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"Sergeant, how do you spell 'surrender now' in Morse code?"
-- Juneau

The AMX SBI Mle.3 was one of several armoured exoskeletons in use by UN forces by the 33rd century. Like all contemporary armour, it provided high levels of protection and improved strength and mobility, and could be brought to EVA readiness with a simple modification kit.
Most SBI3 units were rigged to accommodate the Anaplian M1A2 MGIW, carrying a secondary power supply and a belt feed system on the back of the exoskeleton. The M1A2 was in the process of being standardised as the UN heavy infantry service rifle when UN operations were taken over by the Galactic Defense League; GDL policy dropped the heavy infantry programme in favour of lighter exoskeletons carrying cheaper explosive-propellant weapons.

By all operational accounts, the SBI3/M1A2 combination was quite effective. Complaints included the lack of a backup optical sight on the rifle, but the SBI3 fire control system was considered robust enough that the need for a solution was not pressing. The competing ESI M19 AISW had such a sight, but was only compatible with ESI's own armour system, which suffered from technical difficulties and was never adopted in large numbers.

Description
"Sergeant, how do you spell 'surrender now' in Morse code?"
-- Juneau

The AMX SBI Mle.3 was one of several armoured exoskeletons in use by UN forces by the 33rd century. Like all contemporary armour, it provided high levels of protection and improved strength and mobility, and could be brought to EVA readiness with a simple modification kit.
Most SBI3 units were rigged to accommodate the Anaplian M1A2 MGIW, carrying a secondary power supply and a belt feed system on the back of the exoskeleton. The M1A2 was in the process of being standardised as the UN heavy infantry service rifle when UN operations were taken over by the Galactic Defense League; GDL policy dropped the heavy infantry programme in favour of lighter exoskeletons carrying cheaper explosive-propellant weapons.

By all operational accounts, the SBI3/M1A2 combination was quite effective. Complaints included the lack of a backup optical sight on the rifle, but the SBI3 fire control system was considered robust enough that the need for a solution was not pressing. The competing ESI M19 AISW had such a sight, but was only compatible with ESI's own armour system, which suffered from technical difficulties and was never adopted in large numbers.