Power Armor

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A company has demonstrated a prototype exoskeleton for The TALOS (Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit) programme

Linky dinks for the programme and News annoucement
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2...-man-suit.html
http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/06/rev...xoskeleon.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TALOS_(uniform)

Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9Wbj1-pZcQ

Personally, that helmet looks somewhat goofy (SPIDER SOLDIERS!), but apparently could provide better peripheral vision.


Anyway, its pretty neat. looking forward to the day we have 40k style power armor

FOR THE EMPRAH!

[Karadros]

Yeah, apart from SPESS MEHRENS being more than just blokes in armour. There's a shit-tonne of genetic engineering and surgery involved there, too.

And what could be more terrifying than spider soldiers?

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Yeah, apart from SPESS MEHRENS being more than just blokes in armour. There's a shit-tonne of genetic engineering and surgery involved there, too.

A man can dream

And what could be more terrifying than spider soldiers?

Radioactive Spider soldiers?

[Independent voter]

I hope it comes with air conditioning.

[Deleted]

I hope it comes with air conditioning.

Funny you should ask! ( paragraph taken from nextbigfuture.com)

At the 2015 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference, Revision Military displayed its prototype Kinetic Operations Suit on a full-sized mannequin Launched a year prior, the suit features a powered, lower-body exoskeleton to transfer the weight down to the waist belt and supports it with motorized actuators on each leg. The exoskeleton supports a body armor system capable of stopping rifle rounds that surrounds 60 percent of the operator, compared to 18 percent with current armor vests. To relieve weight, the leg actuators pick up each leg and moves it as the person moves, and takes the weight of the helmet, armor, and vest down through a rigid, articulated spine, transferring weight from weak areas of the neck and lower back. A small power pack powers the suit, and a cooling vest pumps water through three yards of tubing under the suit to maintain core temperature; the power pack has a cooling fan that be heard in close proximity, but it is thought that won't matter after breeching a door. The Kinetic Operations Suit has undergone live-fire testing and combat scenarios and successfully performed the same tasks as currently-outfitted operators in similar amounts of time

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And what could be more terrifying than spider soldiers?

Warp Spiders (to stay with the 40k theme)

sadly it'll still be a while before our boys (and girls) can dispense freedom and liberty with a power fist.

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I am intrigued to see how it actually performs, because even just one joint malfunctioning in a firefight, has got to be dangerous. Also, did anyone find what it weighs in total?

Also, I fear its effectiveness in a sandy environment, because those are some pretty open joints.

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Relevant to this thread

http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/06/lig...to-enable.html

An engine like this would be useful to recharge batteries/ provide extra juice.

[Mihalik]

FOR THE EMPRAH!

Yo dawg.

I heard you liked SPESS MEHREENS. So we put a SPESS MEHREEN in a SPESS MEHREEN!

[Nadiru]

Master Yi's getting a new skin?

[Fencers]

That is super cool.

[s_bushido]

As cool as these things are, I just with the money/inventiveness was going towards something that...you know...didn't involve finding better ways to kill each other.

[Very Tired]

Really? No one looked at those eyes and thought of Splinter Cell?

[Zethras]

As cool as these things are, I just with the money/inventiveness was going towards something that...you know...didn't involve finding better ways to kill each other.

And yet, when the Covanent come down in their shiny purple capital ships, you’ll be glad we have super soldiers in power armour.

[s_bushido]

And yet, when the Covanent come down in their shiny purple capital ships, you’ll be glad we have super soldiers in power armour.

pfft. All Will Smith needed was a fighter jet and a nerd with a computer virus!

[Abajaba]

pfft. All Will Smith needed was a fighter jet and a nerd with a computer virus!

Don't forget his bare, all-American fists!

[Deleted]

As cool as these things are, I just with the money/inventiveness was going towards something that...you know...didn't involve finding better ways to kill each other.

If it makes you feel better the same technology is being used in industry and hospitals.
http://www.cyberdyne.jp/english/serv...ALTherapy.html
http://www.newscientist.com/article/...l#.VXNWas9Viko

Yo dawg.

I heard you liked SPESS MEHREENS. So we put a SPESS MEHREEN in a SPESS MEHREEN!

FORM UP! DREADCEPTION! WE NEED TO GO BIGGER!!!

pfft. All Will Smith needed was a fighter jet and a nerd with a computer virus!

Don't forget his bare, all-American fists!

let us also not forget randy quaid

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Overlooked, but also relevant to this thread.

http://www.popsci.com/army-has-exosk...s-better-shots

This tech is only at concept stage, but could be incorporated into future suits. Basically corrects unsteady movement while weapon is aimed and tech has also been explored to help with pateints with parkinson's disease.

Would be nice if they also took recoil into consideration, would not only further improve accuracy but also allow one to use a stupidly powerful handgun single-handed that would otherwise destroy your wrists or knockback in your face.

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Btw, that sounds like something from rule34.

Well, It helps to have a steady hand. XD

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I would've loved to wear one of those things back when I was in the military.