The ULTIMATE Realism Tier List 

I got the notification for this video and had to a double take because I thought it said racism tier list for a second

TBF, there's a scientist in Halo 4 that mentions how the mantis is used as a mech loader when not equipped for combat. I think most people agree that while mechs aren't the best for combat, they are pretty handy for logistics work.

I think the mantis was the unsc's attempt at answering the wide tread problem of the scorpion in the silliest way they could

Fun thing about the Warthog, is that there is actually some lunatic out there who made a functional full-scale replica of exactly that. So, obviously then, the warthog would be S tier in Realism, because someone already made it IRL.

Saber was also meant for space/high orbit superiority only. They were launched from the ground via **Rockets** Wing tip thrusters were primarily meant as afterburners, which while A certain liability, cutting the afterburner and compensating with power shifts to individual primary engines to start course correction. Along with the fact that they more than likely have secondary maneuvering emergency 'thrusters' much like we see in other sci-fi for finer maneuvering and also in Halo itself for direct evasive maneuvers on the lateral and horizontal axis. So In either case, for modern military integration it shouldn't be on the list as we have Zero applicability for the craft. Even for the Long Sword it's only half applicable because while it can provide ground strikes, CAS/atmospheric air superiority was primarily meant to be from properly outfitted pelicans and Army/air force Short Sword fighter craft.

I find it funny how you said that the mammoth basically is too big to go anywhere irl because whenever modders try to use it in custom multiplayer maps we are like “oh yeah, this thing is way too big.” I still want one irl tho lol

The only reason I could think of why the Mammoth is so big is that its meant to be a mobile fortress where troops can resupply and vehicles can get repairs while being on the battlefield, or it was the only vehicle design that could carry that large ass mac gun. Either way, I think 343 was just trying to make a UNSC version of the scarab and it ended up looking very impractical.

I would say the Hornet is more like a Littlebird than an Apache. The Sparrowhawk is more equivalent to the heavy attack chopper.

The fact that the Wasp is a light reconnaissance vehicle gave me a cool idea to make it unique in a sandbox where the Hornet and the Falcon are also present. The Wasp could have the special ability to highlight all enemies in a certain area around it (maybe all enemies appearing onscreen, idk) or some other feature that provided info to the rest of the team, making it more than just another aircraft that can hover and shoot. This would allow it to have a special place in the sandbox and leave the role of small attack vehicle to the Hornet

I love the falcon, but do you think its capacity is a bit low (3 passengers, 2 gunners) or maybe since those were spartans it could fit in more marines if optimized for that

Thee Mantis may be in F tier, but I still love it and want it in Halo Infinite

Thanks for the shoutout chief, just that i was never in the military. I appreciate that it looks that way tho

15:22 i think the falcon is more like the little bird, for small insertions but can also be used as an attack aircraft

The issue with the falcon in the real world is the location of the propellers make it a hazard for the crew resulting in constantly down forces on those on the sides and making it incredibly hazardous to bail or parachute from. We see these exact issues with the osprey. Yes it can carry a single vehicle and people can jump from it, but they have to jump from it in motion and from the rear like a plane, not like a copter as the downforces can throw people into a spin or screw with their parachute if it opens early.

2 things 16:08 in that specific mission I've found that crouching with the mantis has actually helped me. Maybe if the mantis had smaller auxiliary legs with its main legs to crawl faster and then stood up when it needed to fire above cover it would be better? For the warthog and the others in the big 3, in lore they're hydrogen powered and those containers hold water so it's a great behind enemy lines vehicle with refuel being so simple

the Warthogs definitely deserved an S+ rank, considering that several people have actually made their own Warthogs in real life.

Mechs wouldn't be good for warfare but they would be quite useful for tasks that require so many different specialized equipment. The farming industry, having to move giant blocks of hay by using a crane, then putting it on a truck. Moving shipping containers. Girders for building construction... all that could be done by a mech. We wouldn't need to make so many different machines, we could just make mechs.

The elephant is not so much as a recovery vehicle then a mobile vommand center. In halo wars 1, thr elephant would function as a base that you could move around.

Funny to see this after watching the video another channel did making their own unsc strike force. They hated the warthog and razer back because they weren’t fully armored around the crew positions

Great video! Keep up the good work! By the way it's stated in the 112th page of the Essential Visual Guide that the GA-TL1 designation is inspired by the Longsword's designers' names, which are Gov Aukland and Thomas Levesque.

Woah, thanks for the mention! I really appreciate it, my guy

Elon himself said that the Cybertruck was deliberately designed to look like a low-poly version of the Warthog, as he is a fan of the Halo series.

You should rank and review UNSC Halo weapons on realism!

Bro the mammoth was like the only effective weapon against scarabs

Don't even get me started on the 90mm cannon for the Scorpion...

Finally finished your video (4 days later) and I got to the Saber part. The Saber is a space fighter, not an aircraft. It doesn't have a tail fin stabilizer because it's not meant for in-atmosphere combat. Its top (fins) are likely artificial gravity field emitters for stability, and the bi-wing design is also likely involved in this kind of concept. Notice there are no flaps for steering. This is likely because it's using the multiple engines, sure, but also because it uses gravity fields for maneuvers. This is why the Banshee also has the bi-wing like design. The rods are part of a full ship artificial gravity control system. This is also why they weren't afraid to lose their thrusters at the tips of the wings. The speed will surely take a hit as the gravity fields will have a tough time compensating for the off-kilter thrust, sure. But it won't send the thing spinning. Anyway, the wings are also important for radial thermal radiation. Vehicles in the vacuum of space get hot fast, and you need to focus the heat into fins and wings to let it radiate out as light because there are little to no gasses surrounding the vehicle to absorb any heat. The double wing lets liquid cooling systems flow through the outer engines and then back to a central control system in a way that's slightly more efficient as it allows for heat radiation on multiple wing panels and directions. Anyway, the main issue with these is that you're putting them into modern Earth environments and not accounting for the very realistically considered future environments design mentality. That being said, these wings aren't large enough to serve as proper thermal controls, and they definitely designed it to maintain a "cool jet" factor visually even as they gave a nod to the hard sci-fi concepts that Joseph Staten and the old guard Bungie crew were known to enjoy.

Okay cool but 20:14 The Sabre is a Space Superiority fighter - you do not experience drag in the vacuum of space and whilst yes it does take off from terrestrial zones, by the time drag would matter you're already high enough in the atmosphere for it to have no effect.

16:30 the us army has little prototype mechs used for lifting cargo

The Wasp is analogous to the OH-58 Kiowa Warrior. Low intensity scout primarily but capable of providing some air support in a pinch. It did become obsolete as the Apache Longbow provided better sensors on a more capable platform.

This video is top notch, as I appreciate the realism of the vehicles, and I agree with pretty much all of this. Thanks as well for the shoutout, you did not have to do that at all and I appreciate it! Subbed for more, keep it up!

I would like to mention, the turret for the first Scorpian is also crewless, so having it so high up is actually a benefit as it will only allow the enemy to shoot at your crewless turret, and at worse, disable your gun. meanwhile, a turret that requires you to reveal your hull to aim at the enemy, or a crewed turret, is at more of a risk when exposing itself as the crew are now exposing themselves to enemy fire. Of course its not always the best thing to have a high up crewless turret. The closest tank the US has to the scorpion is the AGS, which has the same turret as the Striker with an autoloader, crewless turret, and its quite low profile. If you go hull down with it, aka you only show your turret, your crew is safe.

The reason the Sabre has the four numbers is for the name tags, S117 etc, it’s so that it pops up in coop as your teammate.

I always thought the Elephant was a research/mobile base for study of the Forerunner ruins on Sandtrap. The guns are just a backup/bonus- you never know if something may want to attack you.

On the Mammoth, you're forgetting that we have Airless tires. It's entirely possible that we've discovered the peak of this tech by the 26th century...

The Worthog family. That always reminds me of the Australian SASR (Special Air Service Regiment)/Commando teams LRPV (Long Range Patrol Vehicles). Small lightly armoured, sits the driver, gunner and vehicle/patrol commander, and at a pinch 3 more, can have guns (main gun/passenger gun) or no guns. Comes in a variety of different types and has different types of main gun. Excellent vehicles

I think what so realistic about the warthog is that it combines technology from a developed country with concepts from something that armies in third world counties do. With many armored cars coming from professional armies like the United States, the spot where a machine gun and the gunner are at is protected with armor to reduce exposure to fire. With the warthog, its turret placement and design are inspired by what fighters in the Middle East or Central Africa do, that being strapping on heavy machine guns to their Toyotas, that kind of think you can see in like Lord of War or something.

When you said you were going to base score on IF we could make it today I didn't hear anything about practically.

I think the scorpion isnt realistic for us on earth but i imagine for planets like mars etc the scorpion could actually prove to be quite useful. The pelican again likely has its advantages in foreign environments. Large transport and cargo capacity. The variable thrusters are very useful for space flight which the pelican certainly does quite a lot of. For the elephant, I would say the Halo Wars elephant would be superior to the halo 3 one. The elephant to my knowledge serves essentially as a mobile command centre. Its not a frontline unit but if a mobile FOB is needed it could probably fill that role, carrying supplies, a couple of mongeese or a warthog. Looking at the warthog being for special forces stuff, look at the British Jackal wheeled vehicle and those similar to it. Lightweight, can carry a lot of gear and can be pretty fast. The sabre and broadsword cant necessarily be considered for realism concerns because they are both space combat vehicles. We dont necessarily know how soace combat will be conducted etc. I know we have neutonian physics and "realistic" stuff like the BSG Viper or the Starfury from B5. Then again the viper has 30mm coilguns and the starfury has pulse cannons and a nuclear reactor for a power plant

Also those track pods are q smart design if 1 track is disabled the tank can still move. Also with pelicans u can easily pick up a scorpion. Detach the disabled pod and swap it out. And boom tanks back at full strength. Same with its turrets just pop one off slap a new one on. It's a modular design. With a hard to hit profile.

I think of the mantis as an advanced forklift that they designed weapons for in the rare situations where you would be attacked in one

With the mantis I agree it makes more sense as a loading/forklift type machine than one that nearly constantly hit by small fire and explosives

sweet vid wish you included the F-99 drone from ODST very cool and realistic looking

This is the first Video i watched from you ,12 Minutes in and i all ready love it. I enjoy the use of the correct terminology and that you clearly are in the Armed Forced or work as a civilian contractor . good video man

I get why you put the wasp in C tier as a attack craft, honestly I never thought of it like that, even in the world of halo I had heard in books and RU-vidrs that it was meant to be a low maintenance vehicle that could be used to attack things if need be but was just meant to be there for recon or if nothing better was there and a need needed to be fulfilled. I think as what I’ve heard of it is what it really is, so I’m my heart and my lost it’s higher cus it’s being used like it should from what I know.

One think id line to point out as a huge flaw in the scorpions design is the barrel depression. This would hender its ability to fight hull down on hills.

Warthog would be a deathtrap in an urban environment

Weird thing about the scorpion that I don’t think many people realise is that it would be godly for going hull down, the turret, in spite of its position high up, is a very small target compared to most current day tank turrets relative to its hull, likelihood is that when going hull down (as in keeping the hull behind cover like a ridge or ruins in an urban environment) it would be difficult to hit

Lmao this was such a great watch all the way through. I’m glad your insightful and logical when talking about these sci-fi vehicles. Please continue to do this.

This is a long but genuine defense of the pelican, including real-world examples. However, i am not an expert, but I believe i dont need to be if 343 doesn't have any on their teams. I believe the way in which pelican is used provides far more utility than is considered. You yourself mention "hollow belly" helicopters, which we do see the pelicans being used for, carrying heavy equipment from scorpions to slipspace engines (elephant sized highly volotile and radioactive blackhole generators) but more than that there is a real world very similar analog in the us military today, and thats the king stalion. Said king stalion has a massive size, slower speed, propeller based, and is also a cargo carrier with similar use cases. I belive the shortcomings cited are also outweighed realistically by its ability to land with minamal air disturbance, to carry cargo close to its body (heavily increasing its operating range and scenarios)unlike helos, and surface to space capabilities that honestly put into question the need for odst pods with what we see in halo 3, and its ability to quickly deploy equipment and troops like we see in halo 2. Yes it has half the troop capacity of a king stalion but doesnt need harnesses rated for re-entry. As an example of the pelicans superiority despite similar size the king stallion cant carry an abrams, its crew, a support team, deploy them in an urban environment under fire by a technologically superior force in under 5 minutes, and provide air support with nose and door mounted miniguns as well as rocket salvos. The bungee's pelican do all that with a better crash to survival rate than any helicopter in any video game series. Look at foehammer she lasted the whole game, even doing tight manuvers underground and only died at the very end, and every other time, we saw a pelican crash, at least some of the troops servive. heck, johnson survives at least 3 uninjured and hapily hops in another 30 minutes later each time.

As much as I love the Scorpion, my own experience garnered in my time in the army with maintainers and with tankers, the Scoepion lands solidly in F-tier. Having a driver also be the gunner is terrible, while your FTP who mans thr LMG out front is completely exposed. The quadtracks is a logistics nightmare. The more you look at the Scorpion the worse it gets. 😅

I mean the sabre doesn’t have to worry to much about drag as it’s in space, aka very little air to resist

I believe the Hornet would be more like the Army's little bird. Its small and fast with room for a team size element. But it can also hold a decent amount of fire power.

I always adored OG Halo vehicle artstyle. It was grounded, zero redundant details or futuristic parts just for sake of being futuristic

The hornet is more like a little bird with guns.

The pelican is a actualy is way more practical than you’d think man

I can't remember what media it was but I thought the reason the vehicles used in game were old and poorly designed was due to scarcity. The UNSC had been fighting a 30 year war and they were just using what was left/cheap to manufacture. All the cool and futuristic vehicles/weapons have been destroyed or are rare to see. I think this works for CE-Reach but a lot of the things in 4-Infinite do seem futuristic for aesthetic reasons only

I think the elephant and mammoth should be more of a mobile command center type vehicle but still a poor machine

Elephants and Mammoths also served (Well Mammoths primarily served) as mobile bases. Elephants kinda suffered from being able to decently do a bit of everything and not being even remotely optimized for anything. Combat? They could fit a lot of guns on one and it is very heavily armored, but it's big, slow, and the guns aren't good for anything tougher than a lightly armored vehicle. Vehicle recovery? If the Elephant could hook onto it then it could tow it, and it could even carry repair technicians out with it if all they needed to do was drag a vehicle out of a ditch and do some minor repairs, but once again he a _big_ boy. Mobile base? One wasn't going to be taken out by a few rockets, could carry a decent amount of men, could be equipped with most instruments field command would need to communicate and coordinate with the higherups for any given mission, and could carry plenty of weapons and supplies for the troops, but it is big and slow though. The common trend is that in any given role it was about as unsubtle as you can get without being a Mammoth and wasn't outrunning anything not on feet. Mammoths do two things, mobile base and killing big things that can't run away or hide. They largely do not care about terrain so long as it can fit on flat enough ground to function without sinking. Rocky terrain? Drive over it. Dense vegetation? Drive over it. Rivers and swamps? Drive over it. Heavy enemy fire and fortification? Drive through it. It takes steep mountains, deep waters, huge sand dunes, or wide canyons to stop a Mammoth, and it tends to make up for the fact that it can't always get to the blow it the hell up objective by being able to reach out over the horizon and blow it the hell up anyway. Changing a tire is definitely a certified bitch, but good luck making one need to. Mammoths are less ground combat vehicles and more small ground based carrier ships with one big fuck you cannon and a few embarked vehicles and a lot of marines. They're a seige platform.

Something I think they could have done better with the Mantis would be if they had designed it to be primarily a utility vehicle, like a forklift on legs that could pick up and manipulate heavy equipment more fluidly than a regular forklift, and if it just so happens to also have a heavy machine gun just in case the station is boarded and all hands are needed to repel boarders.

The OG pelicans from halo 1 to reach are my all time favourite sci-fi ships, any space game i play i try to use ships with similar designs like in SC i almost exclusively use the vanguard Warden, simply because it looks like the pelican. The first time we get to fly one in a halo game, not including easter eggs and bugs was in halo 4 which had the worst pelican design you could imagine. Im glad they went back to the original design in halo wars 2 and infinite, the ones in halo 4 and 5 which took obvious inspiration from the real life hind, which explains why the pelican's role changed from dedicated troop transport with minor close air support capabilities into an gunship capable of transporting troops.

The Hawk from the OG Halo Wars was definitely one of the best designed UNSC attack aircraft we’ve seen imo along with the SABRE from Reach. I think your one critique of the SABRE with the wingtip mounted thrusters may be nullified due to the fact that it was one the few smaller shielded UNSC aircraft and they could perhaps also be jettisonable.

FSS might be Fighter-Space-Shielded or something similar since it is equipped with energy shield

The pelican carries over 20 soliders in the back and has rockets plus an auto cannon

Imo razorback may pass as an S tier cause it's just a cargo carrier. But the warthog? The doorless, unarmoured, "I'm right here" elevated gunner position? Helllllll no!

Now that the Viper Stealth Tank has finally dropped with the rest of the Digsite content, I'd love to see it covered since it has a lot of the features the Scorpion lacks

You don't need a modified pelican for your idea for an aerial alternative to the elephant - the standard model can already pick up and fly tanks around.

Wtf am i doing here? I have 5 projects due tomorrow, an assignment needed tomorrow and a art project due also tomorrow, yet here i am watching this😅😂

You better build a pelican one day cause my god i love it.

For mechs the only ones that i will accept are armored core mechs as most video game mechs seem like they will topple over quite easily.

a solid titanuim aut unit that can -fly in upper atmosphere. -be armed with an array of weapons -airlift 10 personal plys pilots -capable of 400+mph -can lift TANK nahh modern military dunn need it

Big mechs are probably not going to be a thing, but exosuits are a different story. They will be small enough to deploy with infantry, and big enough to carry some armor and heavy weapons. Like a 40k spacemarine, but instead of a genetically enchanted supersoldier, its going to have an exoskeleton with a puny human inside.

we need more Longsword in Halo

Minor disagreement about the Falcon, it's a great aircraft but it doesn't make very good use of it's footprint. The narrow front doesn't offer really offer any advantages beside a smaller profile from the front. If the front were wider it could have a co-pilot to do other tasks or take over in an emergency. If it were able to be equipped with side doors it could also be a little more versatile

Also the Sabre should be F-tier, as it is supposed to be an exo-atmospheric combat vehicle, yet controls (and is generally designed) as if it is in an atmosphere where air resistance exists.

The Mammoth is so big because it's designated as a Siege vehicle and had to be that big to carry a mobile MAC gun. And just like the Elephant, it works as a mobile forward operating base where troops can resupply and fix vehicles, with officers dishing out commands from the 2nd floor. Also, I'm not sure what people mean by the mantis doesn't fit in Halo? Whether it's the Mantis from the 343 games, the Cyclops from the Halo Wars games or the Prototype suit in the Halo Legends episode "Prototype", mechs do indeed exist in this universe. So being mad at the Mantis existing seems odd. The M808 Scorpion also was designed with that tall turret in mind. The turret is crewless, so any fire it draws is to the benefit of the crew inside, while allowing it to be placed behind walls and other cover and fire over, and allowing for a further shell distance. Also, the 4 treads are supposed to allow the tank to keep movie, even if one of the treads is damaged, while an irl tank would become immobile

20:55 BRUH you never heard of the Bell Huey?? (the most iconic helicopter of the vietnam war) It and all of its variants start with UH-1. The comparison to the halo reach falcon could make sense as they both have similar occupant capacity, can mount machine gun turrets on each side and serve the same role.

Dear Cabezon, I just wish to say that enjoyed the video, and I hope that 343 will see this one day and see it as constructive criticism. However, I wish to clarify why the Pelican is classified as the D-77 Pelican Troop Transport. The D stands for Drop ship, and that’s exactly what the Pelican is designed to do, load a few squads into the troop bay, take those troops from the main ship down to the planet’s surface, drop the units off planet side, return to the main ship, and repeat. Also, a little bit of fun Trivia about the YSS-1000 Sabre, there was actually a competitor to this craft for the next Exoatmospheric Strike Fighter called the S-930 Pegasus, made by SinoViet Heavy Machinery, there were nine combat ready prototypes ready for the Battle of Tribute in 2552. Hope you have a splendid day.

You completely ignore that the Pelican is designed as an orbital dropship for insertions from space to land. Hence the extra size and the design.

One extra detail about the USNC is that they don't carry and deliver vehicles in full. They actually carry them all in parts so that they can be delivered and built at location in short time.

I agree with your opinion on the elaphant ant its purpose is to deploy troops as a mobile fortress

With a warthogs gunner being so exposed and not even having armored doors for the driver and passenger, it really belongs in D tier

There’s actually a Stealth Viper tank that 343 canonized from cut content from Halo CE. It has modern Tank treds, explosive shells, and a lower profile.

Pelicans do have a 2nd varient that is a cargo version, its back is a lot longer and it can carry a scorpion or 4 mongooses or 2 warthogs, its in Halo 3's the ark mission im pretty sure.

One thing I think Halo is missing is an ATV. An armored van meant for protecting troops while transporting them into a dangerous area, maybe with a remote controlled turret on the top

Fun fact. Back around 2005 USA military wanted to make a Gundam or something slimier for testing. Due to mobile small combat support unit that carries huge arms. But didn't pass due to the mass of arms. Also, new military planes have programs in place to help with flight control.

Alright, I'mma make my cases for the Pelican and Scorpion being more realistic when you look at how best to use them, but first, broadsword, forward swept wings on it are most likely because forward swept wings allow for better maneuverability (Btw, I'll be talking about possible in lore reasons, we all know the real reasons is because they look cool), The Pelican honestly is more realistic than I think you give it credit for, most military aircraft, transport or combat ones, tend to be screwed over if they get hit, Helicopters can glide if they're hit, but only if the rotor is mostly intact, and most aircraft that we have when hit by a missile, usually loose their wings first, causing them to spin out and hit the ground, Fighter Jets are the best example of showing this, if they're hit and loose their engine, they usually loose like half the aircraft's functions in general, and most modern aircraft have what's called 'fly-by-wire', which is where a computer takes the inputs on the stick and pedals and translates that to the control surfaces, this is because most aircraft now have 'unstable' designs, which allow for better performance in terms of turning and flight, but would required hundreds of corrections every minute. The Pelican is closer to a Chinook than a C-130, it can bring in a decent number of troops, and whole Warthogs and Scorpions at the same time, which takes up over half the space that would be a troop compartment, the reason the number of troops is so low is also probably because that's the most seats that they can fit in there to keep the soldiers safe during Reentry, and probably could carry many more, there's also a compartment module that allows for the troop bay to be extended almost to the end of the Pelican, giving it the space to carry close to the amount of soldiers a C-130 could, assuming that many of them wouldn't mind sitting/standing on the ground. The Scorpion is also probably more realistic than you'd think because, outside of urban combat, it's actually well designed, the soldiers themselves are in the haul of the vehicle, something we're starting to see today in the form of the Panther, T-14, and M1E3 Abrams, and with the elevated turret, it allows the crew to shoot over obstacles, or with the haul inside a dug out Battle Position, the turret can be heavily armored without needing to worry about the internal space needed for crew, easily allowing the scorpion to have massive amounts of armor on the turret, the four individual track pontoon things allows the tank to much more smoothly and easily travel over rough terrain, and generally just makes it good for combat in non-urban areas. I feel like the Warthog would be better for Urban environments, especially because it has access to at least 3 different kinds of turrets, the chain gun, the Gauss cannon, and the missile/rocket turret, the Gauss cannon specifically replaces the need for a tank much in Urban combat because, well, that's basically a tank gun, with no recoil mounted on basically a futuristic jeep, so the firepower of the tank is already there, and since Anti-Tank weapons could in theory tank both vehicles out just as easy, better to use the fast and nimble warthog than a tank which will have to move much slower especially in an urban environment

i completely agree with the rough edges on the elephant. it is supposed to act as a moblie mini base in halo but the design is a bit of drawback because like you said there is not much ride height which already kills the flexability of the vehicle

i think it’s also important to mention that if the kodiak has an auto loader than it underperforms modern artillery. say the bandkanon 1c has a large tracked body with a 155 millimeter cannon and can fire every 3 seconds.

The 2 outer engines of the Sabre are neccesary for Travel speed. The main engine is probably for combat speed. The sabre has a strong shield and if it does get damged you can probably turn the engines off or it will automatically do so

The Saber was made for space warfare though, its whole point was to be a planetary based interceptor that would get launched into space and fight off pirates etc. until reinforcements arrive...

The mattress he's more of a big set of power armor like the power armor from Fallout

My theory on the goofy desig nof the scorpion tank is, due to the limited space on the ships, as well as difficulty in getting spare parts and logistics requirements, they deicded to combine a tank and self propelled atillery piece into one vehicle, resulting in a design that can provide both armoured direct fire support, as well as being able to elevate its gun to indirect fire, while all using the same parts and ammo, instead of needing the materials for two separate systems

Your wasp equivalent wouldn't be an Apache but a OH-58D Kiowa scout helicopter

16:13 I agree with your points on the mantis despite my love for the vehicle. I personally think that Star Wars often does mech/walkers in a much more practical way that makes sense

Only problem I have with Halo aircraft is they're blocky af, they might give the middle finger to gravity but aerodynamics just wants to talk to them still.

You should do Halo wars vehicles too.

fantastic video, i think when you’re making comparisons having a picture showing what your explaining would be a great touch

The Scorpions have GIANT turret rings that would get nailed constantly. Those tanks are the definition of a shot trap.

Your wasp idea is like the Honeybee

Pelicans can already carry scorpions in their default configuration. They could most definitely fly in, drop a fresh scorpion off, pick up the knocked out one, and then bring it back to base. Also the mantis isn’t supposed to be a combat vehicle, it’s supposed to be a utility vehicle. Sure it has guns and missiles on it in the game, but even in the game it’s got an operator saying that they know how to move cargo but not shoot covenant. It’s literally the cyclops utility walker from halo wars except it’s “modern.”