Comment on Marine Corps Shelves Futuristic Robo-Mule Due to Noise ConcernsparentComments−dingaling10yand can refuel themselves as they go by eating grass and drinking water...Try finding 30 litres of water and 8 kg of grass ( plus a portion of salt ) per mule per day, minimum, in the mountains of Afghanistan.To move 90 kg of payload? There are many more efficient methods.−AndrewKemendo10yActually they work great.We (Air Force Special Operation) used them and horses to great effect in 2001 and the ANA have been using them before and ever since.http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/operation-endurin...https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/for-afghan...−gozur8810yTry finding 30 litres of water and 8 kg of grass ( plus a portion of salt ) per mule per day, minimum, in the mountains of Afghanistan.Is it any easier than finding diesel fuel?
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Try finding 30 litres of water and 8 kg of grass ( plus a portion of salt ) per mule per day, minimum, in the mountains of Afghanistan.
To move 90 kg of payload? There are many more efficient methods.
Actually they work great.
We (Air Force Special Operation) used them and horses to great effect in 2001 and the ANA have been using them before and ever since.
http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/operation-endurin...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/for-afghan...
Is it any easier than finding diesel fuel?