> I'm just going to say that Scorponok in the first movie was more than likely hit with maverick missiles coming from those A-10s 
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> For reference, mavericks are made to bust _ships_ and Scorpy took like four of those, which is utterly ridiculous
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> Scorponok isn't exactly hardcore badass by Bayformer Con standards, and our modern military would absolutely kill for something that tough 

Plus they have both force fields and armor that regenerates (possibly explaining why the damage done in robot form suddenly vanishes when they transform?)