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Tango01  | 06 Mar 2019 8:29 p.m. PST |
… Rails for Mounting Lights U.S. Army equipment officials will soon begin fielding a new combat helmet designed to give soldiers 100 percent greater protection against head trauma injuries on the battlefield. This month, soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, will receive the Army's new Integrated Head Protection System, or IHPS, which will replace the Enhanced Combat Helmet in close-combat units…." link
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| SBminisguy | 07 Mar 2019 8:28 a.m. PST |
It looks like it actually provides less area protection than current helmets, and the rear of the skull and neck seem more exposed. Maybe this is the result of a lot of head injury modeling based on battlefield data??? |
| Tango01 | 07 Mar 2019 10:55 a.m. PST |
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| 14th NJ Vol | 07 Mar 2019 2:25 p.m. PST |
Maybe more to do with having better movements of the head up & down when trying to see up into tall buildings. |
| Rhino Co | 07 Mar 2019 3:14 p.m. PST |
Looks like a bicycle helmet. |
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looks at a multi-period building.