This is a problem. How do you counter them at that distance?
I’m assuming it can only engage one target at a time. I would think the hard part would be even knowing this thing was deployed.
These could be maneuvered into recon positions and wait for as long as the batteries last for targets of opportunity.
” How do you counter them at that distance?”
Air stikes and artillery, of course.
338 Lap, 416 Lap, 50BMG at 3999 yards.
oops, 1400 yards is a very doable anti-robot dog range, assuming your projectile/energy is adequate terminally. 300WM, 300PRC, 338 Lapua, 500BMG all have good chances of disabling this freakshow.
Now, let’s go practice!
That’s a 1200 meter shot. Technically possible but tough to reliably execute. Several humans pulled it off. Several.
Our troops in Afghanistan would use a CROWS-MOUNTED 50 caliber machine gun to ‘snipe’, suppress, and mark targets for air strikes. The optics in a CROWS are extraordinary; I hope we left none behind for reverse engineering.
Also later in the conflict technology that was essentially acoustic ‘shot spotters’ was deployed.
All this could be mounted on a remotely piloted land vehicle, whether it had wheels, tracks, or legs.
A regular CROWS is BIG and heavy and wouldn’t fit on this robot dog. But the concept is adaptable to smaller platforms, except perhaps the full optics package.
All this for Afghan troops who would sh!t inside their own Hummers, or light fires inside them ... to avoid the cold.
Chinese AI is sadly operational, self-aware SkyNet gear for these armed robots.
Your own robot dog sniper, equipped with a Barrett .50 cal.
Drone with a blanket or a bucket of paint.
Hide until they pass??
Very easily, the same way you get close to any enemy who can outrange you with a direct fire weapon. You use terrain masking and cover to get very close and flank them while your buddy tries to fix them from the front from good cover.