How would SW combat droids be implemented into various era of USA conflicts

[Batman]

Imagine those aircraft never getting off the ground because of all of the additional weight and drag of the droids

[Lord Revan]

Battledroid-crewed submarines would be pretty formidable for the time.

Yes and no, while battledroids should suffer for the tight spaces as much as humans, they cannot convert diesel subs to work without oxygen (they most limiting factor for subs were the engines not the crew).

[Solauren]

Battledroid-crewed submarines would be pretty formidable for the time.

Yes and no, while battledroids should suffer for the tight spaces as much as humans, they cannot convert diesel subs to work without oxygen (they most limiting factor for subs were the engines not the crew).

Redesign the subs to take advantage of the battle droids lack of need for supplies or space, and you can increase the oxygen supplies for the engines.

[Batman]

Which would likely require the design and building of an entirely new class of sub with all the time consumption that entails

[Lord Revan]

there's also the fact that early (as in WWI and WWII) didn't really carry oxygen in tanks on-board but rather got it from the air either thru regular in-takes on the surface or thru snorkels (in late WWII and today) while diving (though there's a limit how deep you can make those) and used limited battery power when diving so deep they couldn't get air from above.

Thing is that the powers in question gain access to battledroids and the means to make them not general SW level tech if I understood the OP correctly. meaning any modifications would have to done based on pre-existing tech.

As for Nuclear powered subs the difference is minimal (bare in mind that droids can break and need maintenance as well, they don't have ability to ignore logistics it just takes a different form).

[Cykeisme]

This is basically a partial derailment, but I think we'll see the effect of battle droids in our modern era if we just wait a few more years.

I mean, looking at this..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn3KWM1kuAw

..I find it difficult to fathom that no one in the US DoD, or any other military in the world, isn't immediately wondering when they can start fielding "unmanned infantry" (I can't think of a better term).