Inventor Develops "HALO" or Robocop Suit for the US Military.

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: jagec
Looks pretty badass.

The man on the inside is even more badass, once you condiser that he is willing to run in front of machine gun fire in order to prove that the suit worthy of protecting a human life.

Have you seen the documentary? His bear suits are ridiculous... After a few models, he made it indestructable, at the cost of all motion. The bear suit didn't allow you to do anything but walk VERY slowly, and fall over.

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: Adaman
I surprised it took someone so long to come up with this, while troops are being sent to war to die for so long. Many don't have the luxury of regular body armor...didn't mean to get all dramatic there, it just happened 😛 - Give every soldier one of these suits! I guess that could get a tad expensive, but they're already spending trillions on the war, what's 100 more trillion? The government should be working toward making currency of all kinds obsolete anyways.

:roll:

 

[chambersc]

Originally posted by: Googer

Its many features include compartments for emergency morphine and salt, a knife and emergency light. Built into the forearms are a small recording device, a pepper-spray gun and a detachable transponder that can be swallowed in case of trouble.

In the helmet, there's a solar-powered fresh-air system and a drinking tube attached to a canteen in the small of the back. A laser pointer mounted in the middle of the forehead is ready to point to snipers, while LED lights frame the face.

http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp...pageid=1020420665036&col=1014656511815

I would like to see all soldiers on foreign soil have one of these issued as SOP.

 

[mercanucaribe]

Still not sure why people think armor is such an innovative concept... Have you posters heard of the middle ages?? Even the specific ceramic and plastic composite armor this guy made is not new.

 

[Nerva]

yeah, whatever happened to that battle suit that the army was advertising? guess it never went into use.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Still not sure why people think armor is such an innovative concept... Have you posters heard of the middle ages?? Even the specific ceramic and plastic composite armor this guy made is not new.

Because if this guy's claims are true, his armor would be something special. Stopping repeated shots in the same location from a 50 cal., being able to withstand grenades, machine gun fire, and literal fire protection along with being lightweight really would be something else. Especially considerin he's making the bold claim that his suit would cost only $2,000 to mass produce while the Interceptor package costs about $1700 for less features.

That matter is actually having the armor be cost efficient, lightweight, and living up to all it's claims. I'm skeptical, but I wish him and anyone else developing technology like this the best success.

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Still not sure why people think armor is such an innovative concept... Have you posters heard of the middle ages?? Even the specific ceramic and plastic composite armor this guy made is not new.

Because if this guy's claims are true, his armor would be something special. Stopping repeated shots in the same location from a 50 cal., being able to withstand grenades, machine gun fire, and literal fire protection along with being lightweight really would be something else. Especially considerin he's making the bold claim that his suit would cost only $2,000 to mass produce while the Interceptor package costs about $1700 for less features.

There is absolutely no way that this suit meets those claims. (Where did you hear them? They're not mentioned in the article). A .50 cal bullet can pierce through 1/2" of steel, much more if its an AP bullet. Multi-hit capability is significantly reduced on alternative armors such as ceramics and aramid fibers. Grenades and IED's function differently than bullets, the fragments are shaped differently and have a supersonic blast wave following them. What about ballistic windows? You can't make a suit that has 100% protection coverage for 95% of body types while allowing full or even limited ranges of motion.

There are thousands of people much smarter than you or I who are working these problems, backed by millions of dollars of research money, with the best resources available, and usually the best they can do are incremental improvements. I've talked to these people. There is simply no way that this lone individual has made some great inventive breakthrough simply by tinkering in his garage with some ideas drawn on his notebook.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Triumph

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Still not sure why people think armor is such an innovative concept... Have you posters heard of the middle ages?? Even the specific ceramic and plastic composite armor this guy made is not new.

Because if this guy's claims are true, his armor would be something special. Stopping repeated shots in the same location from a 50 cal., being able to withstand grenades, machine gun fire, and literal fire protection along with being lightweight really would be something else. Especially considerin he's making the bold claim that his suit would cost only $2,000 to mass produce while the Interceptor package costs about $1700 for less features.

There is absolutely no way that this suit meets those claims. (Where did you hear them? They're not mentioned in the article). A .50 cal bullet can pierce through 1/2" of steel, much more if its an AP bullet. Multi-hit capability is significantly reduced on alternative armors such as ceramics and aramid fibers. Grenades and IED's function differently than bullets, the fragments are shaped differently and have a supersonic blast wave following them. What about ballistic windows? You can't make a suit that has 100% protection coverage for 95% of body types while allowing full or even limited ranges of motion.

There are thousands of people much smarter than you or I who are working these problems, backed by millions of dollars of research money, with the best resources available, and usually the best they can do are incremental improvements. I've talked to these people. There is simply no way that this lone individual has made some great inventive breakthrough simply by tinkering in his garage with some ideas drawn on his notebook.

Next time quote everything I've said:

The matter is actually having the armor be cost efficient, lightweight, and living up to all it's claims. I'm skeptical, but I wish him and anyone else developing technology like this the best success.

 

[Darkstar757]

Originally posted by: Triumph
You guys actually believe his claims? You guys think he's the first person to do this? You don't think the big body armor manufacturers haven't already done something similar as technology demonstrators, with their proven armor recipes? Go read Defense News Weekly or Jane's, you'll see products developed similar to this every other week, except not developed by a nutjob. If a government actually buys this suit, I'll eat my shoe.

LMAO

Triumph im going to hold you to that!

🙂

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: BigJNext time quote everything I've said:

The matter is actually having the armor be cost efficient, lightweight, and living up to all it's claims. I'm skeptical, but I wish him and anyone else developing technology like this the best success.

I deleted because it wasn't related to my reply. Even if it cost 10 billion dollars, it couldn't do what he is claiming because the technology to do so simply isn't there.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: Triumph

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Still not sure why people think armor is such an innovative concept... Have you posters heard of the middle ages?? Even the specific ceramic and plastic composite armor this guy made is not new.

Because if this guy's claims are true, his armor would be something special. Stopping repeated shots in the same location from a 50 cal., being able to withstand grenades, machine gun fire, and literal fire protection along with being lightweight really would be something else. Especially considerin he's making the bold claim that his suit would cost only $2,000 to mass produce while the Interceptor package costs about $1700 for less features.

There is absolutely no way that this suit meets those claims. (Where did you hear them? They're not mentioned in the article). A .50 cal bullet can pierce through 1/2" of steel, much more if its an AP bullet. Multi-hit capability is significantly reduced on alternative armors such as ceramics and aramid fibers. Grenades and IED's function differently than bullets, the fragments are shaped differently and have a supersonic blast wave following them. What about ballistic windows? You can't make a suit that has 100% protection coverage for 95% of body types while allowing full or even limited ranges of motion.

There are thousands of people much smarter than you or I who are working these problems, backed by millions of dollars of research money, with the best resources available, and usually the best they can do are incremental improvements. I've talked to these people. There is simply no way that this lone individual has made some great inventive breakthrough simply by tinkering in his garage with some ideas drawn on his notebook.

Your pessimism gets you no where, so please don't stand in the way of someone who thinks it can be done.

 

[Fenixgoon]

just test it and if it fails, laugh hysterically at the guy.. if it succeeds, perform more tests, then buy hundreds of thousands of copies 😛

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: Triumph

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Still not sure why people think armor is such an innovative concept... Have you posters heard of the middle ages?? Even the specific ceramic and plastic composite armor this guy made is not new.

Because if this guy's claims are true, his armor would be something special. Stopping repeated shots in the same location from a 50 cal., being able to withstand grenades, machine gun fire, and literal fire protection along with being lightweight really would be something else. Especially considerin he's making the bold claim that his suit would cost only $2,000 to mass produce while the Interceptor package costs about $1700 for less features.

There is absolutely no way that this suit meets those claims. (Where did you hear them? They're not mentioned in the article). A .50 cal bullet can pierce through 1/2" of steel, much more if its an AP bullet. Multi-hit capability is significantly reduced on alternative armors such as ceramics and aramid fibers. Grenades and IED's function differently than bullets, the fragments are shaped differently and have a supersonic blast wave following them. What about ballistic windows? You can't make a suit that has 100% protection coverage for 95% of body types while allowing full or even limited ranges of motion.

There are thousands of people much smarter than you or I who are working these problems, backed by millions of dollars of research money, with the best resources available, and usually the best they can do are incremental improvements. I've talked to these people. There is simply no way that this lone individual has made some great inventive breakthrough simply by tinkering in his garage with some ideas drawn on his notebook.

Your pessimism gets you no where, so please don't stand in the way of someone who thinks it can be done.

Spare me the "you can do anything if you put your mind to it" bullsh!t. That's just something you tell children so they don't get discouraged. Then reality steps in. If you knew anything about armor protection, you wouldn't believe this "inventors" outlandish claims, either.