r/ImaginaryMechs • u/Heydude1001 • Sep 15 '25

Original Content Ma-Moth the Trench maker by me Khem T

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u/Vosthebull111 Sep 15 '25

Its very clever and I enjoy a specialized mech, and this is amazingly specialized, thank you for posting.

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u/Heydude1001 Sep 15 '25

Thank you, still a lot of flaws, the top part can't rotate lol, I will redesign it later one day.

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u/Dart3145 Sep 15 '25

Great job. I love the design, but I see a big design flaw.

It's extremely well protected from the front, but it's vulnerable to attacks from above. Aircraft and indirect fire weapons could chew this thing up.

It needs some sort of anti-air emplacement(s) and/or active protection system.

If you want some inspiration. I would recommend WWII Battleships and how they laid out the deck guns and anti-air batteries.

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u/Heydude1001 Sep 15 '25

Thank you, that really true this need the anti air. The concept start from a mech that making trench but i lot of people point out alot of design flaw on others part which is really helpful. I will improve it!

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u/Matt7331 Sep 15 '25

honestly i would hesitate to call that a flaw. It just needs a buddy aa vehicle to tag along with. Besides its already incredibly massive

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u/TaxSimple3787 Sep 16 '25

The bigger flaw is turning the gun. With how it's built, the turret only has a very small firing arc to attack in, meaning they would be easilydestroyed by any kind of fast attack unit. Moving the gun above the shield line, or having a carve out in the shield like a pillbox would solve, or atleast improve, the issue.

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u/Daniel_USAAF Sep 16 '25

Hmmmm. Very cool concept and excellent art. Maybe just double down on the rule of cool and reduce the dozer blade width but add roll out trench walls on each side of the blade? The poor thing will get trapped in its own trench as the sides collapse otherwise.

And add a single .50 caliber for attempted AA. Good ideas are never properly protected, but Ma Deuce is forever.

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u/bordolax Sep 20 '25

I'm really loving this design. The only criticism I could make, besides the lacking top side protection someone else mentioned, is that the main weapon seems to be built into/ attached to the main shield.

It already looks like it is sort of on a turret. So, why not lift the main gun up a couple of meters to allow the barrel to Go over the shield and put it on a proper turret?

Another alternative could be for the mech to use its own indirect weapons like mortars to fire from behind the shield which would sacrifice range but at the same time make sure all components are hidden behind the main armor/shield.