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2006-05-09 Iraq
Armoured suits are 'too goofy' say US troops
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Posted by Steve 2006-05-09 09:51|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Goofy isn't a word I would use. Dangerous maybe. For explosions, ya it might work, but any other time where the only differance between the living and the dead is moving quickly, the suit is a deathtrap. I would rather see a good, remote controlled turret on top with a 3D headset so the soldier has the view as standing outside.
Posted by DarthVader 2006-05-09 10:11||   2006-05-09 10:11|| Front Page Top

#2 You can't possibly fight in combat in that getup. I would really like to see some of the idiots complaining about body armor attempt to walk a mile in that gear.
Posted by Cyber Sarge 2006-05-09 10:28||   2006-05-09 10:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Why does the image of over armored French knights slogging through muddy farmland being hammered [literally] by nimble English Yeomen come to mind?
Posted by Elmeating Wherelet7630 2006-05-09 10:49||   2006-05-09 10:49|| Front Page Top

#4 If you look closely you'll see that the soldier is giving the "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" hand signals...
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2006-05-09 10:53||   2006-05-09 10:53|| Front Page Top

#5 LOL Sea! I wouldn't be caught dead in thatr.
Posted by RD 2006-05-09 11:10||   2006-05-09 11:10|| Front Page Top

#6 Why does the image of over armored French knights slogging through muddy farmland being hammered [literally] by nimble English Yeomen come to mind?

Like the image of those vulnerable English Yeomen being impaled by Joan of Arc's Knights in teh hollow road battle: an English troop who was marching in a hollow road was alughtered to a man when the knights came unexpectedly along the road and the steep roadsides prevented the English to disperse. After the release of Orleans this combat was decisive in consolidating Joan of Arc's aura.
Posted by JFM">JFM  2006-05-09 11:15||   2006-05-09 11:15|| Front Page Top

#7 Three words, accessories.
Posted by 6 2006-05-09 11:16||   2006-05-09 11:16|| Front Page Top

#8 I always wondered what happened to the Michelin man lately.
Posted by CrazyFool 2006-05-09 11:19||   2006-05-09 11:19|| Front Page Top

#9 Poke fun if you will, but this gives me a fantastic idea for a new reality show: Extreme Beekeeping.
Posted by TV Executive 2006-05-09 12:50||   2006-05-09 12:50|| Front Page Top

#10 Poke fun if you will, but this gives me a fantastic idea for a new reality show: Extreme Beekeeping.
Posted by TV Executive 2006-05-09 12:50||   2006-05-09 12:50|| Front Page Top

#11 Poke fun if you will, but this gives me a fantastic idea for a new reality show: Extreme Beekeeping.
Posted by TV Executive 2006-05-09 12:50||   2006-05-09 12:50|| Front Page Top

#12 Poke fun if you will, but this gives me a fantastic idea for a new reality show: Extreme Beekeeping.
Posted by TV Executive 2006-05-09 12:50||   2006-05-09 12:50|| Front Page Top

#13 Extreme Mac Beekeeping.
Posted by RD 2006-05-09 12:56||   2006-05-09 12:56|| Front Page Top

#14 I remember reading a Michael Yon piece where he was talking about the body armor he wore when going out with a patrol (the "reptilian" kind, not the "robot" kind). He talked about how the soldiers ribbed him over how he looked and how long it took him to get ready. Apparently, they preferred to be less encumbered, especially when running around the alleys of Mosul.
Posted by Xbalanke 2006-05-09 13:56||   2006-05-09 13:56|| Front Page Top

#15 Body armor is great, if you are standing guard and have a bunker/foxhole to defend. If you are attacking and sprinting, ducking, rolling, throwing, aiming ... it sucks. Big Monkey balls. Not only does it tire you out faster, but it has a nasty tendency to hang on stuff when you are trying to get the hell out of the way of other stuff.
Long story short (to late! - ed.) when we were out patrolling, we left it behind. When we were guarding, we wore it.
Posted by DarthVader 2006-05-09 16:20||   2006-05-09 16:20|| Front Page Top

#16 I'll bet there are 90 year old waist gunners looking at those suits and saying... YES! YES! YES!
Posted by 6 2006-05-09 17:11||   2006-05-09 17:11|| Front Page Top

#17 Body armor is great, if you are standing guard and have a bunker/foxhole to defend.

IMHO, turret gunner is no different than a bunker. Just because the bunker has wheels doesn't make it any different.

Yeah, it sucks if you have to dismount.
Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford  2006-05-09 17:29|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/]  2006-05-09 17:29|| Front Page Top

#18 Armor the rest of the body, add a powered exoskeleton and replace one hand with a chain gun. Then you can leave the stinkin' Humvee at home.
Posted by SteveS 2006-05-09 19:51||   2006-05-09 19:51|| Front Page Top

#19 ....Like the image of those vulnerable English Yeomen being impaled by Joan of Arc's Knights....
72" of finely tillered Yew well used and commanded invaded and controlled the destiny of france for 100 years. One small skirmish does not a war win. History is not well written or even understood in the schools of France.
Posted by pihkalbadger 2006-05-09 19:58||   2006-05-09 19:58|| Front Page Top

#20 In the late 1990's the Army, DARPA and USDOD was supposed to had begun work on an ultra-light armored flex-isuit, allegedly powerful enough to deflect or protect a LandWarrior [except head]from any combat round, rifle or machine gun, save the .50 cal-size or higher, and while keeping the human body cool. For me, we're likely just looking at an early design deployed only to garner or verify real-time combat suitability for more advanced follow-on designs.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-05-09 21:20||   2006-05-09 21:20|| Front Page Top

#21 TV Executive - summer repeats already?
Posted by DMFD 2006-05-09 23:22||   2006-05-09 23:22|| Front Page Top

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