Liquid armour?

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Big-E

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The biggest danger US troops face ATM are threats this armour will not stop... IEDs, mortars, snipers... ect ect. While it will be nice it is not going to change much but anything that saves a life is worth it in my book.
 
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DoC_FouALieR

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Perhaps for law enforcement purpose it would be useful?
I suppose we can enhance ballistic protection of vehicle glasses and helmet's balistic vizor by making "sandwichs" of glasses/liquid/glasses..
 
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Wild Weasel

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Regarding IEDs, I'm pretty sure the video or the article mentioned puncture from fragmentation specifically.
It may not do much to protect from blast and thermal effects, but increased protection for soldiers from high velocity projectiles is always something that should be considered.
 
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zoolander

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I am no scientist but this is just a prototype. In the future with future generations of this stuff might work miracles? This thing might be able to prevent scrapnel from penetrating. Humvees could go back to soft tops?!
 
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Snayke

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Big-E said:
anything that saves a life is worth it in my book.
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Exactly. Creating as much protection as you can without hampering the soldiers' ability is worth it. Even if the chance of death/injury is only decreased by 1%, that's damn worth it.

And plus, it looks to be just a liquid gel on its own that can withstand impact without needing anything else. I wonder if you could apply this liquid all over the humvees in Iraq, it would actually stop penetration? That'd be great as you would not need to spend more money on protecting the humvee and the humvee could remain lighter rather than heavier.
 
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Wooki

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Snayke said:
Exactly. Creating as much protection as you can without hampering the soldiers' ability is worth it. Even if the chance of death/injury is only decreased by 1%, that's damn worth it.

And plus, it looks to be just a liquid gel on its own that can withstand impact without needing anything else. I wonder if you could apply this liquid all over the humvees in Iraq, it would actually stop penetration? That'd be great as you would not need to spend more money on protecting the humvee and the humvee could remain lighter rather than heavier.
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This technology is used in conjunction with a fabric. It works very well and enhances any ballistic shock absorbing material like Dyneema, Kevlar, etc, etc.

It has a better protection-to-weight ratio than ceramic inserts, but having said that, there is only so much liquid you can impregnate into the fabric.

What all this means is that it lightens the weight that the grunt has to carry at the moment by allowing them to wear lighter ceramic plates.


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