New Body Armour Unfashionable

[tomtom22]

HAha! Like how?

Yeah, like How?

 

[Doug97]

 

[bulldogg]

What? No air conditioning?!?

 

[zander_0633]

Nice pic! After another few decades, you know wad we will get?

haha!

 

[bulldogg]

ATTN: Milforum Gnat...

Yeah, like How?

Zander, Tom asked you a question.

 

[zander_0633]

Hee hee I spit water on that one Missileer.

Yeah, I was refering to your question. And tomtom22 was refering to yours too. Or is it?:wink:

 

[tomtom22]

What? No air conditioning?!?

What about CD player and AM/FM Radio?

BTW I was referring to your question, Zander.

 

[zander_0633]

Oh! So you were actually referring to mine? Ok. Hope I had already answered your question.

 

[PJ24]

Well, I guess getting any useful discussion in this topic is officially over. Good job guys. lol:bravo:

 

[Missileer]

Pretty soon you guys will come up with a design that needs a lacky to put you in the tank with a hoist. HELP, I'VE FALLEN AND CAN'T GET UP.

 

[zander_0633]

Haha! It wouldn't be that far fetched!

 

[bulldogg]

Activate EMS!!!

 

[LeEnfield]

The body armour looks fine but what if you are taken short

 

[Missileer]

Or need to potty, it would take an entire war just to drop the skivvies and finish the paperwork.

 

[Mohmar Deathstrike]

Our man in the field, Doody be his name-o, reported on this not too long ago. Though the complaints of looking "goofy" strike me as pretty friggin stoopid (sic) as I do not think these suits were designed with fashion in mind. And the complaints about wearing them in normal combat are a bit specious as they were designed for the sole duty of protection of Humvee gunners.

I guess it depends on how fast you can hop out of the suit. Suppose you're a gunner wearing that suit and your humvee suffers a mobility kill and is lit on fire. Wouldn't you want to evacuate your vehicle ASAP?

Well I agree they look stupid, but I wouldn't care if was a circus clown suit as long as it kept my butt safe.

Perhaps the best way to keep a gunner safe on a Humvee is to make him less conspicous. For example design a enclosed/semi-enclosed turret on the next generation vehicle.

I wonder why they haven't started using armored "domes" on humvees like this one:

Don't some armies have remote controlled MG turrets now?

 

[Mohmar Deathstrike]

What? No air conditioning?!?

Haha kinda like the John Glenn fiasco of the missing space toilet (or was it Shepard? or Grissom?)