[AlaskaErik]

What do the front line troops say? That's what really matters.

[camle]

a little armor that is worn is far more effective than a lot of armor that isn't.

[Tyche]

The everlasting debate of speed and mobility versus armor.

Harkens back to the days when the French encountered the English Long Bow.

Our technology will evolve. War brings out the worst and best of innovation and technology.

[jiggyboy]

I just start screaming at the TV when they start these kinds of stories. It's become an epidemic.

By their reasoning, we should all drive tanks at 20 MPH because there would be fewer traffic deaths.

[Cessna182]

It depends if I am riding or driving.
But it works, and is gladly worn.

[ops33]

Not long ago I read an article about Gaius Marius and his reforms of the Roman army and its equipment. He studied the problem of how much weight a soldier could effectively carry and settle on 80 pounds. The article went on to state that that figure hasn't changed; the max effective weight a soldier could be expected to carry from Roman to Napoleon to the Civil War to WW 1 & 2 is 80 pounds.

Several years ago the AF developed caseless ammunition for its fighter planes in order to reduce weight. I wonder if it is possible to develop caseless ammunition for an infantry man's personal weapon?

[GingisK]

Body armor came and went once. It will do it again, for the same reasons. Warriers just have to bear the risks of battle.