Shagohod Tank aka Ballistic Launcher Tank or Mobile Platforms, possible?

[LiamRiordan]

While I'm playing Metal Gear Solid 3 again on my Xbox, it got me thinking, is it possible to have a land based unit that is able to mount ballistic missiles? Once the missile is mounted, the unit acts like an air unit and is able to perform the usual V2 missions, including nuclear assaults.

Imagine, 60's games were some ARM or MOT units can mount missiles and nuke straight from the front lines.

Is something like this possible?

 

[JRHINDO]

Right now? no. Only V1 and V2 units can launch nukes and they are only 1 use missiles. Cant have a fighting land unit launching nukes, with even the modability we have for now. But that would be badass.

 

[BeardedHoplite]

Hmm...could we develop the Shagohod or Granin's revolutionary "Metal Gear" as an event?

 

[LiamRiordan]

A secret weapon tech line for mobile ballistic launchers would tie in very well with the Land Nuclear Doctrine right?

 

[Limith]

Make something that has instant upgrade time which converts a tank to an airplane model (assuming the engine doesn't crash) that can "upgrade" back to a tank (circular loop).

Requires a bunch of if checkings in the tech though...

Hm...sounds like a nice way to abstract FLOAT systems in Code Geass...too bad the ai won't be able to use the system (since it'll just upgrade forever in a circle). Would require trigger = { ai = no } in the tech.

Basically:
<Land Model>
1 Base Tank 0
2 Base Tank 1
3 Base Tank 2
4 Base Tank 4
....
10 Intermediate Tank (no stats/upgrade time, but prohibitive construction cost, say 999)
<Air Model>
11 Base Flying Tank 0
12 Base Flying Tank 1
....
20 Intermediate Flying (no stats/upgrade time, but prohibitive construction cost, say 999)

1->2->3->4....there is no land tech that unlocks 10 (but 9 can "upgrade" to it).
If tech 2 is unlocked, unlock 2, obsolete 1.
If flying tech 12 is unlocked, obsolete 3,4,5....., and unlock 10 and 12. Obsolete 11. Unit will go from 2->10->12.
Do the same going back.
Going back would be 12->20->2
Once you unlock tech 3, tech 12 would no longer obsolete 3, but only 4, 5, etc.

Requires use of upgrade and noupgrade buttons of course.

 

[Easy1]

It is actually somewhat of a myth that strategic rockets like the V2 were immobile in the first place. The V2 was used as a strategic weapon, but as the war progressed rockets increased their precision and soon enough were also used tactically. What OP is perhaps advocating is strategic missile troops as an army brigade/division that can have rockets attached to them. Both the US and USSR had such forces that were mobile and armed with rockets with nuclear warheads during the cold war.