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The idea is not quite as ludicrous as it sounds. Biological horses can walk on vastly more kinds of terrain than a wheeled vehicle (not to mention they are perfectly amphibious), and it would be quite useful if there were a machine that could do the same thing. But engineers find it very challenging to overcome all of the problems with moving around on legs, on any uneven surface, without falling down. As an odd example, the US military once funded experimentation into a "walking truck", a horse-like machine designed as an all-terrain mount and transport. (It looks ''[http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~hpm/project.archive/Image.Archive/other.robots/Mosher.GE.walking.truck.jpg really weird]''.)
Not to be confused with [[Automaton Horses|horses treated like machines]], or the identically-named [https://web.archive.org/web/20131016181130/http://www.mechanical-horse-club.co.uk/ vintage vehicle]. A really big mechanical horse with some of the animal traits taken away and some weapons added is basically a [[Spider Tank]].
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