Could you imagine the US military looking like THIS

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/01/18/ballistic-mandalorian-armor/





And guess what, it's an actual production prototype

now that's cool

Is that Boba Fett?

It's inspired by Boba Fett and Jango Fett's armor

Quote from: RocketRaptor on January 22, 2016, 03:36:19 PM

Is that Boba Fett?

It's inspired by Boba Fett and Jango Fett's armor

That's fucking cool.

I can't imagine much visibility out of that helmet

Kinda funny to think about. As technology progresses we're given more options and doorways. We went from rugged and functional to functional but somewhat comfortable.

Eventually, I wouldn't be surprised if the "cool factor" made its way into official things as a big standard.

"Okay so we've got this revolutionary new body armour, light as a feather, blocks loads a' bullets, semi-powered exo-skeleton."

"Yeah, but it doesn't look cool enough. It needs more cool stuff. Back to the drawing board."

Great, now we can have the world's nerdiest military.

I mean if you don't know where it's from its intimidating as fuck, and if it works better then current protection, I don't see the problem

Visibilty looks poor for real life use, maybe make the visor a little larger and wider.

Pretty badass though.

It's a prototype, I'm sure if they haven't increased the size of the visor that it's good enough, but I'm sure they'll fix it

Kinda funny to think about. As technology progresses we're given more options and doorways. We went from rugged and functional to functional but somewhat comfortable.

Eventually, I wouldn't be surprised if the "cool factor" made its way into official things as a big standard.

"Okay so we've got this revolutionary new body armour, light as a feather, blocks loads a' bullets, semi-powered exo-skeleton."

"Yeah, but it doesn't look cool enough. It needs more cool stuff. Back to the drawing board."

Intimidation factor is still prevelant. If you compare the US special forces to others, we look scary as fuck.

Normal troops looking like this, not only looks like we're miles ahead. But they look like death machines.

And assuming it offers more protection, we'd suffer less casualties on top of that.

Quote from: Sandtrap on January 22, 2016, 04:12:31 PM

Kinda funny to think about. As technology progresses we're given more options and doorways. We went from rugged and functional to functional but somewhat comfortable.

Eventually, I wouldn't be surprised if the "cool factor" made its way into official things as a big standard.

"Okay so we've got this revolutionary new body armour, light as a feather, blocks loads a' bullets, semi-powered exo-skeleton."

"Yeah, but it doesn't look cool enough. It needs more cool stuff. Back to the drawing board."

Intimidation factor is still prevelant. If you compare the US special forces to others, we look scary as fuck.

Normal troops looking like this, not only looks like we're miles ahead. But they look like death machines.

And assuming it offers more protection, we'd suffer less casualties on top of that.

Helmets in the field have been known to be little help to anything above a 9mm. But if this helmet can block an assault rifle round I would wear it, plus it would make me badass.

Quote from: Pipsqueak on January 22, 2016, 04:17:51 PM

Quote from: BC on January 22, 2016, 04:15:58 PM

Quote from: Sandtrap on January 22, 2016, 04:12:31 PM

Kinda funny to think about. As technology progresses we're given more options and doorways. We went from rugged and functional to functional but somewhat comfortable.

Eventually, I wouldn't be surprised if the "cool factor" made its way into official things as a big standard.

"Okay so we've got this revolutionary new body armour, light as a feather, blocks loads a' bullets, semi-powered exo-skeleton."

"Yeah, but it doesn't look cool enough. It needs more cool stuff. Back to the drawing board."

Intimidation factor is still prevelant. If you compare the US special forces to others, we look scary as fuck.

Normal troops looking like this, not only looks like we're miles ahead. But they look like death machines.

And assuming it offers more protection, we'd suffer less casualties on top of that.

Helmets in the field have been known to be little help to anything above a 9mm. But if this helmet can block an assault rifle round I would wear it, plus it would make me badass.

YouTube

You suppose that sniper round was 9mm?

Damn, okay most helmets.

Any book I read on military has at least someone not wanting to use it due to it being ineffective.

Quote from: BC on January 22, 2016, 04:15:58 PM

If you compare the US special forces to others, we look scary as fuck.

Eh, what? Why on earth would US special forces look more scary? Look at the Danish frogmen for example. Look at this shit. That's the stuff of nightmares.

Oh my god why do they need that?!

pedophile

what

Quote from: SecondClass on January 22, 2016, 04:57:56 PM

Quote from: Blazed Iron on January 22, 2016, 04:57:04 PM

pedophile

what

Azula is like half your age bro

I like her in spite of her age, not because of it. If she was canonically 18, I'd like her even more.

Pedophile means that the younger, the more attracted you are to them.