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Giant humanoid mechs look cool but are tactically indefensible; tall, fragile, and maintenance-heavy, they make easy targets in an age of long-range precision fire. Tanks and drones outperform them in durability, cost, and stealth. Instead, the near future lies with power armor and mixed human-AI teams; elite soldiers in exoskeletons commanding semi-autonomous drones, backed by remote fire support.