Assume that in this timeline these vehicles and weapons systems are very complicated, and require the element to be somewhat 'self sufficient' on the Battlefield. These vehicles would be more like 'Ships' than common ground vehicles.
- This would require the larger tanks to have a 'Sensors operator', this position assists the Commander and Gunner as well as fights the ECM and ECCM systems.
- An 'Engineer and Power Systems Operator', having the controls to move and distribute power and heat as well as moving to redundant systems as primes become damaged.
These positions in some cases replace what we see in the 'Mechs as the primary Ai control systems.
As a note here, the Shrek PPC Carrier was capable of continuously firing all 3 PPC's and carried 60 heat sinks to do that, that's a lot of space (size) required just for those elements. This unit is still powered by a fusion engine, size and shielding again part of it's bulk. (becoming somewhat rare for ground units)
Just some thoughts,
9erRed
Edited by 9erRed, 20 April 2015 - 12:26 PM.