Man, there was a few humps in Nam I sure coulda used a BigDog. At 75kg, 165 lbs, it looks like it could carry as much as our Big Dawg, only at half the weight.  :-)  Plus, it takes just a little gasolene and hydraulic oil to run, where our Big Dawg operated on Beer and Pound Cake, Ham and Mother's.  The exhaust noise and fumes would be about equal..although the robot might have a stealth muffler.  I would imagine a cosmetic upgrade for the robot would just need a photoshop transfer of our Big Dawg's face hung on it's radiator for a much cuter and cuddley look that Marines prefer. It'd be a toss up between  his or Mikey's mug.

 

Somewhere I saw that DARPA was developing a 4 legged vehicle for use in Nam that the Star Wars movie guys got their idea for those Battle Walkers that got shot to shit by some lil furry guys, and the bigger ones tripped up by jet fighters. That's probably why they quit the developement...or the war ended to soon, and now it's come back in a mini version. Much better idea, let the BigDog robot carry the whip antenna...hope it's got some Kevelar armor.

 

SF,

 

Dick