the defense contractors would then have to put up time and money into R&D'ing EXOFRAME modifications that they aren't allowed to do (at least officially/publicly).
@@arnowisp6244 Most likely NOT the United States defense contractors, as the US is part of the Sankt Gallen Arrangement which regulates EXOFRAMES and their uses, so it's not like they can make and market the EXOFRAME Mk.32 HyperDestroyer for foreign use. The Santa-Muerte episode for example implies that people in the US can't have EXOFRAMES, as the Militias use pick-up trucks instead (Of course, ignoring that getting full-auto M2 machine-guns to gun down border crossers would probably already be much, much harder and illegal than trading limestone for a mech, so it makes you wonder why they don't).
@@MEGATRYANT Not hard. Give them some warn time, run a fast transition, done. AN/M3 double barrels firing as SMGs, repurp'ed bushmasters used as assault rifles. And the tank still has the place, regardless of what is shown here.
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Outside some of the factual rank and other elements, I really love how this anime calls into question all the common beliefs about how war will be fought and with what weapons in the future.
Personally, I'm not entirely a fan. I'd argue that the Exoframe offers the next infantryman/light vic, but not a replacement entirely. An MBT possesses enough armour to shrug off any small arms or autocannon it can hold, and rockets are contested across turret sides, profile front, and sometimes hull sides too. It's too radical of a change, without the backing to prove it. While highly mobile, it isn't mobile enough and while strong, it isn't strong enough. That said, something like this would be excellent in more open terrain, but prepared infantry would smash it fairly easily without some fairly radical upgrades.
@@KoishiVibin Actually unless that infantry is packing unguided anti-tank rockets, it'd be a right bitch to counter as a normal infantry unit. That's the role it is best at, as a heavier infantry unit for assaults and shock actions. Just enough armor to require anti-tank weapons, but not enough that it can actually replace a tank (nor can it carry that level of firepower either. It can use buildings as cover, making guided anti-tank more difficult in urban environments, especially stuff like the Javelin which would basically be useless outside an open field situation. I actually disagree about open terrain. This would be terrible in it, as it would become easy meat to any kind of significant vehicle-based armament, tank or no, without the upsides of a vehicle (while it might have better ability to be on all terrain, it won't be faster when using that all terrain capability unless it's extremely broken terrain like a mountain.
@@Gustav_Kuriga The question is if it can. It's vulnerable to autocannon fire, and a modern autocannon is concerningly accurate. An automated stabilised turret firing slowly with large caliber rounds in the 40-50mm range would rapidly destroy these with just a few hits. Even heavy machine guns are effective against lower end ones, as seen early on. An M2 HMG is capable of a lot of damage against the metal plate these seem to carry, especially with specialized loads for busting steel. It may be able to use buildings as cover, but it's still quite large. A human being is compact, and an anti armor weapon is to a significant level, as well. In the early days, I'd argue that even a 40mm grenade would be effective. Later on, simple shaped charges, tossed off the building or slapped on. In an open field, they have room to maneuver and room to operate with the full support of tanks and light armor to contest enemy heavy armor and AT options. In an urban environment, sure, but the higher the weight budget goes, the higher a chance their feet blow through the building.
@@fadhilnugraha195 Not if they start selling attachments to these things. Armor, weapons, missles. These are just platforms waiting to be modified into weapons.
Calls the guy a lieutenant, but was actually wearing staff sergeant insignias on his collar. It seems the dubbing was a little off there because no Marine would ever mistake those ranks. Interesting show though.
especially when that guy calling the Staff Sergeant, Lieutenant is the Lieutenant ...that and the voice over dub sounds like an older person who should be and seems to be in a position of higher rank then what is on his Lapels he behaves and sounds like he should be a major or something definitely not a Lieutenant.
@@starkat70 I see.. you guys watched the english audio/synchro version. Because neither in japanese original dub nor in german subtitles they say lieutenant at all... So only the english version has that ~mistake then.
When the main battle tank was first introduced, people in the military actually laughed because it was ludicrous to them. They reasoned that they can achieve the same thing with wheeled artillery operated manually by infantry. None of them considered the advantage that an armored, mobile siege platform would bring to the battlefield. Traditionalists will always scoff at anything that's new.
where did you learn that from? the whole god damn Imperial war office knew it is the future of land warfare, and later entire Europe realized and followed. NO ONE ever think towed artillery can break through barbed wire and trenches. If there is one he is an idiot.
MBT's came after the end of the second world war. I think you are talking about tanks invented during the first world war. After the end of the war, tanks were viewed as something to support the infantry while Germany did the opposite by having infantry support tanks which showed success during the second world war and reshaped armored warfare. Also when ATGM's where invented, people thought they would make Tanks obsolete. But that isn't the case as Tanks evolved with stuff like ERA and active protection systems.
Novelists will always chase a fad without realizing what they abandon. And usually, the fad is actually an old mistake that was fashionable many times before, because someone sells it as a brand new idea.
Ya, as Rebelblade said, Main Battel Tanks are the modern all in one type, mobility, armor, and offense. Back when tanks were called Tanks as a method of hiding their information as that of portable water tanks from enemy spies they really were just a questionable new addition and yes many did question their use, big, slow, easy hit by any old field gun, and just super unreliable. On the other hand they could move a field gun up on their own over rough terrain, break through some barricades (if they made it that far), and against a more lightly armed enemy with machine guns they could be useful. In the end those tanks did have basically zero effect on the war, because as they were they they were pretty shit. But people did redesign them completely for the most part. When we got the Renault FT that was when tanks became practical to a much better extent. Core redesigns meant they were more mobile, less costly, better armored, and relatively better armed for their investment. Improvements in engineering also made them more reliable. Many people knew tanks COULD turn into something better in the future even if they weren't great at that time. That said many still supported them because they were a MORALE boost, a big one for those back home especially, but also for those in the field when doing a charge, knowing there's a big metal monster moving up with you can help. But ya, tanks got redesigned into something more practical. The core of the frame is already stuff, so just bolting five tons of armor and expensive optics and guns onto it won't exactly make them better in their core areas like ground pressure and stuff. Traditionalist often scoff at new things yes, but also often for good reason at the time. Aircraft carriers for example, when they first came out they were pretty damn shitty, short ranged, couldn't carry bigger bombs well, landing and operation times were limited. Everyone agreed they were good for scouting though, but outside of perhaps hitting stationary targets, lacking. Some decided to bet on their future though, you know, once the planes got bigger and faster and could carry big bombs and torpedoes, once we'd gotten foldable wings and other things working to save space and figure out how to cram and maintain a decent number on a single carrier. Once we'd figure out how to safely take off and land without a tenth of your aircraft breaking each time. Now, I and many others don't scoff at the idea that the frames can be useful, we scoff at the idea that they are useful like they show, and that they replace everything like they show. Because they are generally just ignoring physics and making the enemy as incompetent as possible to be easily countered. No matter what we do, the current tank is not going to fly, or be turned into a hovercraft that skims around like these mechs do. I mean those hover feat mobility systems are like two modern little personal hovercrafts turning into shoes for a giant gundam and letting it skim around... complete BS. Running through soft soil and swampy terrains... not with those small feet and armor bolted on you aren't. Uses would be found for these yes, and I can think of several, I did think of a few at first when it started, but then I saw they just went for the making everyone else incompetent and ignoring physics route to make them seem good and that's where my frustration started.
@@terricon4 - I'd like to preface by saying I agree with the bulk of your comment. Every new weapon system on Earth faced difficulties in the early development stages. If we judged the tank by its performance in the Somme, it would've been shitcanned and relegated to the annals of history. Same with aircraft, aircraft carriers, guided munitions, tactical ballistic missiles, etc. etc. All of them were impractical bordering on useless in their first iterations. Now they're indispensable weapons and weapons platforms. However... I have to object to the ground pressure argument. It doesn't hold up to cursory examination. Dirt isn't infinitely compressible, it's not foam, and it sure as shit isn't soft. Anyone that's ever had to dig a hole knows that, it's why we made powerful machines to dig for us instead. Not to mention that many, many, *many* places on Earth have thick clay immediately under the surface. As it turns out, just about any ground soft enough to sink a walker would also sink a tank by sheer weight. There's probably some very specific terrain that would buck that trend, but by and large it'd be true. Low ground pressure doesn't suddenly make soft, loamy soil hold 70 tons of metal brick. Swamps, mud, and soft ground still stymie tanks just as badly as they did in WWI, it's just that now we know better than to deploy them in those conditions. Well, most of the time anyway.
In MGS2, the commandant of the marinecorps created a metal gear to ensure the country's reliance on the corps and it's survival, much like general lejuerne. Looking at general Berger's vision getting rid of the tanks and investing in better gear and tech, I'd say shit like this might actually come to fruition
Based off what is shown at this particular moment, the tank industry can theoretical survive by doing in research and development on ways to make a quadpedal exoframe or even making two person exoframe weapons. Or even if they find ways to use the gel system as a new fuel source or movement mechanism. If you can't reverse engineer the tech, make new tech surrounding it. Or even trying to tap into the exoframes power system to power rail guns, or electromagnetic devices, like the laser used in the first episode. Or even try to modify a exoframe to power the movement of a new vehicle. You aren't reinventing the wheel just how to push it forward.
The "tank" industry has already done that in the US. the M1 Abrams thought to be obsolete too old too heavy and a gas guzzler has had tons taken off it's weight by simply taking out the copper wire and replacing it with fiber optic cable. The gas guzzling turbine engine that gives it it's speed, instead of replacing it with a slower conventional diesel engine had a software upgrade so it sips fuel making it as efficient as a semi truck without sacrificing any power or speed. As far as firepower that only requires advances in the projectile to remain effective for the future
There is a major limit to the calibre of weapons tha can be carried on one though. They are bigger, better armoured infantry who would (Without plot armour.) only excell in urban enviroments where tanks already struggle. Tanks being vastly superior in weight distribution and armour protection grants them a place in all other theatures, exos wouldn't be entirely useless outside of urab areas, but they would be even better if they worked with the tanks that are, on average, not vulnrable to 12.7mm. All it takes is for the already extremely common 12.7mm calibres to be refitted onto tanks, which are already capable of accepting them but normally don't due to the lack of need IRL (Exceptions being the Char Leclerc.) for them to coaxially spray down anyone, not to mention a remote weapon station for the other crew to use other then the gunner (Also extremely common.)
@@spamuraigranatabru1149 Yeah the whole quad tank design is cool but fatally flawed as each leg has multiple joints which present weak points. Take out a leg and it's out of action for good. Take out a track and it can be repaired in the field. The latest M1 the M1A2 SEPv4 just combined several specialized rounds into 1 multipurpose round leaving more room for AT rounds and it carries a 50 cal with the option for a 2nd. At best exo suited infantry will have enhanced stamina, light armor in critical areas, small arms at best as any hit to a joint will still take out the best armored soldier as you just can't armor up a man 100% and still have him be mobile. Spray and exo suited soldier with a SAW and he will go down from penetration of a weak spot, multiple hits penning an armored area or the simple kinetic energy of being pummeled with so much lead Not to mention one hit from a cheap old rpg and the armored limbs will go flying off in all directions Saw a video of a ukranian flying a $500 amazon drone drop what looked like a rpg round with a chute down on a Russian soldier all armored up in kevlar on patrol. His friggin head popped off and landed 6 feet in front of his body. Newer knew what hit him. His armor was useless
Yeah, I cringed when he called him that. As interesting as this show is with its mech-action, it does get a lot of military details wrong. For instance, the Air Force guards were wearing the wrong uniforms by this point in time.
@@Revan_Morningstar la verdad no se... porque... Use un celular con idioma en inglés y con una vpn en Inglaterra y el audio estaba en ingles en ese celular... lo hice porque vi comentarios en coreano y en inglés en este video... Es raro no se algo no me cuadra
@@Revan_Morningstar si si la vi en español lee porfavor mi respuesta anterior si es tan hamable mi estimado cabezon... Además alguien que se llama Shitposter en internet no debería ni hablar... ni derechos humanos deberían tener... Dx
Saying they didn't discover much about how they work is misleading. The fact that an exo can operate so long as it has at least 30% of it's Gel, and parts can be swapped on the fly is a big deal; Equiping a Exo with a reserve tank of gel (a one gallon cell) patch kits and tubing to perform "Gel transfusions" would easily keep exos mobile if damaged. If you have an undamaged unit, and one of the others was leaking fluid, you just patch the damaged unit, and transfer some of the gel from the reserve tank or from the undamaged unit. Furthermore, if you have a non-functioning unit, replacing damaged parts and infusing some gel could potentially make it funcitonal again. Researching the Gel could lead to other advancements, such as powering other man-made devices. The Exo itself is ancilary. The real key is the Gel.
I mean that's why they said they didn't find out more about how it works other than ways to use it in combat. They probably wanted to find out ways to replicate it instead of relying on aliens to provide some sort of superiority on the battlefield against other nations or terrorists. Even if they know that about the Gel, i don't think they can replicate it nor find an alternative fuel source so once again they are reliant on the aliens. All those things you just stated seem like combat knowledge to me and still brings them back to square one, bartering with the aliens. Furthemore, i really don't think they will be able to create a significant fuel source from the existing Gel they have because they still need it for the exos and if they don't even understand how it works, how can they make man-made machines that can use it?
The original says that they don't understand the composition of the gel at all, and can only predict that it's some kind of nanomaterial. Basically, they couldn't figure out the atomic composition of the material. They also mentioned that they could only figure out the application of the machine, but not how it's made. Basically, their goal is to see whether they can recreate them but failed to do so, leading to disbandment after spending 5 times the amount of money spent on the whole apollo project.
Don't forget that if you're out in the desert, you can drink a little gel to keep you hydrated. Creepy as hell, lol. What I want to find out is, what's the REAL motive behind the aliens' ... "generosity" ???
@@vlweb3d honestly could just be that the Peddlers have more use for Limestone or value it highly for some reason (maybe comparitive rarity?) then the cargo of mini-mecha they were carrying.
man, i can buy a few of these mechs. i want 3 in different camos. the most expensive thing is buying decent equipment. time to get busy buying that browing 50cal and rocket launcher lol.
How could it not? Even more concerning is the fact that this incomprehensible alien technology is so similar to and compatible with human physiology. They're even mostly built to a human form factor. Super suspicious IMO.
@@osakanone But not really. You go from grunts on foot to grunts in mechs. That's really the only difference. Despite the fact they showed brain dead helo pilots and tank crews, in the real world those assets would still be usable. Real helo pilots don't fucking hover low and slow over one spot like that - it's an awesome way to let someone with an RPG ruin your day. And those tanks in that one episode - I can't even. Now imagine tanks and helos working WITH exo support, you know, how they do in the real world already. Even bare metal exos backed by tanks and helos would be a huge force multiplier.
@@ccapwell Right, but what it means is that the composition of war fundamentally changes and you're probably going to start seeing hybridized platforms.
As long as they have 30% of the fluid, they can be repaired and reused in combat. The only sure fire way to put them down is to either wholly destroy the main exoframe body or killing the pilot.
Not really, the key is the power source based on 👽 based bio-gel. Basically just like flesh, if you throw a cruise missile at them that pretty much take them down, these exo frame bleeds just like any living organisms. Killing the operator will work, but completely wiped out takes more effort with ground forces without air support. Imagine fighting these things with average joe's m4 and Humvee, IAV, M1 abrams is not going to cut it.
@@zhen1763 i agree with you but with small arms like M4 they might nickle it only depends if they use M995 5.56 but with M1 and Humvees with M2HB they can dispatch them in range. The infantry will have big problem though
Well, from the show we saw that only the ones in the middle were hit with the 30mm and they just lost their arms/legs Edit: I rewatched and saw some got blown in half
@@kawaii_milkshake2160 yeah rewatching the scene some got torn apart by the impact, though it only seems to be at areas where the joints/body parts would connect to each other for some reason, might have to do with how they technically aren't brand new and are secondhanded as shown in the attack on the oil facility
probably ask some Marines about stuff too. know a few from my games group that where in it and they would have chugged the gell stuff no questions asked
Have you guys noted the ending theme iit ends different!?? That 1sr season ending has a guitar string sound very cool... On this one disappeared. Why I mention this? Because those kind of endings are timeless, they stuck in your head, and many years can pass and when you hear them again, you can evoque memories of your past and how cool was watch this series , either by drinking something warm in a cold night, or with a sun coming through your room window. Those kind of opening or endings mark many people and make of course convert this kind of Animations on classics!!!
Of course Exosframes wouldn't make any other military unit obsolete, i like to see them not as vehicles, but as superhumans They're perfect for sabotage missions, and can be very useful for carrying weight or heavy firepower without wasting fuel that heavier machines will also need. But the show makes every single military man have a 0% hit chance and they just miss every single shot, literally any exoframe would be turned into ashes if met with helis or tanks, they're not like these anime mechs with giant lase swords that just have infinite firepower because the plot said so, they are specialized units with a very specific use and can be very efficient in that use. Too bad the show's directors will prefer to go the "haha funi machine new so it replace old because old bad"
As a Marine I think I'm qualified in educating you on Marine Corps rank insignia. At 5:23 Fernando is not a Lieutenant he's a Staff Sergeant. As you were, carry on.
I see in 2022 the USAF didn't migrate to OCP- and are still wearing the prelim tan boots rather than sage green. Nice to see ABU done right and SF get screentime though!
Most comments: they messed with military ranks! Me: So is that alien brake oil is blueberry flavor? Also: are aliens still selling Frames to earthlings?
@@benlex5672 Ohhh snap imagine that some bottom cheap tech from space takes out modern multi million battle tank with a literal bomb with a stick (also fueld by sport drink). No wonder that causes shift in geopolitics. Thats a cool idea imo.
@@juliuspavilovskis4862 it works more like an advanced infantry that you can put light armor on. Same idea with Toyota trucks but even cheaper as earth has an abundance of limestone and the universe does not. Not to mention that the gel does not get used so it’s a perpetual motion machine, something that earth cannot make.
I know it's all fiction, but I've got my own theory. The Exoframe is a flexible modular but perhaps outdated Exo-War (that is, a war already fought by Aliens among other Aliens) technology. Take an arm off an old Exo, fit it with a Fuel Tank, Line, and Thrusters, then slap it onto an Exo that's in better shape, and you've got the start of something more maneuverable. The technology is fundamentally open-source and simplified for such an advanced technology so that an Engineer that knows what they're doing can mess with the inside and outside of the Exo until it's a state-of-the-art combat machine. Surround it in RCS Thrusters and you've got an excellent machine for Orbital or even Deep Space combat scenarios and that's the option I can come up with.
I don't know why they can't think that the defense contractors wouldn't just move their markets into making modular improvements to the base models. Not to mention air platforms and communications integration.
@@reaperwithnoname Not only that. Not all manufacturers would have the capability to do the transition. Like, what the hell are companies like Caterpillar and MTU who are used to manufacturing big engines supposed to do?
If I was in military weapons development, I would probably stick to an ultra light minimum armor chasis (just enough to stop .30 cal AP) and only pour resources into augmenting the perception and firepower characteristics. These exo frames with state of the art thermal optics, indirect fire capability, and/or long range auto Canon main armorment would be an absolute nightmare to deal with. It would excel in a light infantry, mountaineer, scout, and spec ops role. I still think heavy vehicles will have firepower and protection advantages that the exo frames can't match simply because they have a max carrying capacity. However, their weapons systems will have to change in order to deal with exo frames. I would see heavy auto cannons with huge range and accuracy being ideal to kill large numbers of exo frames. Remember, an exo with a moderately trained pilot is cheap, but not cheaper than a 30mm projectile.
Mount a GAU-8 on a tank or similar vehicle. With fast, agile, and small targets, rapid fire and lots of ammo are key; see CIWS, CRAM, Quick Kill, Iron Dome.
If the exoframes work with the liquid, how did they hook up the camear heads so that it corresponds to the subtle eye and head movements of the operator? And in the factory made exo's, you would nornally hold onto the handle to control the exo. But the Area 51 protoypes' handles aren't connected with the exoframe?
If you watch the previous ep, the big guy with sniper frame didn't touch his frame, he's outside the frame and his frame mimic, shoot the sniper rifle as the owner control, like neural link or something, so the area51 prototype in this ep look not that high tech lol
The add-ons like armor and cameras are all human-made and independent from the EXOFRAME. They also have handles, but are inside the armored pod in the back.
