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This is probably another case of life imitating art, but the helmet looks oddly familiar

1 posted on 09/10/2013 6:11:33 PM PDT by jmcenanly

Yup.

And I predict that the Army will develop a full body Kevlar suit to go with new helmet.

2 posted on 09/10/2013 6:20:25 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)

Halo ws my first thought too

3 posted on 09/10/2013 6:20:28 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)

They look cool. Must be expensive.

4 posted on 09/10/2013 6:21:01 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (Up yours NSA Obama ass lickers!)

5 posted on 09/10/2013 6:22:13 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)

Looks like my motorcycle helmet.

6 posted on 09/10/2013 6:29:06 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who will watch the watchers?)

Now you’re talkin’, Chief! Nice clear graphic, too.

7 posted on 09/10/2013 6:29:20 PM PDT by huldah1776

Why do TV robots always have crotch protection? What are they protecting?

9 posted on 09/10/2013 6:36:08 PM PDT by MrKatykelly

10 posted on 09/10/2013 6:41:11 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)

To: jmcenanly; Travis McGee

Two problems with front mandable helmets include:
1: tough to iron sight your rifle
2: heat

Two advantages with such full face helmets include:
1: blast+pistol face protection
2: easy to incorporate bio+chem gas mask (e.g. air filter)

The design that I submitted to the Army that got turned down, in contrast, was 360 degree Kevlar. Opaque. No vision (when visor closed).

To see, the inside of the helmet has a wraparound flexible tv screen in front of the eyes on the back of the flip down visor.

To shoot, your rifle and pistol put crosshairs onto your helmet display screen wherever they are aimed.

Of course, leaving the visor down uses the battery...so the fully protected mode has a time limit between recharges.

Then again, the video cameras allow 360 degree views to be mapped onto the display screen. You have eyes in the back of your head this way.

...and the ability to zoom. Digital binoculars are built in.

If you are doing a 6 hour raid, you’ve got rifle protection around your entire head. Longer than that you’ve got to recharge or lift your visor.

12 posted on 09/10/2013 6:42:40 PM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)

14 posted on 09/10/2013 6:43:42 PM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)

15 posted on 09/10/2013 6:46:43 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)

Looks claustrophobic with no peripheral vision.

16 posted on 09/10/2013 6:52:00 PM PDT by Redcitizen (.)

Do they get Harleys with those?

17 posted on 09/10/2013 7:39:20 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE http://steshaw.org/econohttp://www.fee.org/library/det)

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