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Originally Posted by Cliffradical
Really though, the segway infantry isn't meant to be a viable platform, it's to show off how 'the PLA is so awesome we can afford to be frivolous with our time and money'.
Though on thinking about it, with so much concrete around segways would definitely be cheaper and possibly more flexible than horse cavalry.
For crowd suppression  .
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No clean up afterwards as well...a big plus!!! Although charging a crowd on segway instead of thousand pound block of snorting muscle and sinew moving at almost 50 kph just doesn't have the same impact!