Infantry Combat Equipment (non-firearm): Vests, Body Armor, NVGs, etc.
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Trial use of exoskeleton.
What is the benefit of this Exoskeleton if its not powered. I thought the whole benefit of wearing one is to reduce exhaustion when carrying heavy load by infantry or medic. If this one is not powered by anything, then the whole load has to be carried by the soldier anyway. So, how does that help?
broadsword
Brigadier
It still lightens the load by, I believe, directing the weight to the ground with the rigid connecting parts. So while it may not lighten as much as a powered one, it needs no batteries.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Close... The weight is redistributed. The wearer is wearing more load but it’s directed around the human skeleton as opposed to through it. This reduces the risk of shin splints and other skeletal damage. It’s analogous to wearing braces. It adds more support. However you are slower and heavier.
A Powered exoskeleton does the same but also ups the muscle involved so even more weight can be loaded or you could move faster. But at the cost of needing more power and engineering.
MwRYum
Major
The idea is not to give you superhuman strength (which is what a powered exoskeleton - active system - would achieve) but to redistribute your load, let the frame take more weight from your muscle. It's a passive system that allows the user to carry more and fatigue slower. It has no powered component or processor.
Is this bullet proof vest with capability to carry plates or just load carrying vest to replace this old one?
