7 awesome suits (by cracked)

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

did you watch the trojan suit video?

painful experience.

That guy is in a total fantasy land.

Now, lets say for one moment, that his suit does indeed offer ballistic protection. If it did, it could be argued that it provides a greater degree of protection then existing body armor.

But then the problems start rolling in.

1.) Helmet limits periphial vision, which lowers situational awareness.
2.) Despite vent holes, ill wager it makes hearing things around you a tad more difficult.
3.) It is probably not very quiet. Try creeping around with this crap on.
4.) It is too complex. Too complicated. It's little dodads would break constantly. Upkeep would be a bitch.
5.) Probably too heavy when you add a full combat load on top of it. Weapon, ammunition, rucksack, some provisions, etc.
6.) Overglorified pepper spray in the arm? REALLY? Seriously?
7.) Yeah, just try jumping in and out of vehicles with this crap on and not get caught on something.

If he really wanted to build better armor, he should probably rethink his inspiration. The "colonial marine" armor from aliens is probably more practical then this wannabe halo crap.