Back in the day we had a saying
Never trust a soldier that carries a briefcase into the field....
Where laptops would fall into this "field knowledge" today is an open question - any active types care to comment?
Ho-ah, chairborne ranger
CF-M34s and CF-M18s are used for SATCOM and HF data setup and transmissions.
However....they ARE NOT bulletproof. I can imagine a bullet that has almost expended its effective range not penetrating through it but this smells of toro caca.
While I have yet to carry a laptop with me on a combat mission, I can tell you that the Army is significantly more digital-based than every before, so it is not out of the ordinary for some support types to be carrying them for myriad reasons.