If you like this sort of analysis, read The Angry Staff Officer.[1] That blog is written by a serving Army officer. He and his buddies analyze Star Wars, Game of Thrones, and even Barbie from the perspective of people who do this as their day job.
In 2024 russia Wagner in Africa provided another argument pro rag-tag stationary infantry VS glorious fully loaded war-rig convoys.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/01/world/africa/russia-wagne...
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/29/africa/russian-mercenarie...
> in the modern Fallout games2 the only vehicles of gameplay import are aircraft. The existence of ground vehicles is implied in dialogue, but we never see them, presumably because they’d be too difficult to implement in the engine.
It's more of a game mechanics issue than technical, there is a lot of rubble, obstacles and destroyed roads, specially the highways. Vehicles also make the world smaller. It might be fun anyway.
Love my trucks.Though they are customised weapons of work, and play. Currently on.the road os an 11 gm diesel, extended can long box, rear seats and center console removed, the whole back of the cab is a tool box shelf and storage,the shelf is big enough to lay out and sleep (6') biggest complaint is the rear window which is too small to crawl through, will get a custom window insert, and roof mounted solar, with under deck batteries, inverter, to run tools, hood will get solar, but it's "fancy" and will need a custom replacement for flex solar pannels, hope to get 1kw on board.Last truck had solar and ran with no alternator for years, till I got rear ended.....bad hit......92 dodge cummins 4x4 extended cab.....took.the hit...saved my lif3.....it's war out there, right
As the article's first comment states, and what was my first criticism after seeing Madd Max years ago: Who's refining the gas?
Let's just call it what it is: The whole premise is stupid, and was the biggest detractor from "suspension of disbelief" while watching the movie.
This is the same stupidity that's causing rural residents to shoot themselves in the foot by refusing to adopt electrification.
There is NO other technology that allows the level of technical autonomy, post-apocalyptic or otherwise, that is afforded by electricity.
People with rural acres could be supporting ALL of their own residential and agricultural energy consumption with onsite electrical generation. Instead, due to culture war side taking, they hobble themselves to be ever dependent on the petro-extraction and refinement industries.
> this is a good way to also think about why militaries (of various description) use the vehicles they use, from a logistics standpoint
Militaries often make very stupid decisions. A friend was in Defence Materials figuring out what tanks Australia should buy. The M1 Abrams had a support crew of something like 30 vehicles following it everywhere it went (each tank!) and required a full engine rebuild insanely often, something like every 1000 hours.
They are HORRIFIC for logistics.
Australia bought them.
The chain of dogs from Malazan would be a good one to analyze in desert warfare road war fiction
The Great Toyota War is interesting to read about. Libya spent billions and lost ~800 tanks to Chad’s Hiluxes and Land Cruisers. Specifically the Battle of Fada was very lopsided with Chad dominating. If you ‘s/Toyota/drones/g’ you get some similar situations in more current battles.