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Old 05-09-2008, 11:43 AM   #16 (permalink)
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the exo skeleton suit sounds intersting.They will probably be attached to rocket packs in the future.
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Old 05-09-2008, 14:38 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Any idea how a good ol' jammer activated at the right time can cut off the signals of your tanks, just when they're attacking a vital stronghold?

Also, how susceptible is this system to EMPs? (I know that no one would dare use an X-Ray flux EMP, but still...)
Actually, if your electronic equipment properly covered with just a metal screen and you can figure out how to ground it, you have a Faraday cage that will protect all electronic equipment with the exception of the receiver unit. Even then, sensing a jamming signal can automatically switch it to another frequency or drop a Faraday cage around it until the guy on the jammer gets too busy trying to take on other vehicles.
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Old 05-09-2008, 14:48 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Big K: Your drawing of a nuclear powered suit is neat but there are two things wrong with it.

One is that the environmentalists will not let you use nuclear power - they would prefer your suit has a tall mast and a huge propeller for a wind driven generator.

Second is - umm - how to say this without being edited. How do you go to the bathroom with it? Just taking a leak with those pincers is pretty darn scary to me.

The first of your photographs show an actual test rig of a power-enhancing exo-skeleton but they still have a lot of bugs to work out in weight and mobility.

The second photograph is merely plywood cutouts showing where an ex0-skeleton would be place. Even if they were made of steel with no motor enhancements, all they could do is help prevent breaking an arm or a leg or add a tad bit of armor to the outside extremities of the soldier.

The exo-skeleton showed in the old, old Popular Mechanics magazine (or maybe it was Popular Science) was made of wood but looked very probable. Sure wish I saved that magazine now. I wonder if the publishers can dig it up for us.
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We used to say in the Brit Army the, 7Ps

prior, preperation ,planning, prevents, p1ss,poor,performances
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I have clearly bin posting f'r toooo many a yar.

For goodness sake, I gave the ref. for the GA suit several years back. Plus ca change eh?

ps hello Tankie, howse ping-pong
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