Soldiers' 'blast pants' tested at firing range

papa_smurf · 08-18-10, 01:49 PM

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/10992761

Wonder if these will help in a "domestic" situation

Moeceefus · 08-18-10, 01:55 PM

I'm suprised these weren't developed before helmets even!

SteamWake · 08-18-10, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Moeceefus

I'm suprised these weren't developed before helmets even!

Uhhh...

The history of the codpiece

http://www.thehendricks.net/codpiece_history.htm

Moeceefus · 08-18-10, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

Uhhh...

The history of the codpiece

http://www.thehendricks.net/codpiece_history.htm

LOL! Those aren't so much about protection as they are about quick release!

Jimbuna · 08-18-10, 02:54 PM

Could come in handy when fighting a rearguard action

TLAM Strike · 08-18-10, 04:40 PM

You tax dollars at work. What happened to just sitting on your helmet or an extra flack jacket?

SteamWake · 08-18-10, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

You tax dollars at work. What happened to just sitting on your helmet or an extra flack jacket?

Thats hard to do when your walkin down the road looking for IEDs.

Evidently those that do such things have figured out how to make the IEDs blast you in the balls.

I dunno but a little more protection never really hurts. Better than tossing my tax dollars to send an Imam on a junket.

Platapus · 08-19-10, 08:18 AM

I can just imagine the trauma getting hit with a 7.62 round in the nuts.

Yeah the Kevlar unmentionables will stop the bullet, but some kinetic energy will still pass through

. Anyone who has been shot while wearing a vest can testify that it still hurts.

I expect this will work well for secondary frag, but we already have armoured bibs for the naughty bits.

And have they considered the "chafing" issue with Kevlar grundies?

krashkart · 08-19-10, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

And have they considered the "chafing" issue with Kevlar grundies?

In that heat, even.

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I can just imagine the trauma getting hit with a 7.62 round in the nuts. Yeah the Kevlar unmentionables will stop the bullet, but some kinetic energy will still pass through . Anyone who has been shot while wearing a vest can testify that it still hurts. I expect this will work well for secondary frag, but we already have armoured bibs for the naughty bits. And have they considered the "chafing" issue with Kevlar grundies? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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