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I was observing some of todays future armor prototypes for law enforcement, and the ARMY. It showed images of the armor, and provided some specs on what it can do, heres what I got.
1. Black helmet (matches outfit) Inside it has visual HUD, indicating if you have any internal or external injuries(this will also appear inside the helmets of his/her fellow crew), it reads the temperature of your body, and the temperature inside the suit.
2. A small water feed tube that travels from a small pack on the lower back by the ammo belt, the pack is of course filled with cold water, and the tube follows to the inside of the helmet where the soldier can drink from.
3. The primary the guy was holding was a compact rifle similar to Halos MA5B
(no joke.), on the wrist of the soldier is a small barrel like thing with I think about 4 holes, and inside them were small rocket like projectiles, possibly fuel propelled, I have no clue but it was cool. They also featured a neat tazor.
4.The suit is entirely black but on their backs were signs like SWAT, ARMY, etc.: To give examples of who could possibly use them. The article also discussed future development with the possibility of invisible like camo. You can find this article at the popular science website, I read it in the actual mag.
5. I forgot to mention the chest armor was made of an advanced form of kevlar, and the thighs were also protected by this material.
[Edited on 7/12/2004 9:15:00 PM]