least suited to real world combat situations

I concur.

What should be added to this list?

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The FANG should not be on the list, IMHO.

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The Silver Mirage is essentially an updated version of the German BMW motorcycle with sidecar and gun. It has its uses.

Mudfighter, there is a long, long line of rear propeller (pusher configuration) aircraft including the Predator drone.

Iron Man would argue that the SNAKE armor is viable in combat. I still think we're 5-10 years away.

Battle Barge sounds better than Anchored Channel Marker. Yeah that is all I got. The Defense rests.


RPGs take out armored helicopters all the time. So the FANG's open cockpit does little to make me believe it would last very long. Maybe as a recon vehicle but not in air to air or air support.

The LCV, "recon sled"? I'm still not sure how this would work better than a motorcycle or any ATV.

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Buzz Boar. If you activated that thing in real life, it would stay in the same place, and put the poor bastard at the controls through a terrible spin cycle.

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I only agree the POGO and Dominator, would be hard to figure out how to work. The trouble with having an imagination is, you can pretty much take anything and figure out ways it might could work. Practicality plays no part in bashing together mechanical parts and making a real world item from a toy concept.

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The cobra Flight pod would have similar problems as the FANG, & FANG 2 for that matter.
The Hiss V1 has that awful glass cockpit. Not great on a tank. Serpentor's Air Chariot (Cape getting sucked into the fan) also exposes the pilot as does the HAVOK, which also comes with a glass canopy!

I would not have the Silver Mirage on this list, especially when they overlooked the Buzz Boar.

I love the Rolling Thunder, but in the real world, firing off one of those missiles would completely destroy it and probably kill the entire crew.

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The Fang might be a bit dated in 2012, but in 1983 it was a logical choice for a terrorist organization with only moderately deep pockets.

I always like the Mudfighter, though I felt sorry for poor Dogfight, the Wild Bill wanna be. Couldn't Hasbro have given him blonde hair and made it a bit harder to compare him to Wild Bill?

If my nerdmemory serves, the BATs could be remotely operated. How is that a bad thing for combat?

The Rat. Bright red with spinning disc launchers. Not to mention the Flintstones-era propulsion system.

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I don't think the Silver Mirage, (other than the toy being flimsy) or the FANG should be on that list.
I had my own list of suicide machines, none of them were on this list, though.
Suicide Machines, in no particular order; Cobra Flight Pod, Firebat (upon landing) Cobra Jetpack, LCV recon sled and Havoc (both due to back & spine injuries).

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As much as I love the Imp... Just launching one of those missiles is going to barbecue the driver.

And with the Havoc... Having the driver sitting way up there on top, with nothing, NOTHING, around him to protect him even from the wind...

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Lots of good additions to an already solid list.

I'd have listed the RAM before the Silver Mirage, just becauuse the size of that cannon and the forces at play would make it near impossible to drive let alone fire with any degree of accuracy.

The J.U.M.P. And to a lesser extent the C.L.A.W. Should be on here because the former would incinerate your tush and back of your thighs while the latter would almost certainly cripple any pilot who chose to use the landing gear.

The FANG shouldn't be on that list. If you're going to include it just because it doesn't seem particularly safe, how about the CLAW or the JUMP jet or the APC (it's an Armored Personnel Carrier that protects it occupants with a canvas tarp)? Or Serpentor's Air Chariot?

I think the RAM should be on there over the Silver Mirage. It's one of my favorite Joe vehicles, but what else could it do besides saw you off at the knees (as long as you stand directly in front of it)?

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How do any of you reason that the Fang shouldn't be on the list? They give very valid points as to why they included it.