Man invents completely ballistic proof suit for soldiers

http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/N [...] 4656511815

Fcuking awesome. I want one for my birthday.

Giz agrees with you:

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets [...] 228791.php

To Jesse: Kill yourself.
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*Tries not to think of Jesse in his "birthday" suit.*

go on, let those fantasies go wild

But will it protect him from septic Irish ejaculate?? [/malibu & pineapple?]

Thanks for the link. But what about NBC protection?

Like concealment is going to ever be an issue in that costume..

Perhaps Peter Weller could revive the acting career he never had with this thing.

No sleeve for safetys, front sights, clip releases etc to get hung up on. Also changes the draw for a hip holster from up-swing forward aim to swing forward-aim.

I forget who it was, but one of the more notorious outlaws from the US's wild west had a highly modified holster, it basiclly pinned the gun on a pivot so all he had to do was rotate-shoot. Not particularly accurate, but accurate enough for close range and very, very fast.

Holiday? I was thinking Bonney.

Billy the Kid shaved off the front sights.

I've heard of the holsters getting modified and all that.. but magnetic might be a bit extreme?

What about all the stuff that might get stuck to it? How easy would the weapon get knocked off if they were running and jumped into a ditch?

Right, because that .50 cal coming at you, while it may not penetrate on the first hit, the next 7 coming at you in that second before you fall on the ground, might. And the fact that the impact along would probably break a few bones.

It'll keep you alive. It wasn't designed to make you robocop.

Then, you also have weak points in the armor: joints. Spray and pray would probably easily hit a joint or the neck. Hit someone in the head with a large cal weapon and it would probably knock him out.

Its designed to block a shot or two, not designed to walk through a blaze of lead.

Good question. I think it would just slow them down, slowly dissolving them later.

Hmmm. Similar to the way Brundlefly puked all over that dude's leg in the movie The Fly?

Hush, young Riser.
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Hell, nothings perfect. I dont agree with it, I dont even like it, there are way to many potential problems with it, but its an option and its possible adoption would fall under the rule of ORM: Do the benefits outwiegh the risks?

A lot of people place high importance on the "quick" draw. Pistols are personal defensive weapons, meaning if you have to use it, the situation has gone to crap. Most likely in a hurry. For those situations, the thinking is, if you need it, then you need to get it out and in use fast. Along those lines of thinking, a magnetic holster is great. The stuff you mentioned falls into the catogory of risks. A few others would be magnetizing critical components/magnet binding, surface finish degradation/corrosion, and magnetic interferrence with non EMI hardend electronics.


As an aside, its been awhile since I saw the stat, but I was amazed at how many young US Marines shoot themselves in their feet/legs yearly.........practicing quickdraws..........sadly, in front of mirrors.

I can guarantee that thing wont stop a 50BMG, maybe, maybe a 50SW Magnum (handgun round) but never a 50BMG.

50BMG carrys about 12500 ftlbs of force
50SW Magnum carrys about 2500 ftlbs

For comparison, current combat rifle rounds
NATO 7.62mm (a modified burn rate 308 win) carrys about 2400 fltlbs
NATO 5.56mm (modified 223 rem) carrys about 1350 ftlbs
7.62x39 (AK 47) carrys just under 1500 ftlbs

Lol, with that suit you couldnt run from anything. You'd be lucky to make a slow trot.

Lol, with that suit you couldnt run from anything. You'd be lucky to make a slow trot.

Ok, i guess its a really shitty '07 version of MJOLNIR armor, a spartan wearing a full suit (This is an average spartan-ll, Kelly can run much faster) can run in bursts of 55 km/h. But i guess a normal human would be torn apart if he tried to operate a suit of MJOLNIR armor, so its probably for the best.

Ive read every halo novel atleast 5 times, ive played through both Halo: CE and Halo 2 on legendary a countless number of times, a couple years ago i was saving every penny i got to buy a replica suit of MJOLNIR armor from nightmare studios (Never happened btw.). I would take a bullet for any Bungie employee. Halo has been by far the most influential thing in my life.

Ive read every halo novel atleast 5 times, ive played through both Halo: CE and Halo 2 on legendary a countless number of times, a couple years ago i was saving every penny i got to buy a replica suit of MJOLNIR armor from nightmare studios (Never happened btw.). I would take a bullet for any Bungie employee. Halo has been by far the most influential thing in my life.




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No, he must top himself, lest he breads. Its for the best

I see a twat still being a twat.

Does not compute....

No, it really does sound bad, regardless of taking a bullet or not.

The fact you were saving up for a replica of the suit is.. fanatical.

When I was house shopping, this guy had his entire basement done up in life-sized Star Wars characters. Let me tell you, Princess Leila or whatever looked a bit abused.