(Buck) And most already have years of experience before even undergoing ODST training. Mine you this is Basic marine armor not the ODST.ДЄlso depending on the ODST some have over 20 years worth of experience. He wasn't talking about elites he ws talking about Marines and ODST that can take burst fire from 7.62mm rounds at point blank range with nothing more then a scratch and dent depending on source.Д®ven one round that hit neck area didn't even penetrate and she pulled it out with her fingers. The threats that they are expected to face can be overcome with their equipment and if they need heavier stuff they can call it in.ДЄnd finally they NCR troops are far more flexible in regards to their deployment, because they don't need an extensive base of operations for maintenance wherever they go.

The fact that power armor also needs energy cells or generators to work, is another reason why they make things harder logistics wise.ДЄt that point it is easier to equip your troops with a reliable set of armor, an equally reliable weapon and sent them anywhere you need them. Not to mention that said armor can be easily mass produced, while the same can't be said for power armour. and that is rather rare.ДЄnd while their armour isn't a power armour it is still leagues ahead of what almost anyone else has access to. After all you need specialized knowledge for that. This goes doubly if we consider that Power Armour and Energy weapons are notoriously difficult to maintain in lore. The thing is that those service rifles are easy to maintain, munition is readily available and the Las Vegas area is out in the boonies for the NCR to begin with.ДЄdd to that the pains that a rapidly expanding nation state like the NCR is going to experience, the long supply lines and it makes sense to equip the troops stationed there with reliable equipment. The Khans and Kings do slightly better with semi-automatic pistols, submachine guns, and the occasional lever-action. Most of the Vipers, Jackals, Scorpions, Powder Gangers, and Legion troops are equipped with revolvers, sticks of dynamite, varmint rifles, single-shot shotguns, and melee weapons. This is a universe where the vast majority of people have, at most, small guns that would be considered 100+ years out of date right now.

It's not really comparable to the main NCR Army, which had mechanized brigades and fields armies in the thousands if not tens of thousands.ДЄs for the armor conversation: considering that Spartan and Elite armor is frequently threatened and occasionally outright penetrated by 7.62x51mm NATO, the Ranger should have no problem penetrating inferior armor with his. The Mojave army is a moderate sized expeditionary force that's considered heavily damaged after a few hundred casualties. Some NCR citizens complain about this in New Vegas. Also, there's a lot of power armored soldiers protecting civilian interests in Baja California. Even the police officers sport fucking Gauss Rifles. The Fiends are a special case because the Legion is probably supplying then with Van Graff weapons, and even the Fiends can be terribly equipped.ДЄlso, did you play Fallout 2? The NCR army in the Core Regions is superbly equipped. Compared to that, a 5.56 semi-automatic rifle, some pistol-proof body armor, and a couple of grenades is godly, especially since said kit is mass produced. Nipton, Goodsprings, Primm, West Side? All 'defended' by guys with single-shot shotguns and pistols, bar one resident in each village that owns a 'good' gun (laser rifle, 9mm submacbine gun, service rifle, cowboy repeater).

The White Legs seizing a stock of submachine guns let then commit genocide on NUMEROUS TRIBES in Utah, including the civilized ones. Sorrows, Dead Horses, unknown-tribe-that-was-butchered-by-Fiends? Just melee weapons. New Canaan? Most people had M1911 pistols. Click to shrink.This is a universe where the vast majority of people have, at most, small guns that would be considered 100+ years out of date right now.

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