Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7431551-20140405020542

Ok, it seems that in the Metal Gear games the Metal Gear is some sort of super weapon, but there are several problems with that:

1. ICBMs can already reach pretty much everywhere on the globe, and these are in concealed silos, not a massive walking battle tank.

2. It's would be pretty much ineffective in combat, as a 120/125mm tank shell to an important part of the leg would give it a very bad day.

3. Following up on that, the Metal Gear is a pipe dream for CAS.

So yeah, why the hell is the Metal Gear potrayed as some super-ultra weapon? 