Army Tests Add-On Body Armor

I was a picayune surprised to get wind that the standard way out G.I organic structure armor is n’t really design to kibosh the sort of onrush our soldiers are tolerate in New - daytime battle . It makes sentience , I guess , since undershirt plan to stop bullets does n’t do much to deflect “ superheated … lilliputian fluent balls of alloy that melt the tegument , muscle and tendons right off . ” luckily , Sandia National Labs and the Army are testing out new torso armour attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - ons ( sort of like aftermarket ground result , minus the neon illumination ) that are designed to protect exposed soldier ’ extremity against skyrocket - motivate grenades and wayside bomb .

DefenseTech has a full story on the armour peripherals , including a lovely anecdote about a dead pig ’s leg encased in an armored gauntlet , then placed two - and - a - half foot aside from an exploding anti - tank shell . Now that ’s safe eatin ’ .

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