Did military manufacturers all collectively forget what the term ‘miniaturization’ meant? Why tf is every infantryman of today looking like a fucking blob? What’s the need to make uniforms so fucking thick of they won’t protect the user from anything? Why do they carry so much shit if most of the electronic devices and equipment can be miniaturized to reduce weight and improve mobility? Similarly, why tf are so many other modern weapons and gadgets used in war getting so fucking unconventionally chunky? Some of these soldiers can’t even keep their slings wrapped around their bodies…
>>5293>Why tf is every infantryman of today looking like a fucking blob? Well these uniforms aren't exactly tailor made to individuals, they're mass produced so probably ends up a bit on the baggier side.
>Similarly, why tf are so many other modern weapons and gadgets used in war getting so fucking unconventionally chunky?Just the additional ammo alone seems to add a lot of bulk, and there's never enough ammo. Then there are first-aid kits, and also water, like a big CamelBak-style water pouch on your back. Some of those Israeli soldiers look like they're lugging bulky radios.
The soldiers in the middle (Russian?) look like they're wearing flak vests. It's crazy how much flying metal there is on the battlefield. Not just bullets. All of those explosions are spraying metal in every direction. Ernst Junger wrote a novel called "Storm of Steel."
>>5293Let deflagration technology finally catch up to destroy any attempts at body armor. There should be some crazy scientist working on ultrafast hypersonic projectiles somewhere. Then but only then will the MIC drop plate carriers and other moneysink soldier enhancement systems.
Or maybe getting forced into an attritional war will wake them up.
>>5309Bulky size = alot of weight.
We are talking about the same problem.
All those fancy electronics will be dropped when the casualties are back to six digit counts per battle, as in an actual war against a peer adversary, not the colonial policing the Empire was involved in, also called US interventions in the periphery.
>>5312Even a baofeng is more compact than those radios, and you can get them with encryption now. Also check out ultralight backpacking gear, it is certainly feasible. The guerilla does not need fancy gadgets or bulky armor. Still though, better safe than sorry.
>>5293If you train enough with the gear, managing and using it becomes second nature, and you get used to the bulk.
>>5314US troops wear groin protectors too *sometimes. That's why this discussion is so dumb. A bunch of people who've never been in the military, never studied the military, apparently figured out to do it better based off some memes they glanced at.
>DoD spent a ton of money to see what was one of the most common injuries and they found out that the groin wasn't protected well enough. So they added a kevlar triangle to cover that part and to top it off a plate that can be placed in it. After one FTX and getting slapped in the balls, we stopped wearing it.
>We called it the "nutflap" and it was a hard requirement by MND-B when I was in Baghdad. FWIW we also sometimes just folded it up under our plate and whipped it out when somebody important was around.
>I know a guy who has an outline of his groin protector in scars on his lap. Rocket came in through the front of his RG 31 and he lost his right arm where the DAPS ended. Throat protector and collar saved his neck. He had raccoon eyes from his eye pro. His IBA and attachments saved his life.Several other guys where saved by their collars throughout that tour. But that was route clearance in Mosul right before the surge. Personal mobility wasn't as high a priority for us in a route clearance package. We were basically bait, and after an IED blew up we rarely saw anyone.
>>5316>I know a guy who has an outline of his groin protector in scars on his lap. Rocket came in through the front of his RG 31 and he lost his right arm where the DAPS ended. Throat protector and collar saved his neck. He had raccoon eyes from his eye proKek i'd pay to see this specimen.
In the USA you have no welfare or healthcare no? Why not re-start freak shows? Take it global and i'd go if there was discount tickets.
>>5320easy money then..
are they legal? i mean, it's not a weapon, it's technically just binos -s, one could just say it's for bird watching, no?
>>5316Known about the groin protection thing flak armours have had for decades at this point. That still doesn’t excuse the unnecessary bulkiness present in infantry divisions these days. At least
>>5310 genuinely provides evidence of reasonably sized equipment.
>>5324Honestly man idk what you're even referring to. The guys in the OP don't seem particularly overloaded, they aren't even carrying rucksacks. They've got their rifles, web-gear, armour, small backpacks and some extra pouches. If you think that's a lot then frankly you don't know what you're talking about. How weighed down a soldier is will depend on a lot of things. What's their mission? How long will they be in the field and/or outside the wire? Can they expect resupply? Are they mechanized? Are they establishing a patrol base? If soldiers look like they're carrying a lot of crap its because they are, but you shouldn't assume that this stuff is unnecessary. Once you add up ammunition, food, water, sleeping gear, medical equipment, comms, extra clothing (very important if you don't want your feet to rot away in your boots), entrenching tools, specialized equipment (e.g. explosives, NVGs, spare barrels, etc), platoon/company weapons and associated paraphernalia (e.g. mortars, MG tripods, AT weapons, etc.) of course they're going to be pretty bulky and weighed down. That doesn't mean that this shit isn't necessary to have. In my own experience in the military missing some of these things when you needed them at best made for a miserable experience and at worst made you unable to accomplish your objective.
>>5325I wonder what possesses people to write shit like this.
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