Future Warrior Exhibits Super Powers

DefenceLink ^ | 7/27/04 | Phil Copeland

[Mr. Jazzy]

I bet John F'ing Kerry would vote FOR the Future Warrior, befor he would vote AGAINST it!



No, I really do mean it!

[eyespysomething]

Soldiers deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq carry large amounts of external weight, often 120 pounds or more, to be battle-ready. DeGay said the new uniform system -- from head to toe -- weighs 50 pounds.
The body armor of the new uniforms will absorb the shock of a bullet much better than current bulletproof vests. "The hard body armor has been stood off of the body by 2½ to 3 inches, so when the soldier is shot, the force is more evenly distributed to decrease injuries such as broken ribs," DeGay described.

Get it to them now!

[LibWhacker]

A shortcoming of traditional body armor is that it can only absorb so many strikes from machine-gun rounds.

Yep, that's what I always hated about my old uniform! ;-)

[locochupacabra]

I WANT ONE! I WANT ONE!

[DainBramage]

50 lbs gets heavy and hot quickly. Throw in weapons and ammo and somebody must slow quickly.

[VaBthang4]

[SJSAMPLE]

Soldiers are carrying up to (and often exceeding ) 150 pounds of gear that INCLUDES body armor, ammo, rations, water, batteries for equipment and radios, and other things. They are not carrying 150 pounds of armor ALONE, as the article makes it sounds. I doubt they're carrying 50 pounds of armor, including the SAPI plates. This new armor, while more capable, will be heavier than that current armor load.

[Slings and Arrows]

Dead-black armor? Apparently the plan is to force the enemy to wear it so he dies of heatstroke.

[B-Chan]

Oh, hell yeah.

[John Will]

If it isn't climate controlled armor.

[dljordan]

The black armor is for Police SWAT teams and the FBI, DEA, BATFE, etc., etc.

[Phsstpok]

The black armor is for Police SWAT teams and the FBI, DEA, BATFE, etc., etc.

and... um... military night missions?

Seals, LRRPs (and other snake eaters) and guys like Force Recon all have black outfits for night work.

Besides, some of the specs I've seen call for the 2020 stuff to be able to morph the color and pattern (think of the real version of Bond's car in the last movie, just good camouflage, not invisible!).  Check out picture below and the video it is linked to.  Think of that in 16 years.

It'll be black when it needs to be.  So how do you get that idea across in a static demo now?

[roadcat]

The Army's future soldier will resemble something out of a science fiction movie, members of Congress witnessed at a demonstration on Capitol Hill July 23.

I saw the movie - wasn't it ALIENS, the 2nd Alien movie? As for "a walking gun platform" I hope it doesn't look like that robotic cargo lifter that Sigorney "Ripley" Weaver operated in the battle with the Alien queen. The other thing that comes to mind about the movie is that the space marines were overconfident in the ability of their combat gear in fighting an unknown enemy. Our guys still need to exercise caution out there.

[Centurion2000]

bump

[Phsstpok]

I continued to Google a bit after making this post

Check this site out

Click here for OFW Gallery.

[SpaceBar]

The future warrior will say "Intel Inside".

[Dead Corpse]

I bet they still show up on thermal like little candles.

I seeeeeee you....

[Dead Corpse]

I'd prefer "AMD Instead..."

[Phsstpok]

I bet they still show up on thermal like little candles.

If the other guy has milspec thermal sensors we ain't dealing with asynchronous combat. There are ways to deal with that, some effective, some not. Odds are, if we're not in an asynch combat environment then we're not talking MI troops for the majority of combat.

If we're dealing with asynch combat then there are other ways to deal with "thermal sensors" (read that as Sports Unlimited IR goggles).

Can you say burned retina from a (cheap/simple) flash bang?