BATTLETECH INFANTRY | The unlucky men fighting at the feet of giants

BATTLETECH INFANTRY | The unlucky men fighting at the feet of giants | Battletech lore

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Күн бұрын

Generic greetings and welcome to the the poor bloody infantry. The unlucky foot soldiers forced to fight and live at the feet of giants. Struggling to do their job and survive in a battlefield filled with explosions, cannon fire and stele monsters. So settle in and allow SCI to regale you with the different types and categories of poor fu*king infantry and how they're trained to kill mechs, tanks and other crunchies.
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0:00 Intro
2:14 Infantry
12:27 Militia/Conscripts
14:10 Professional soldiers
19:37 Heavy Infantry
28:05 Jump Troopers

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@lordmech Жыл бұрын

you forgot the Anti-Mech Infantry.

@braddl9442 11 ай бұрын

The guy on the left in that picture you were laughing at is in an InnerSphere Cooling suit and a mech pilot. This is what they used pre clan and Pre memory core cause they could not make star league era suits anymore. SO just put on a water cooled jacket take off all your clothing and go into battle on you mech that generates 20 heat but you only got 10 heat sinks.

@quarkedbutt3957 6 ай бұрын

Please for the love of God cover the Mobile Infantry and their Drop Pods from the Novel of Startship Troopers.

@TheSYLOH Жыл бұрын

I think 40k has a great quote on the subject: "Despise infantry if you must. Crush them underfoot, by all means. But do not ignore them. Battlefields are littered with the wreckage of Titans whose crews ignored infantry." - Grand Master Ferromont, Ordo Sinnister, Colegio Titanica That's coming from people who pilot 33 meter tall war gods.

@josephahner3031 Жыл бұрын

Ordo Sinister, not only 33 meter tall death machines, 33 meter tall death machines with devastating psychic powers on top of ludicrously powerful conventional weaponry.

@Deridus 11 ай бұрын

Ah, yes. The Ordo Sinister. A force so cloaked in [All data redacted. Ave Omnisiah]

@venerablebrothergoriate5844 6 ай бұрын

Ah, yes, the imperium’s biggest spooksters. Remember that one time an Ordo Sinister Psy-Warlord landed on a rebellious planet and quelled the rebellion just by walking around without firing a single shot? Damn spooky as all hell. Unfortunately, if any of them are left, they’re in the Emperor’s basement and there’s at most 5 of them remaining. Thank you, Legio Mortis, for being Horus’s favorite beat-stick and breaking all the cool toys.

@ASNS117Zero 4 ай бұрын

40k is also a setting where infantry can potentially have weapons that cause gravity effects, which could potentially lead to a *really* bad day for a Titan if it hits them in the right spot at the right time. Can you imagine an Imperator taking a step, then all of a sudden one of their legs just shifts out from under them and they go straight to the ground?

@MrWesleyDP 25 күн бұрын

Also, never forget Cadia broke before the Guard. Discount Infantry (well mostly infantry) at your own risk...

@bthsr7113 11 ай бұрын

To describe a nightmare scenario of facing prepared infantry, imagine walking through a quiet deserted city between a high rise and a sky scraper, hearing nothing save the routine chatter on the radio. Suddenly, the windows on both buildings are shattered as inferno missiles erupt in thunderous salvos converging on your mech. The heat forces you to completely shut down the mech. Suddenly the ground beneath you gives way from demolition charges below the road, sending your mech onto its back. All you can hear now is your panicked breathing, the ringing in your head, and then the banging on the access hatch as they prepare to force it.

@TheReaver1234 6 ай бұрын

…… welp I’m anxious now. Holy shit dude great description

@andrewamann2821 4 ай бұрын

The only thing that would make this worse is being in the periphery, and hearing the faint sound of "Duelling Banjos" amidst the clatter of trying to force open the hatch... Assuming they don't just pop a couple of shaped charges on the cockpit windshield...

@rafale1981 4 ай бұрын

@@andrewamann2821and when the hatch opens, you hear a deep gravelly voice: “hello pardner, how about y’all surrender before i blow your ass back to new avalon with this here grenade?”

@777dragonborn 3 ай бұрын

XO: what do you mean you got your mech jacked? Commander: well uh they was this corridor and....

@xxmattopsxx3931 3 күн бұрын

@andrewamann2821 Dear god! not the dueling banjos

@Cowboycomando54 11 ай бұрын

Clanners learned the hard way that infantry are not be fucked with at the Battle of Tukayyid. Nothing is more freighting than having your mech's legs blown off by satchel charges, laying on your back, and having two grunts standing on top your cockpit. One of them has a can of Inferno gel and a hose, the other has a drill and a lighter.

@KodeeDentares 3 ай бұрын

Jfc, I have PTSD just from the image that evokes 😰

@bobskywalker2707 Жыл бұрын

People make fun of my infantry. That is until their mech gets absolutely smoked in an ambush or get a satchel charge attached to their leg by a jump trooper. Never underestimate the infantryman in battletech.

@eddapultstab2078 Жыл бұрын

Swarm attacks are the stuff of nightmares for mechwarriors, once a unit swarms, and they don't have to be jump capable, get in a mech occupied hex, they can't fire at them and friendly mechs that try would most likely hit the mech as well if they tried. And the attack is punch hit locations which means a one in six chance that the head is going to take damage. All the swarmed can do is basically spend a turn trying to force the infantry out of their hex with the equivalent of a punch attack.

@kairakuwaeldreor3868 Жыл бұрын

@@eddapultstab2078you can stop, drop and roll and squish the infantry. Which is even supposing that the get to the upper body of the mech, which is a tough roll to do.

@eddapultstab2078 Жыл бұрын

@@kairakuwaeldreor3868 that's basically what's happening with the mech. it deals 1 point of damage per 10 tons of mech and pushes the infantry unit 1 hex away on success.

@brothersgt.grauwolff6716 Жыл бұрын

there have been times playing table top Battletech when Infantry absolutely FUBARed my Hunchback or Victor mech with a lucky SRM shot

@bobskywalker2707 Жыл бұрын

@@brothersgt.grauwolff6716through armor critical! Floating crit! Ammo hit!

@SulliMike23 Жыл бұрын

Never underestimate the uses of infantry in a Sci-Fi setting.

@randomidoit9605 11 ай бұрын

Luke Skywalker throwing an explosive into an AT AT comes to mind.

@null6634 6 ай бұрын

You're always going to need someone to stand on a hill or street corner to say, "This is mine". As far as infantry combat, look at Ukraine. Both sides are built up with anti air, anti tank and mines. It takes infantry to clear the way for the tanks. Tanks are giant targets and basically blind to things close up. Tanks without infantry support die. It isn't unreasonable for infantry to exist in sci Fi. Their use in BT makes sense.

@redman7775 Жыл бұрын

"Yeah, it's the Mobile Infantry" 'Wait, that's Starship Troopers, that's the wrong franchise' "Would you like to know more?" Putting the Insanity into the channel name, I see

@BlackIce3190 Жыл бұрын

Funny enough, the Starship Troopers armor got used in artwork of Ghost Bear infantry.

@JeanLucCaptain Жыл бұрын

IS infantry: Starship trooper Movie. Clan Elemental: Starship Troopers THE NOVEL.

@codyconnor6981 11 ай бұрын

I mean your not far off since the Mobile Infantry pretty much existed to die in the movie.

@chenlee9835 11 ай бұрын

Yes

@ishidan01 4 ай бұрын

"The crunchy's role--" "You did not just bring up Crunchyroll..."

@fullmetalgamers1276 Жыл бұрын

Played a full infantry regiment against a guys reinforced mech lance on an urban hell defensive map. He didn't make it halfway through the city. Field guns holding streets srm teams ambushing from buildings. Jump laser teams blitzing his mechs. And flamer and rifle platoons jumping his armor. Icing on the cake was the ac20 field gun held up in a strategic point on the map that happened to be a hospital.

@thehammer4607 10 ай бұрын

Infantry in battletech done right

@justhecuke 21 күн бұрын

It's what infantry do IRL. The main benefits of tanks and mechs is their mobility paired with their firepower. If you take away their ability to maneuver, they are actually fairly fragile ton-for-ton since the infantry have no engine, no limbs, no armor, no structure. Only guns and ammo.

@lechking941 8 күн бұрын

I think you gave the guy ptsd. XD btw suprsied ya don't have at lest a few urbies.

@Yacovo Жыл бұрын

If you feel too bad for the infantry, remember that they have been given nuclear weapons to play with in Battletech as well! The Davy Crockett-I is a one shot infantry support nuke manned by a group of infantry. The range is about a little over a kilometer, which as you can imagine, is not what most would call a safe detonation distance.

@MrPikaGammer Жыл бұрын

If you feel too bad for the infantry, remember they are a lot scarier than any of us think, and during the Clan Invasion, they gave the Clanners some of the most trouble.

@Carnefice Жыл бұрын

The Davy Crockett is a real weapon. I got to see an inert version at the infantry Museum at Fort Benning when I was there for my officer school

@Tomyironmane Жыл бұрын

@@Carnefice Is that the one that has "Have a nice day" painted on the warhead?

@JeanLucCaptain Жыл бұрын

that's not even the worst man portable nuclear device. best one was a literal Nuclear Demo charge that had to be placed ON THE TARGET BY HAND.

@bthsr7113 11 ай бұрын

@@JeanLucCaptain One was used by yacht club militia to flood a river delta after being delivered by their custom patrol craft.

@everyonethinksyoureadeathm5773 Жыл бұрын

Battletech infantrymen are what you get when you put all of earths special operation units (not special forces) into a blender and hit mix. Then battletech special forces are when you take all of earths special forces units (seal 6, sas, gng6, speznas) and hit puree. These mofos are nuts and the clans learned that while a mech is on par, nothing beats the sheer will of a anti-mecj unit that knows exactly where to place a shape charge.

@eddapultstab2078 Жыл бұрын

I played with the mech factory app and I found out I can equip a platoon with radium snipers, they do 10 damage out 9 spaces and thought they would be very handy in various situations.

@colbyboucher6391 11 ай бұрын

And then there's DEST commandos, who are literally space ninjas.

@eddapultstab2078 11 ай бұрын

@@colbyboucher6391 I thought that was the kuritan super commandos, oh wait cyber ninjas nevermind.

@stevenclark2188 11 ай бұрын

I like how the Titanfall universe took one look at the infantry mobility problem and said: 'F that every gets a jetpack and it's pointed the wrong way most of the time so they don't get skeet shot.'

@bthsr7113 9 ай бұрын

Actually no. The jet packs and grappling hooks are still reserved for specialists. Militia riflemen don't get those toys,

@lechking941 8 күн бұрын

@@bthsr7113yep. It just so happen the rebellion had a lot more surviving specialists.

@TheRyujinLP Жыл бұрын

Keep in mind that in Battletech a Vulcan cannon, what WE consider a light auto cannon, would be considered a light machine gun. What Battletech calls an auto cannon we would call, "Holy shit, did that 120 mm tank gun do a fucking 5 round burst?!" So yeah, the idea that a machine gun can threaten a tank isn't as far fetched as you'd think. Also the armor in Battletech is very hard but brittle and was deigned to defeat HEAT and long rod KE rounds. It's almost impossible for a single hit to penetrate the armor but it slowly shatters and weakens as it's hit. Hence why high rate of fire weapons are favored in this setting.

@venerablebrothergoriate5844 6 ай бұрын

Oh yeah. RAC’s are the coolest.

@RavenWolffe77 Ай бұрын

For context in regards to Machine Guns: The Timberwolf typically carries two to four "Nathan-Browning M2A4 .80cal (20mm) Anti-Personal Machine Guns" Even a millennia in the future, we're still using the Ma Deuce, just rechambered for 20mm.

@matchesburn 11 ай бұрын

Battletech is one of the few sci-fi franchises with ridiculous vehicles like mechs where infantry are still valid, and I love it for that. Keep in mind that infantry can carry around anti-armor weapons like rocket launchers or ATGMs that aren't all that different of some of the missiles on mechs themselves that are used as anti-mech weapons. In an urban setting where you can hide and have lots of coverage, you can definitely quite quickly put the hurt on a mech and leave it a smoldering piece of scrap. There's a reason why gigantic flamethrowers on mechs are valid, especially for urban combat. When you can turn an entire building into fire, the infantry occupants aren't going to fair well.

@bthsr7113 11 ай бұрын

And of course, flamers also force the other mechs to keep distance or suffer heat spikes.

@Echowhiskeyone Жыл бұрын

One thing I will always remember, big guns, missiles, bombs, tank, aircraft cannot hold ground and go door to door. You need boots on the ground, always have and always will.

@lechking941 8 күн бұрын

Yep. A feild battle is for the big toys, and city side os for hell on planet.

@warhiever1803 Жыл бұрын

When the mech goes into the city, every angle becomes available for the infantry to take advantage of. Also the two infantry men at 7:10 are there to shoot the enemy piolets that are downed.

@angryscotsman93 11 ай бұрын

They could also be a forward recon team that were flushed out of their position and are simply trying to fight their way clear to a new position

@leesouthcott8184 Жыл бұрын

My absolute FAVOURITE part of battletech, theres nothing more impressive than some guys with jumppacks falling out of a Karnov, with SRMs, before being blasted by a locust's machine guns. Thank you for this

@bthsr7113 11 ай бұрын

A good reminder that the Locust is actually quite scary and useful in the right hands.

@axiomshift4666 Жыл бұрын

Everyone makes fun of infantry in battletech until they pull out inferno launchers. 😂

@jamesricker3997 5 ай бұрын

Or until you run into an infantry unit in a city

@inquisitionagent9052 3 ай бұрын

And then a bunch of firestarters pull up on them while relaying their current position to the local Catapult. You are chaff and you will forever be chaff 😂

@KillerOrca Жыл бұрын

A mech is expensive, complicated, and rare. Infantry on the other hand is basically free.

@drakkenmensch Жыл бұрын

Hey those rifles do cost money! So try and hand over your rifle to your buddy before you die, procurement would appreciate being able to reassign it to your upcoming replacement when you're a stain on the road.

@spinetanium3296 Жыл бұрын

The dead cost nothing.

@drakkenmensch Жыл бұрын

@@spinetanium3296 So long as you recycle their gear!

@robrib2682 Жыл бұрын

@@drakkenmensch the rifles can be pumped out en mass and cost little The squad missile launcher however

@geoff-lukebihler6157 Жыл бұрын

Don't forget Capellan peasants with anti mech satchel charges

@josephahner3031 Жыл бұрын

In modern combat, infantry goes in front of tanks unless the unit is traveling through a piece of flat and empty terrain. Why? So that other sneaky buggers like them can't sneak up on the tanks with short range anti-armor weapons. To identify and locate minefields and other obstacles, and to find the enemy by pushing to contact before the heavy shit engages. I would imagine that the poster showing infantry leading the way is 100% accurate.

@egoalter1276 4 ай бұрын

The poster shows heavy wepons actively discharging, suggesting active vehicle contact. It takes place on a flat plane. No way in hell would you have an infantry screen out there. Maybe CEVs if you are worried about minefileds.

@jameskallend4874 Жыл бұрын

My infantry usually own a battlefield if there's enough terrain. Gimme a couple heavy lasers for that 15 hex range and a building to hide in and I end up feeling sorry for the mech. Sure I can take 1 loss per turn while I peel off armor in droves. Jump-Laser infantry with support lasers can be NASTY when used correctly. Thanks for the video guys... hey steve.

@eddapultstab2078 Жыл бұрын

Another thing to note about infantry is that in innersphere warfare infantrys job is less fight and most likely die and more securing the real estate. Capured Cities need to be kept in check mechs and tanks need to be guarded when not in use and assets need to be put to work. infantry tends to either be the last line of defense or when you need a bunch of dudes with guns to do something a giant mech can't do delicately. Usually throwing them in suicide waves is peak steiner or liao move as even kurita knows better to do that, they are more slaughter the denizens of a city/continent to the last man women and child types and you can't waste your infantry until that's done first.

@KageRyuu6 Жыл бұрын

Remember mech jocks, infantry in Battletech have assault rifles capable of damaging your mech, while an AC20 can only kill 2 at a time. Also, TAG is 1t of extra equipment which is fired prior to the artillery phase to see if it designates, otherwise the mech jock has to forgo firing his own weapons to designate a target. While Heavy Jump Infantry are canon if rare, basically proto Battle Armor.

@fullmetalgamers1276 Жыл бұрын

Towed autocannons and gauss rifles are not to be underestimated either

@bthsr7113 11 ай бұрын

Good to address how inefficient mech weapons can be at killing infantry. In fact, some of the most feared mech weapons are the least effective against infantry. To my knowledge, the feared ERPPC and Gauss Rifle can each only kill one ground pounder at a time. Oh sure, that poor sap is atomized, but the rest of the unit can still rush forward with satchel charges, rocket launchers, and plastic explosives.

@Vessekx 11 ай бұрын

@@bthsr7113, IIRC, a PPC does two damage to infantry. Double that if you catch them being stupid and standing in open terrain.

@magni5648 11 ай бұрын

The whole assault rifles damaging Mechs thing is pure game mechanics so you don't have to roll every weapon in the platoon seperately and spend half an hour to resolve the shooting phase of a single unit. Down in the more granular systems (ol' Battletroops and the RPGs) you do need some actual AT if you wanna fuck with a Mech.

@colbyboucher6391 11 ай бұрын

@@magni5648 I always thought of it as a consequence of the _extremely_ ablative armor mechs use. Lots of it but designed to slog off easily to steal energy from solid gauss slugs. IDK why TW rules wouldn't just be "small arms just can't attack armor" otherwise.

@bubbasbigblast8563 Жыл бұрын

@17:00 The Fed Suns do actually use infantry with mechs more often than other factions, since their weaker economy during the Succession Wars forced them to diversify their forces, and the idea just kind of stuck. Combined arms warfare isn't as great when you're trading Mechs and Fighters for APCs on a dropship, mind, which is why other factions are less likely to do the same.

@eddapultstab2078 Жыл бұрын

18:20 the one on the left is a mechwarrior with neuro helmet and cooling jacket, the one on the right is actually a technician, i believe that is from the capellan confederation hand book, and from that you may understand why.

@Selbinkoll1 11 ай бұрын

Aye, was going to say this, myself. Inner Sphere mechwarriors, in particular, are known for going into battle almost or completely naked aside from helmet and vest, if they get a vest, due to degrading tech causing their units to run so hot.

@blacknwhitehound 11 ай бұрын

I’ve always looked at mechs as uncommon on the battle field in planet wide campaigns. Always used for major assaults . They are expensive to maintain. The original canon was post star league weapon systems and ammo types were difficult to manufacture and maintain due to decade of war , and remoteness os some planets .

@stephenwood6663 11 ай бұрын

In particular, many of the more advanced mechs are difficult or impossible to replace. Sending a mech battalion is always going to be a high-stakes gamble. Sending a force of tanks and infantry... well, it's much less of a disaster if everything goes pear-shaped.

@rjhogan07 5 ай бұрын

7:58 For those curious, “crunchies”, in this case is a nickname members of the Mechwarrior Mafia (aka Mech pilots) use for infantry because of how stepping on them is like stepping of a twig or dry leaf, complete with the sound effects.

@wavegun Жыл бұрын

They are called 'Crunchies' for a reason. That satisfying sound they make when you step on one with your Marauder.

@inquisitionagent9052 3 ай бұрын

Diabolical 😂

@TsorovanZero Жыл бұрын

Field guns are horribly underrated as a defensive unit. For less than a million c-bills, you can have a foot platoon with quad AC/2s.

@H9092-2 11 ай бұрын

Back it up with an AC/20 and you get to give someone a spicy surprise whenever they come to kill your AC/2's

@TsorovanZero 11 ай бұрын

@@H9092-2 You can get a platoon with 2 AC/20s, but I prefer tanks to do the job. Po is a good balance of cheap and durable, or you can be nasty and use Demolishers.

@johannesmakila2459 Жыл бұрын

Infrantry might day in large numbers in open space but never underestimate those men and women in right terrain. Especially when they get to fortified position or inside house or forest. Good luck getting rid of them after that.

@raifsevrence 11 ай бұрын

To be fair, the Gray Death Legion had quite a bit of success using specialized infantry units to fight mechs. Of course they did suffer a fair number of casualties doing so, but not as many as you would think. They are a bit of a special case though. Definitely not your average cannon fodder.

@therakshasan8547 Жыл бұрын

Time Stamp 18:00 : The person in the Large helmet , and no pants with a cooling vest on is a Mech Pilot .

@Wildcat144 Жыл бұрын

On the topic of infantry designs, I'm actually working on redesigns for them! Next up for me is Capellans! Also hey! Thanks for using some of my art ^-^

@bobskywalker2707 Жыл бұрын

Oh hi wildcat. You seem to pop up just about everywhere

@Wildcat144 Жыл бұрын

@bobskywalker2707 I am very where and no where. Thus is my goal

@marvinjohnson2488 Жыл бұрын

Even today,tanks hate infantry. Russia is finding out what happens when you move without infantry support in urban areas. Give them some cover they are a terror for mechs. Also they are cheap.(you can get a whole lot of infantry that hides until you're in their hex and gets first shot).

@Cha-Khia Жыл бұрын

Infantry is the reason I always bring inferno/incendiary ammo on every unit I field in the table top.

@IronSuns Жыл бұрын

"thats a nice mech there partner unfortunately i have here a davey Crockett" - Jim Bob

@JeanLucCaptain Жыл бұрын

fun fact: ww2 the City of Sevastopol held out against the entire Nazi army for 8 months entirely due to well dug in infantry conscripts. Also a unique case of extremely effective use of an armoured train as a mobile FOB and gun battery that even managed to shoot down 3 aircraft before 6 months later the train was finally trapped in one of the tunnels it took shelter in. the nature of the terrain and fortifications was used to maximum effect by the defenders/ It took 40,000 tons of shells and the destruction 90% of the city before "victory" was finally claimed. then Stalingrad happened and we all know that story. point is it sucks to by the PBI until the enemy attacks a city or other chokepoint.

@bohba13 Жыл бұрын

Even in battle tech, if you ain't infantry, you ain't shit. (infantrymen's motto for the US Army.)

@EisIzo 11 ай бұрын

18:30 the man on the left looks like an IS pilot in a cooling vest and neuro helmet, while the one of the right appears to be a tech or mechanic based on his equipment.

@robrib2682 Жыл бұрын

an episode over the footsloggers and the opening slide is 2 king crabs teaching someone the meaning of dakka.... magnificent

@jacebralor71 Жыл бұрын

The "Crunchies" do what they've always done, take and hold ground.

@ero9841 Жыл бұрын

Combine arm units are probley the most scary units in battletech.

@jamesricker3997 5 ай бұрын

At the end of the day , it is all worth it when you get to bayonet in ejected mech warrior

@richroll9894 Жыл бұрын

Fuckin loved starship troopers too, cheers

@richroll9894 Жыл бұрын

Oh shit, I was just being a dumb ass when I commented this right when the video started, I didn’t even realize y’all would drop SST references a few minutes into the video lmao

@PeachDragon_ 4 ай бұрын

It's crazy That most infantry centric settings are just generic supersoldiers and grunts and then battletech of all settings has the most in depth and cool infantry roles, this is the only setting with reasonable special forces that actually make sense

@chrismath149 Жыл бұрын

Why do I have the feeling that MANPADs and the survivability onion are not a thing in the Battletech universe? A giant machine walking on two legs...the wet dream of any AT soldier.

@gman1515 Жыл бұрын

MANPADs and the survivability onion are actually kind of a thing in Battletech. Higher tech mechs have ECM and stealth tech to help with the not being detected part, but mobility and terrain have always been useful for avoiding being targeted and being hit by the long range missile weapons that infantry carry.

@eddapultstab2078 Жыл бұрын

Well they have towed mech grade weapons but those are advanced rules. Still, I would put a company of fortified infantry crewing ac 5 or 10s with tanks backing up that line.

@ashtiboy Жыл бұрын

well thers the arrow iv lunchers on tanks is that waht you mean they do kinda fit the manpad stuff.

@ashtiboy Жыл бұрын

thers also warship ar missle ships and subcapatal missles as well. heck the battletech warship navl lasers in the battltech tactcal ops rule book even has a AAA mode for dealing with aerospace fighters.

@Cowboycomando54 11 ай бұрын

Thats why there are light mechs with machine guns and flamers. Some even have Anti-Personnel Gauss Rifles. To quote Professor Randolph P. Checkers, "Nothing says fun for infantry like being exploded."

@eddapultstab2078 Жыл бұрын

Maxim, packrat and goblin: "hey man we carry infantry! No words for us?!!?"

@magni5648 16 күн бұрын

Heh, I used that as a bit of a funny prank on an old orbat for a merc unit. They had a mechansied infantry company. What the orbat didn't list was the 12 Goblins they had as transport. Fun times when the asshole reading your MRB entry sees "infantry company" and thinks his light Mech lance can totally take that.

@Animalover205 7 ай бұрын

Never, ever, bet against Jim Bob and Emanuel to survive in any situation they stumble into

@RavaalekDreamblade 3 ай бұрын

You are on patrol in your mech Lance, and then you hear Bagpipes

@HWolfpaws Жыл бұрын

Man this is awesome channel. I love the Battletech series here. Keep it up!

@devinmitchell4170 Жыл бұрын

Russia is currently learning WHY you mix your infantry with your armor

@drakkenmensch Жыл бұрын

The glorious speedbumps of the empire, making the invading armies progress very slightly slower until the REAL HEROES can show up to the battle!

@kelleymcmahan6457 7 ай бұрын

Tankers and likely mech pilots refer to infantry as crunchies. Due to sound made when you run them over

@BaalAdvocate Жыл бұрын

I think infantry with some sci fi javelin equivalent would still hurt a mech.

@drakkenmensch Жыл бұрын

That's basically how the Capellans killed General DeChavilier and nearly did the same to Elizabeth Hazen: lured them into a trap and fired on their mechs with small weapons while the mechs could not get out of a burning oil pit. The only reason Hazen did not die is that the Capellans foolishly brought guns to a Black Watch fight.

@michaelbarnard8529 Ай бұрын

Javelins one shot tanks, and mechs must be much less armored than tanks, given their much larger surface area.

@magni5648 Күн бұрын

@@michaelbarnard8529 Battletech armor is way, way ahead of modern armor materials, and the matchup betwee nfirepwoer and armor is much more in the latters favour. An SRM is about the same size as a Javelin missile, and it sacrifices range for more warhead. And you still need them by the dozen to actually seriously endanger anything bigger than light and underarmored medium Mechs and tanks.

@xxxlonewolf49 Жыл бұрын

No, infantry weapons do NOT need a TAG to fire a rocket or a missile.

@apathymanthemundane4165 28 күн бұрын

Building garrisons, forest ambushes, swarming tripped up mechs, setting mines to do the tripping up, field guns, jump infantry blitzing etc... Infantry can be absolutely nasty if you're clever with them.

@michaelkimberling7307 Жыл бұрын

Mechs do use tag systems. There’s a bit of technobabble explaining their use but in a nutshell, a mechs standard anti-electronic warfare systems prevent standard laser designators from targeting them. A tag cuts through this defense.

@Cowboycomando54 11 ай бұрын

ECM suites kinda disappeared after the Amaris Coupe untill the end of the Third Succession war.

@magni5648 11 ай бұрын

@@Cowboycomando54 Those are more specialised, heavy duty ECM that goes beyond what's considered baseline on Mechs and tanks and asusmed to be omnipresent.

@UnnamedThinkTank 11 ай бұрын

In lore, TAG systems replaced the standard laser designator because every mech or tank has a base line laser spoofing systems (not even counting Guardian ECM or Angel ECM) that emits the same frequency any designator uses. So that completely throws off regular laser designators as a weapon with a fixed or preset laser frequency will get confused by a defensive system that is emitting at the same frequency. TAG however is a laser designator that operates on a multi-frequency and will auto switch frequencies once it detects spoofing or ghost targeting, thus insuring high accuracy. Hence that justifies its 1 ton weight, though infantry/BA variants are lighter at the cost of some range.

@quarkedbutt3957 6 ай бұрын

Also Crunchies are what we called the regular dismounted infantry in the corps

@bigboi7817 9 ай бұрын

No matter what there will always be meat to throw into the grinder. They'll sit in the holes and catch arty like you need them to.

@polaris30000 11 ай бұрын

Ain't nothin better for shootin the jocks that a platoon armed with jungle jelly!

@benrudolph5582 11 ай бұрын

20:21 "Ohh frak! battalions". Perchance "FART"; fast attack, rapid transit, mechanized, high skill infantry used for everything to plug holes in the lines, deep insertion / scout / recon, anti-vehicle, etc?

@yureinobbie68 Ай бұрын

I love how the "Light rifle jump trooper" looks. I know his visor is supposed to epically reflect the scenery in front of him, but it took me way too long, to not think of him as "depressed uni-brow man".

@magni5648 16 күн бұрын

Eye protection also makes sense when you're on a battlefield featuring laser weapons powerful enough to straight up melt a couple hundred pounds of armor on a decent hit.

@gilmadreth680 Жыл бұрын

PBM's: If you want to get to your objective you're going to have to go through us! Mechwarrior: Quick question: Do you happen to know the amount of damage my Warcrime on Stilts would suffer if I were to, oh I don't know, let it walk right over you and all your friends right now? PBM's: Uh....no? Mechwarrior: None at all.

@xxxlonewolf49 Жыл бұрын

The no pants with huge helmet is a Mechwarrior & makes sense in world. Tech loss making helmets bigger to work & no clothes to not over heat. Heavy infanty like the MC? No no no...not even close. You have confused power armor with heavy infantry.

@stephenbond1990 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the digestible breakdown of Battletech lore, your series is making my dive into the lore much easier, but I have a question: Is there an equivalent of naval marines in Battletech?

@Cowboycomando54 11 ай бұрын

Yes. I definitely recommend you look up the Black Watch Marine infantry.

@magni5648 Күн бұрын

In terms of dedicated amphibious troops, the SLDF had a specialised branch. Also, hovercraft are very widespread in Battletech, and Mechs themselves are quasi-amphibious in that they can cross rivers and costal waters by just walking along the bottom. Amphibious assault is a very niche thing in Battletech, given that DropShips allow large-scale airmobile operations with heavy equipment under mot circumstances. Though what most people in-universe would think of when hearing Marines would be specialist troops trained and equipped for fighting in zero-G environments. IE, boarding space ship and stations.

@maggot9572 11 ай бұрын

You have no idea how long ive been looking for lore on the infantry of Battletech. Thank you. Im the kinda person that likes the regular joe-shmoes of a given universe, case in point, my damn pfp, an Imperial Guard helmet.

@Speeddrat 11 ай бұрын

Death korps of krieg fighting titans with a combat shovel yelling while muffled by gas mask: "Amatures !"

@spiderbugbear3721 11 ай бұрын

Happy Dalek noises: -"You are only good at one thing: dying!"

@maube8007 9 ай бұрын

The dude with no pants in the old art is a Mechwarrior. Because it gets hot in the cockpit. "My balls was hot."

@RomLoneWolf23 8 ай бұрын

Honestly, the #1 reason to have Infantry even in the Age of Mechs, is because while Mechs dominate the battlefield, if there's building infrastructure you want to take from a hostile force WITHOUT destroying it, you're going to need to send in infantry to clear it out.

@sammehlberg6664 10 ай бұрын

My best memory of battletech infantry is that mw2 mercs mission where you get to borrow a stalker and if you lure enemies close enough to a certain building, there is an infantry squad shooting a fucking ppc to help you out

@john-dominicheim8734 11 ай бұрын

The "Would you like to know more?" lmfao

@lorenzolara1148 Жыл бұрын

Just follow Titanfall’s lead: 3d combat and Jump-packs for maneuvering around the Mechs.

@Dragonspirit223 Жыл бұрын

Can't wait for the memes of the Elementals next videos, or the IS attempts at replicating them. Also the funny football game.

@ajac009 Жыл бұрын

still love the 3025 art work from the merc book!

@tomleon4272 11 ай бұрын

For some reason, i fucking love the term "super, space vietcong"

@davemilner5504 3 ай бұрын

Mine is a U.S. Army family including combat Vets from WW1 through Vietnam. MAD respect to the infantry, real and fictional.

@JulianVR4 Жыл бұрын

EXCELLENT EPISODE!!

@johnwotek3816 8 ай бұрын

"L'homme passe, même là où le véhicule a dû renoncer. Le fantassin demeure le combattant des 300 derniers mètres." The man goes where the vahicle cannot. The infantryman remain the last 300 metres fighter." French military instruction video "les 300 derniers mètres".

@Beanie28 Жыл бұрын

Ah yes welcome to the imperial gua I mean inner sphere infantry

@planetfall5056 2 ай бұрын

29:51 Oh fuck, that's cool. Immaculate Nausicaa vibes

@logandaley1544 8 ай бұрын

I like that there is some place for infantry in Battletech, I do want to try running them on tabletop sometime

@dothanwhite 3 ай бұрын

have had amazing luck hiding srm troops in urban areas... really sucks when stray srms hit cockpits due to the cockpit damage and injury rules also been fairly good at taking out limbs

@koaga645 6 ай бұрын

Jim-Bob and Manuel are doing what infantry is supposed to do. Engage other infantry so they don't deploy cheap anti-armor against your expensive mechs.

@raciischronicles6826 5 ай бұрын

When I think of infantry in Mechwarrior, Minus the Blackwatch, I only think of the cinematic in Mechwarrior 3 where one poor solo was crushed by a thor/summoner.

@777dragonborn 3 ай бұрын

And this my friends is why i pack a fs-9 firestarter in my lance. Makes short work of infantry.

@vojtechpribyl7386 9 ай бұрын

Guys, the SRMs totally are guided and infernos are proximity fuse, so they can hit fliers if they are stupid enough to get that close. Also the "dude to the left" without the pants is not a PBI. That's a 'Mechwarrior or vehicle crew with a cooling vest and a neurohelmet. The 'Mechs were uncomfortably hot and the old neurohelmets were enormous in the old days.

@angrycrusader3926 Жыл бұрын

Infantry vs Mechs Mechwarriors: (Laugh) Grunts! Grey Death Legionnaires: (Scots Gaelic cursing)

@FunkThompson 11 ай бұрын

"This sucks." - Infantry in Battletech

@null6634 6 ай бұрын

I know you said you were not going to comment on the art too much, but the guy at 23:13 is hilarious. Hes throwing a WWI potato masher grenade.

@gabrielmirandahurtado6539 Жыл бұрын

7:20 that's private Ramirez, he's gonna singlehandedly take on the opposite 'mech army

@scottwalker6947 8 ай бұрын

Infantry do die in droves in BT, but they can be a real pain to Mechwarriors. "Kick the Can" is a real thing. There is nothing more annoying to have a squad sneak up on your mech, and suddenly realizing you just had your mech's knee blown out. And, now you are on your face, sucking dirt, with a shit ton of his angry friends swarming over you, knocking on you cockpit window.

@scottwalker6947 8 ай бұрын

"Until they have to go in, and dig out another group of losers out of their holes."

@america8706 3 күн бұрын

The first Battletech book I ever read was the first book in the Grey Death Legion series. For a good amount of that book it's just dudes doing hit and run tactics on mechs while they drive around in their shitty Space Toyota Hilux technicals and capturing overheated mechs. It was a fun read, weird pacing though.

@shibe_on_the_bounce 11 ай бұрын

Listen, Jim-Bob and Manuel are great dudes doing their best. A couple of little bros trying hard.

@robinburt5735 8 ай бұрын

The old artwork with the guy "Not wearing pants" is a mechwarrior not infantry. They arn't wearing pants because it it is fecking hot in a mech.

@colbyboucher6391 11 ай бұрын

While yes, it's laughable for MGs to deal real damage to armor IRL, you've got to remember that Battletech armor is this weird gamey stuff that functions as _extreme_ ablative armor. Fucktons of it and designed to shear off with ease to dissipate the force of, y'know, a solid slug fired from a Gauss rifle. The tradeoff is that concentrated small arms can chip away at it as well.

@abrahamjarque7001 10 ай бұрын

Yes, but also the standard ballistic assault rifle is a .50 caliber fully automatic - likely firing sabot and the like, or they just straight up have lasers. A standard platoon of ballistic infantry without SRMs will do about an AC20's worth of damage in one turn of shooting.

@dspserpico 2 күн бұрын

18:31 guy on left is a MechWarrior

@MrJack556 Жыл бұрын

Play me on table top. You can use mechs and I'll use infantry then you'll see just how terrifying they can be.

@jwoellhof 11 ай бұрын

Starship troopers movies did the mobile infantry dirty. In the books, they drove mechs that were dropped from orbit and bounded over many kilometers to hit targets with nukes and bound away to be picked up. Never spent more than mere minutes on planet. Battletech mechs are mere turrets by comparison.

@Year_of_the_Dell Ай бұрын

I mean it was tech limits and budget that caused the mech/heavy PA to be sidelined

@sammehlberg6664 10 ай бұрын

"garrison duty" that poor guy runs out to see the commotion and its a fucking mech lance. Go ahead, so your duty soldier

@TheStrayHALOMAN 9 ай бұрын

Playing infantry in MechWarrior Living Legends is horrifying for the mechs and tanks that don't have flamers that is because the BA you get absolutely wrecks house. Some BA/Infantry weapons do more damage than a mech heavy large laser but only have a range of 80 meters... That's the only hold back for their weapons is the range and speed.