Looks dope.
Infantry Combat Equipment (non-firearm): Vests, Body Armor, NVGs, etc.
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Question. Is plate carrier really the trend worth chasing? It is helpful to stop bullets, but much of the death comes from explosives not bullets. For most soldiers it would be better off wearing lighter armor that covers more of the body, and retain mobility. Only using plates when expecting direct gun fires like assaulting trench and cities.
The overall trend is for plates with a designed defense rating to get lighter and less cumbersome over the years, while efforts to improve firearms on the other hand are lackluster at best. So plate carriers are definitely the trend though a second rate plate is still very heavy nowadays.
Nowadays, plate carriers can be configured to hold strictly soft armor. Good plate carriers are pretty modular, and the user can add or remove soft armor and plates depending on the mission.
Do you have more photos of this? I'm quite curious how the headsets are clamped onto the helmet, doesn't seem like it's attached to the pic rail
They look like ops core amp arms, so they should still be connected to the rail on the back. Should be like the ones in by78's post:
Three more high-resolution images of the Kestrel Defense MARS 4.0 smart soldier system.
Thinkpad in PLA service.
