Battledress not so far away?

[Todg]

The following was on display at the Association of the United States Army convention

"An example of planned things to come - the Personal Combat Vehicle (PCV) considered wearable energetically autonomous robotics. This is not a suit of powered armor; instead it is a set of hard-shell body armor along with an information-delivering filly protected helmet system. Along the sides of the legs and on the back of this model are the powered articulated leg supports. The leg supports run from a power supply carried on the back of the PCV and allow the wearer to carry much heavier loads of gear for longer distances without fatigue. Not quite the six-million-dollar man of the 1970s, the PCV system will allow a soldier to almost double his normal walking or running speed over all kinds of terrain while packing a planned 190 pound payload. The mockup weapon this model is carrying in its gauntlet is the 25mm XM307 Advanced Crew Served Weapon."

 

[Uncle Bob]

"Not a suit of powered armor"

But it is both armored and power amplified.

 

[Pickles]

If that's not a Zhodani battledress, I don't know what is.

 

[The Hinterworlds Rambler]

Imperial Battledress? Zho helmets split down the middle.

Don't get too excited yet. They still need a control system.

 

[Uncle Bob]

They have a control system, but I suspect it needs to be better (how is it going prone, getting up again?) I think it really needs a better power source, which is a more fundamental problem.

Still, 5-10 years is sooner than I expected.

 

[The Hinterworlds Rambler]

Me too. Hydrogen cell stacks, maybe?

 

[Gnusam Netor]

Thank you, that's the kind of military future i want to see.

Now if they could only invent a one person 4-legged ATV that you "ride", it is complete.

 

[The Hinterworlds Rambler]

Not sure if I would want to be a squishy civilian during the "Armor Wars" though...

 

[Fritz_Brown]

Gnusam, look around here some more - I know there has been a thread with a legged ATV. Looked a bit like a spider, with fewer legs. [shudder]

 

[The Hinterworlds Rambler]

yknow, I remember seeing a similar design for that walker in a Life Magazine in the 60s...

 

[Gnusam Netor]

Originally posted by Fritz88:
Gnusam, look around here some more - I know there has been a thread with a legged ATV. Looked a bit like a spider, with fewer legs. [shudder]

Spider looking ehh? Low profile - good, menacing looks - also good...

i like it even better than if it was horse-like.
Does it have mandibles?

 

[Andrew Boulton]

Originally posted by Baron Saarthuran von Gushiddan:
Imperial Battledress? Zho helmets split down the middle.

True, but it's in a similar pose to the pick in the Zho AM...

 

[aramis]

By definition: It's Solomani Battledress.

 

[Todg]

Originally posted by Gnusam Netor:
Thank you, that's the kind of military future i want to see.

Now if they could only invent a one person 4-legged ATV that you "ride", it is complete.

Just put a saddle and handlebars on 'BigDog':

http://www.bdi.com/content/sec.php?section=BigDog

 

[mike wightman]

Originally posted by Fritz88:
Gnusam, look around here some more - I know there has been a thread with a legged ATV. Looked a bit like a spider, with fewer legs. [shudder]

Is it this one?

 

[Pickles]

Ok, ok, I concede! Yes, the pose is staight from the Zhodani Alien Module, hence my post. Now we know where the concept boys get their ideas from.

Mind you, those Zhodani clamshell helmets always struck me as a bit of a dress uniform item - who would design a combat helmet with its weakest point along the ridgeline? Not to mention a full-face visor.

 

[Fritz_Brown]

Yup, Sigg, that's the one.

If I could just find the thread....

Edit: Found it! end edit

 

[Uncle Bob]

For the armor part of Power Armor, look at the US Army's S.P.I.E.S. project (a 3.7 MB pdf file).
Future Force Warrior Project

 

[Uncle Bob]

For the armor part of Power Armor, look at the US Army's S.P.I.E.S. project (a 3.7 MB pdf file).
Future Force Warrior Project