Fresh from the press, not made up honest!!
Star Wars-style flame and bulletproof helmet trialled by SAS soldiers
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Fresh from the press, not made up honest!!
Star Wars-style flame and bulletproof helmet trialled by SAS soldiers
:yikes:
Nice! Imagine doing fire and movement in 30 C with that one? You'd be sweatin' like a bull eatin' gravel...
IT"S AIR CONDITIONED !
Chris
Yeh and its only the rest of your exposed body that takes rounds and gets burnt:rolleyes:
All masks are air conditioned, the air flows freely through as you're suckin' it. They're also water cooled, as the sweat runs out the exhaust valve...Quote:
Originally Posted by emmagee1917
I wonder what you do if you get one of those irritating little itches on the end of your nose or in the corner of your eye while wearing this contraption??? Does it come with a "handy remote itch reliever" included with the package?
I would have thought that the sight of being confronted by an someone wearing one of these helmets would be enough to give a potential enemy a heart attack without a shot being fired.
I have never tried one, but I would like to. With all the body armor these days and the training to take head shots, this seems like the natural evolution.
How do you hear what’s going on around you? Are there microphones and noise canceling for loud sounds?
The exposed necks and back of head (left guy) in the picture make me wonder if it’s “Fake News” or an advertising pic. They look a bit bush league. Are they really SAS?
I don't recall any, we had other issues...Quote:
Originally Posted by Flying10uk
And the baddies always run around yelling "Feeling Lucky Punk!" with a Model 29 S & W 44 mag because they liked the Dirty Harry movies.
I think its getting to the point where the stuff a soldier has to carry around whether protective or not can lead to fatigue issues and increase the chances of heat stress markedly, one wonders what peripheral vision impact it has and if the battery goes flat then what off with the lid rustle through the pouch for a spare battery shouting "I got a Flat!" all the while baddies are sling AK, or dish dash rounds at you.
Nope send in the robots thats where its headed they already have the mule to carry extra supplies for the troops why not an active killer robot then the troops can sit in a bunker command post to eliminate the bad guys if your bot gets wasted just get another no more grieving families.
The other solution involves B1's and B52's and the general populace would not like the solution raining down on all the baddies hot spots mind you no one could go there for a few hundred years so thats one solution!
If the helmets emit an IFF signal you could set up one of the target tracking auto fire rifles we saw a few weeks ago to target the signals the helmets emit.
Airsofters spring to mind and the weapons don't tally........Quote:
Originally Posted by Vincent
Fell off my chair laughing:lol::lol:
I bet you would if you had to have worn one of these helmets for real, known as "sods law"...Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
It was bad enough wearing the mask protective and suit with hood, then the steel helmet on top of that. All this done in the heat of the Prairies...in summer. I mean I don't recall having any little issues... I recall all of it with clarity.
Don't you think that this this whole story sounds like a gag or fake news, as has already been suggested by Vincent? I would buy the idea of a high tech/spec helmet but a full face shield that's bullet proof that also does a multitude of other things? For starters, just think of the thickness of the material that would be needed if it was to be bullet proof?
You're right.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigduke6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PJBJUUpi0Y
Yes I do. There's no such thing as "Bullet proof"...it's just how much is required to go through.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flying10uk
But we were yakking about mask protective experiences...so...
Might be a good psyops piece or slightly improve kinetic energy weapons (unsure about energy pulses)- The problem remains manifold- peripheral vision and hearing acuity impaired (yes guns are loud but you have to also hear the soft sounds), fire resistance yes but not oxygen generating so while useful in a flash situation, enduring fire will remove oxygen while superheating the remaining aspirable gases, and even if it 'repels' 7.62x39, where does the energy go after impact? Does not reduce TBI.
Good paintball toy though.
Watching the video above without sound, it looked to me that he had trouble establishing a 'cheek weld' on the stock and trouble acquiring a proper sight picture. Personally, I hated the helmets we had back in the day and I can't say I'm impressed by this one.
The press see someone within 100 yards of Hereford wearing something Military and different.....next minute its fact and the SAS are using it, absolutely right and the reason for posting it.
I didn't intend my Post 6 to be taken too seriously because I didn't take the contents of Post 1 too seriously. Perhaps you shouldn't be so critical of others.Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
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Originally Posted by Flying10uk
Ok, we're done with this one .. :lol:
Some folks still need to read about our forum etiquette policy they agreed to under our "Terms of Service Agreement" they electronically signed when they joined. ;)
Regards,
Doug