Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-109.193.182.64-20150922080055/@comment-85.89.163.233-20151109023527

186.62.2.186 wrote: REX definetly is the tougher and better armored mech, REX's main body was pretty much indestructible and it took a crapload of Stinger missiles and Plasma cannon gunfire just to destroy its Radome.

Games show and state otherwise, remove nostalgia tinted glasses :D

Rex only seems so tough because you lack proper anti-tank ordnance - Stinger is hardly an anti-tank missile, it's designed to destroy aircraft and gunships, which are paper by comparison. Otacon readily admits that HEAT rounds fired from Main Battle Tanks would reliably penetrate Rex's armor.

Sahelanthropus, meanwhile - is said and shown to tank MBT rounds like it's nothing.

Sally is far more durable than Rex, but consider their utility - Rex is essentially a mobile silo with limited self defense capability - it doesn't have to be indestructible because it isn't supposed to actually take part in battle, beyond a last resort. While Sally is a Frontline Death Mobile meant for intimidation and dishing out massive amounts of pain.

Also consider the design history, if we take Granin's designs as canon - then Rex is essentially a design dating from the sixties, armed with modern weaponry, while Sahelanthropus is a crown jewel of said design line.

It neatly explains why Zeke is already superior to Rex in mobility despite being built four decades prior - it's already an improvement and refinement over Rex's antiquated design, also Sahelanthropus(hydraulics)> 30yrs > Ray(synthetic muscle), is a lot more natural progression than mere months if not concurrent development with Rex