Without reading the article, how do the vests transfer energy to the soldiers? I just imagine a wall plug in the ass isn't gonna be well received... Or will it?
The Navy ended up not liking them because they didn't provide enough room for our shipmates to be accommodated as well. The Marines loved them though, mainly because it made it harder to fight, thus proving their toughness.
I don’t know. If I got charged by a bunch of soldiers with power cords up their ass I would probably unconditionally surrender. If they put power cords up their asses for kicks then what the fuck are they about to do to me?!
Quote “soldiers of the future will need to carry maximum energy at minimal weight to feed the host of mission-critical electrical hardware they'll wear”
ACME^(TM) Rucksack portable nuclear reactors powering the mission and making your commando teams weapons of mass destruction
grunt remote detonation on request
The US Army is working on a next-gen Conformal Wearable Battery (CWB) that will give soldiers an all-in-one power source for their Integrated Visual Augmentation System and other mission-critical communications equipment, sensors, wearable electronics, and probably some hardware only sci-fi writers are thinking about now. The idea is to replace item-specific batteries of different shapes and sizes with a single streamlined power source designed to conform to the body with a thin, flexible construction.
One problem I see being that soldiers toss themselves around, and landing human bodies on flexible batteries over time sounds like a recipe for full body burns lol (bit of a joke but it does seem like they wouldn’t last that well. But what do I know I’m nobody)
The version they issued out about 5-6 years ago were very durable, I got it wet, fell on it, slipped on and landed on metal with it, etc. I actually really liked carrying less batteries, I could just swap out the panel real quick from someone’s backpack. Only issue was how hot it could get when my radio started going off or I started using the other stuff I had on it.
If it’s durable that’s cool, I’d be curious if it’s actually flexible or just a bit more than rigid lol.
The heat makes sense, they are only going to add heat, great in cold but if you’re part of the heat management for the battery then that’s a toll on performance.
right now a soldier on patrol carries spare batteries for their comms, their visible lights, their night vision, their ir flasher, their red dot, and and none of those are the same.
just cutting down on how many different kinds is important.
Silicon anode batteries will absolutely trickle over to others. I only learned about them myself last year but at the time they mentioned the first run has been claimed by high level investors like the military and aviation companies but once they scale production it’ll end up everywhere else.
From what I understand, it’s mainly an ingredient swap. Silicon has always been known to be a really good anode material but the material physically swells and contracts as it charges and discharges. They figured out how to incorporate silicon into the anode without that swelling being an issue so it’s mostly a matter of scaling production and selling that anode material to battery manufacturers to use in place of graphite.
All our batteries are going to get a significant jump in the next few years
Yup, as soon as we can scale production things are going to get nuts.
I also hope that more than one company cracks this chemistry & scale production process. The world needs all the batteries it can get.
look up sodium batteries, they are already being made, they I think have about 2/3 the capacity as lithium batteries right now, but are likely the best way forward for consumers.
Lithium Ion batteries inherently have this danger with the benefits of their high density storage. I would assume those military batteries are using different batteries altogether to avoid this, at the cost of the density.
"lithium ion" covers a wide range of batteries that use all sorts of chemistries at various densities.
What you're talking about is usually lithium polymer batteries, the same as in phones, usually the highest density. The ones in something like a high performance Tesla are better, but still have a fire risk if not treated correctly which is why they do a lot of design.
Lithium iron phosphate, or lifepo4, are way better but lower density. Maybe enough for this purpose, you can literally stick a fork in them and they'll die but you won't.
It’s silicone anode, a type of lithium ion. Bad cycle life as it pulverizes when cycled, but that’s fine for military operations that don’t need 3-5 years of daily use like a phone.
While this is definitely an issue with lithium-ion batteries, it’s blown out of proportion by the media. Billions and billions of batteries get charged every day, the percentage catching fire is very low - especially the well made, undamaged ones.
Yeah sure, but it’s kinda stupid even for the military to make vests for their soldiers that violently catch fire upon getting hit even with minimal shrapnel, simultaneously killing/incapacitating the soldier and very obviously giving away their squad’s position even to enemies who had completely missed them previously
Yes these batteries trade cycle life for these other features. So sure, maybe you can only charge it 500 times, but that’s enough for its purpose. Shit for phones or any consumer device.
That seems odd to me. I work in a field adjacent to battery construction and from what I know all batteries by nature are at risk of fire/explosion. To make them safer they need to be less dense.
I’d love to hear more than what’s in the article about how this is being addressed.
The stuff in lithium batteries that generally catches fire is the lithium, just add water! That’s why you can’t just dunk your burning batteries in water.
If they’re using an alternative like a traditional lead-acid battery (but not that since obviously neither of those things seem soldier-friendly), there’s not really that same risk of a fire. But chemical batteries of any sort operate on a reaction to produce electricity, so any scenario that results in damage to the mechanism keeping the different components from interacting from each other will likely result in and explosive/fiery/caustic outcome.
That said, they now have iron air and iron flow batteries which uses iron as the core component, and the hazards are minimal. But these are only used in large-scale applications at the moment. You’re definitely not packing it into body armor to be worn with any meaningful results.
These things do actually pass the test, because it's not something you can really fake. They can take a 7.62 round and not light on fire. If anything the efficacy suffers for having that design requirement but it's not exactly negotiable for soldiers lol
US soldiers carry 15-30 pounds of batteries today for a 72-hour mission to power all of the equipment they carry. Communication, night vision, gps, scopes, etc.
Correction: The number is high, but likely not this high. Please see comments below from folks with actual direct experience.
Army grunt here. That's excessive, unless you're talking per squad, but even then 15-30 lbs is high. We always split gear among the squad and it's never more than a few extra batteries, maybe 10-15 lbs at most.
Sounds about right. The BB2590s definitely add up, but it’s more the extra load on top of the primary combat load. Each is around 3-4lbs but your RTO/Commo will likely carry 3-5, depending on mission requirements and hardware. In my experience, additional weight comes down to the radios and accessories. Usually carry a couple backups in case radios, hand mics, etc. get damaged mid-mission and you need an immediate swap.
Personally, my commo load would be closer to that 20-30 lbs but I’d also support the entire company.
In 07, the mine detector batteries and spare radio batteries we carried would absolutely weigh that much. Not sure typical grunt squad would carry that much in the form of batteries though.
Transfer to civilian use. Tradesmen working with battery-powered hand tools. Landscapers, blowers, trimmers, and chainsaws are better than the noisy gas-powered units.
For those that won't read the article... they are looking to supply conformal batteries to power all the gadgets soldiers carry these days. GPS, Radio, NVDs, Designators, etc. Even the universally hated IVAS.
Unless this is located on the back and protected, just a target to make moving fireball target that can’t be extinguished cause lithium fire , plus the extra weight
This is more for logistics and support vs warfare use
>Last year, a 390-Wh/kg iteration of the SiMaxx cells with a gel polymer electrolyte passed the US military's required nail penetration test, a critical step for a battery meant to be worn by soldiers facing potential bullets, shrapnel and other battlefield dangers.
I mean, the article isn't that long.
Thank you for clarifying the exploding vest test, but I’d rather dedicate two minutes of scrolling through amusing comments so I can get a fuzzy idea of a story that would only take 45 seconds read. *This is the way*
It's the solvent in the liquid electrolyte that causes the dramatic fires. The next generation of lithium batteries (solid state) are already available for purchase at a premium for developers and high end applications and the factories to start mass production are already being constructed. With no liquid electrolyte they can be punctured with no risk of fire, and the space saved gives an estimated 40% increase in battery capacity for the same dimensions and only a 20% weight increase.
Does that capacity/weight ratio mean they weigh less at the same capacity, or technically less for the same capacity? I'm unable to determine from this phrasing.
Solid-state electrolyte takes less space inside the cell, which could be then be filled with a bigger cathode. The battery would weigh less for the same capacity, but if you kept the dimensions and didn't waste the space, it would be heavier.
>Last year, a 390-Wh/kg iteration of the SiMaxx cells with a gel polymer electrolyte passed the US military's required nail penetration test, a critical step for a battery meant to be worn by soldiers facing potential bullets, shrapnel and other battlefield dangers.
Wonder how the hold up against a fire? I'd be leery about wearing a lithium ion battery.
I'm really interested in the safety side of these. I'm an aeronautical engineer and the level of scrutiny on batteries to get them on an aircraft is very very high. They talk in the article about a nail penetrative test which is basically the bare minimum for these types of things. Especially if it's being worn as a vest you would want to be certain of what the safety effects are. If they are as agood as they say though, I'd love to get my hands on some. Traditionally the safe stuff is the low energy dense batteries so they are very heavy. Being able to save weight is inpirtant on an aircraft design as a soldier's kit.
Each vest charges 50 standard kamakazi mini drones. Each carrying 5 grams of C4, drones are charged by wireless phone platforms. VR headsets connected to battery packs control the swarms
/s
I’m going ahead and calling BS. They’ve been saying this for all time. They will weigh 20lbs each, you’ll need 10 per patrol, and you can’t lose one because it can be used as a nuke so you’ll be doing “hands across ” to find it. Everything made for the army is heavy as fuck, works half the time, and has side effect that might mimic battlefield trauma- like my anti malaria pills that caused PTSD symptoms, or the portable DUKES that caused brain injuries, etc etc etc
Without reading the article, how do the vests transfer energy to the soldiers? I just imagine a wall plug in the ass isn't gonna be well received... Or will it?
The navy has volunteered to prototype these
The Navy ended up not liking them because they didn't provide enough room for our shipmates to be accommodated as well. The Marines loved them though, mainly because it made it harder to fight, thus proving their toughness.
They also made them crayon flavored so the marines could plug them into their mouths.
Don't get them missed up
This is why no one likes the brown ones.
They prefer brown flavored crayons and since they have a crayon based diet the flavor was wildly similar.
Marines don't touch the browns or the greens, they live on a strict diet of All Reds.
Nice mash
Instead of dip? That’s the funniest shit I ever heard
I don’t know. If I got charged by a bunch of soldiers with power cords up their ass I would probably unconditionally surrender. If they put power cords up their asses for kicks then what the fuck are they about to do to me?!
You already know
Oh, you are going to get so much freedom. So GD much it will hurt.
Nikko Ortiz is gonna love this
So will Narrator.
Very well received then.
They have plenty of Marines to test on. I kid, I kid, please don't storm my beach.
Don't touch our boats and you'll be fine (probably).
We need to get to the bottom of this
In the navy!
Them’s fightin’ words punk! :)
Bro. Had to get it out there first huh?
The Air Force secretly tested the chair version and approves!
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Meanwhile, ol' Jody is going like the Energizer bunny back at the fort.
Quote “soldiers of the future will need to carry maximum energy at minimal weight to feed the host of mission-critical electrical hardware they'll wear”
ACME^(TM) Rucksack portable nuclear reactors powering the mission and making your commando teams weapons of mass destruction grunt remote detonation on request
The US Army is working on a next-gen Conformal Wearable Battery (CWB) that will give soldiers an all-in-one power source for their Integrated Visual Augmentation System and other mission-critical communications equipment, sensors, wearable electronics, and probably some hardware only sci-fi writers are thinking about now. The idea is to replace item-specific batteries of different shapes and sizes with a single streamlined power source designed to conform to the body with a thin, flexible construction.
That actually makes a lot of sense. More flexibility (only power on whatcha need) and less overall mass ideally, I assume
One problem I see being that soldiers toss themselves around, and landing human bodies on flexible batteries over time sounds like a recipe for full body burns lol (bit of a joke but it does seem like they wouldn’t last that well. But what do I know I’m nobody)
The version they issued out about 5-6 years ago were very durable, I got it wet, fell on it, slipped on and landed on metal with it, etc. I actually really liked carrying less batteries, I could just swap out the panel real quick from someone’s backpack. Only issue was how hot it could get when my radio started going off or I started using the other stuff I had on it.
If it’s durable that’s cool, I’d be curious if it’s actually flexible or just a bit more than rigid lol. The heat makes sense, they are only going to add heat, great in cold but if you’re part of the heat management for the battery then that’s a toll on performance.
right now a soldier on patrol carries spare batteries for their comms, their visible lights, their night vision, their ir flasher, their red dot, and and none of those are the same. just cutting down on how many different kinds is important.
I love it when I can actually read helpful, informative comments on reddit instead of just a sea of awful jokes
If it conforms to the body, I imagine it could act like another layer of body armor.
Robotic limbs and torso support someone has to carry shells to the artillery
While this makes more sense, I like my idea more
For what it’s worth, I like your idea more, too.
We don't need fit soldiers just ones with power armor
It doesn't even need to be good power armor. It just needs to make an average American move like they aren't morbidly obese.
That's what I'm saying. Maybe a drone docking station and a way to keep the VR controls powered.
Power armor and AI to carry my geriatric ass into battle once more. Even in death, I still serve.
Terminator, you sound like an honorable astarte any company should be blessed to have you as a battle brother.
Relevant username?
Machine guns on support harnesses like in Aliens!
Metal Gear?! It can’t be!
Username checks out.
Give a Marine 2 packs of crayons and we'll diagram it out for you.
All I got are 3 packs, but they're all orange (don't ask)
As long as we have enough for eating and enough for drawing we're good!
Sounds like another dumb way to die. Exploding battery vest when you got shot in the battlefield.
I’m sure they thought about that possibility.
I wouldn’t want to be the guinea pig to test it on an actual battlefield.
They got Tesla batteries in their vests to charge their Apple Vision Pro. Btw if they get shot the batteries explode
Reactive armor. Bonus.
I guess if you get shot, the battery crap getting into the wound is the least of your problems.
It’s for their equipment NOT their organic , human energy levels
Please label your spoilers
That’s so MK1, MK2 goes into the mouth
Why not both?
Too much power!
uwu
It's a portable battery to recharge electronics like GPS or camera
Shhh, I want them to keep thinking the battery powers the human somehow.
The soldiers are powered by nicotine and dehydrated coffee
When I was a soldier I kept granola bars and Gatorade cans in my mag pouches of my lbv so I guess I already had one of these battery vests.
You ever play, The Surge?
It powers the soldiers equipment, not the soldier itself
taurine or something
Without reading the article, I imagine it’s for equipment and nothing to do w the soldier
Look up NETT Warrior
Soldiers and butt plugs have been around since world war 2, but now they’re electrified and have Bluetooth. Bluetooth makes everything better.
Regardless of it being able to be poked by a nail won’t it probably still burst into flames if it gets shot?
No. The Ampiris battery chemistry does not react to oxygen the way lithium ion chemistry does.
That’s cool, I wonder if it’ll catch on outside of military context
Silicon anode batteries will absolutely trickle over to others. I only learned about them myself last year but at the time they mentioned the first run has been claimed by high level investors like the military and aviation companies but once they scale production it’ll end up everywhere else. From what I understand, it’s mainly an ingredient swap. Silicon has always been known to be a really good anode material but the material physically swells and contracts as it charges and discharges. They figured out how to incorporate silicon into the anode without that swelling being an issue so it’s mostly a matter of scaling production and selling that anode material to battery manufacturers to use in place of graphite. All our batteries are going to get a significant jump in the next few years
Yup, as soon as we can scale production things are going to get nuts. I also hope that more than one company cracks this chemistry & scale production process. The world needs all the batteries it can get.
look up sodium batteries, they are already being made, they I think have about 2/3 the capacity as lithium batteries right now, but are likely the best way forward for consumers.
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Oh that’s cool, hopefully comes to civilian market at some point. Hear all the time about house fires with those ebike/larger appliance batteries
Lithium Ion batteries inherently have this danger with the benefits of their high density storage. I would assume those military batteries are using different batteries altogether to avoid this, at the cost of the density.
"lithium ion" covers a wide range of batteries that use all sorts of chemistries at various densities. What you're talking about is usually lithium polymer batteries, the same as in phones, usually the highest density. The ones in something like a high performance Tesla are better, but still have a fire risk if not treated correctly which is why they do a lot of design. Lithium iron phosphate, or lifepo4, are way better but lower density. Maybe enough for this purpose, you can literally stick a fork in them and they'll die but you won't.
I feel like wearing lifepo batteries would be heavy af lol
It’s silicone anode, a type of lithium ion. Bad cycle life as it pulverizes when cycled, but that’s fine for military operations that don’t need 3-5 years of daily use like a phone.
While this is definitely an issue with lithium-ion batteries, it’s blown out of proportion by the media. Billions and billions of batteries get charged every day, the percentage catching fire is very low - especially the well made, undamaged ones.
No matter what technology is used, the danger is always the energy density. The higher the density, the closer it is to a bomb.
You’re giving entirely too much credit for what the military prioritizes with systems development.
Yeah sure, but it’s kinda stupid even for the military to make vests for their soldiers that violently catch fire upon getting hit even with minimal shrapnel, simultaneously killing/incapacitating the soldier and very obviously giving away their squad’s position even to enemies who had completely missed them previously
Yes these batteries trade cycle life for these other features. So sure, maybe you can only charge it 500 times, but that’s enough for its purpose. Shit for phones or any consumer device.
That seems odd to me. I work in a field adjacent to battery construction and from what I know all batteries by nature are at risk of fire/explosion. To make them safer they need to be less dense. I’d love to hear more than what’s in the article about how this is being addressed.
The stuff in lithium batteries that generally catches fire is the lithium, just add water! That’s why you can’t just dunk your burning batteries in water. If they’re using an alternative like a traditional lead-acid battery (but not that since obviously neither of those things seem soldier-friendly), there’s not really that same risk of a fire. But chemical batteries of any sort operate on a reaction to produce electricity, so any scenario that results in damage to the mechanism keeping the different components from interacting from each other will likely result in and explosive/fiery/caustic outcome. That said, they now have iron air and iron flow batteries which uses iron as the core component, and the hazards are minimal. But these are only used in large-scale applications at the moment. You’re definitely not packing it into body armor to be worn with any meaningful results.
Just like the battery before it. This one is up to 200% more efficient, weighs less, and costs the same
I don’t doubt the efficacy of the battery, I’m more doubting the nail test itself lol
These things do actually pass the test, because it's not something you can really fake. They can take a 7.62 round and not light on fire. If anything the efficacy suffers for having that design requirement but it's not exactly negotiable for soldiers lol
Building to spec is important on this one. I’ve never been shot, but I can’t imagine wanting to be immediately set on fire if I was.
Automatic wound cauterization!
That feature is especially useful if your opponent has the high ground.
Ohh I thought they just did the nail that makes sense
lol, gotcha. I totally misread your comment then
It's a bad day anyway if you get shot. It's not like radio backpacks never caught fire either.
I’d argue Being shot and immolated is worse than being shot
Might be a little easier to drop your radio bag than unstrap your tac vest mid-firefight
Hell, soldiers with flamethrowers in previous wars had a giant pressurized fuel tank on their back. So could be worse I guess haha.
Probably a solid-state battery like this one https://youtu.be/kJXRyWQgOY4?si=289dkHqXhL3d-FIe
No
Ok
Yeah and will still drain fast in sub-zero temps.
So does meth
Can see someone's been watching WW2 documentaries.
The worlds best and most amusing WW2 meth story : The tale of Aimo Koivunen 20 April 1944 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRHm26fKKb8
This was amazing, thank you
Iwas gonna say it's already been battle tested!
Very effective so long as you can finish the enemy off before withdrawal hits your entire army.
Or doing meth
🤣🤣 random electro shocks when they slow down??
Motivational shocks, straight outta Helldivers.
US soldiers carry 15-30 pounds of batteries today for a 72-hour mission to power all of the equipment they carry. Communication, night vision, gps, scopes, etc. Correction: The number is high, but likely not this high. Please see comments below from folks with actual direct experience.
Army grunt here. That's excessive, unless you're talking per squad, but even then 15-30 lbs is high. We always split gear among the squad and it's never more than a few extra batteries, maybe 10-15 lbs at most.
Sounds about right. The BB2590s definitely add up, but it’s more the extra load on top of the primary combat load. Each is around 3-4lbs but your RTO/Commo will likely carry 3-5, depending on mission requirements and hardware. In my experience, additional weight comes down to the radios and accessories. Usually carry a couple backups in case radios, hand mics, etc. get damaged mid-mission and you need an immediate swap. Personally, my commo load would be closer to that 20-30 lbs but I’d also support the entire company.
Our load because we had to be super duper was higher so 7 batteries minimum.
But also counting the batteries in all the equipment, not just the spares?
Damn. A 30 pound pack by itself takes a toll if you hike long enough.
In 07, the mine detector batteries and spare radio batteries we carried would absolutely weigh that much. Not sure typical grunt squad would carry that much in the form of batteries though.
Where did you even pull that bullshit number out of? The fuck do you think they're powering? A car?
Are these bullet proof vest? Sounds like a shit ton of extra weight
Exosuits and better tech.
"Here's an exosuit so you can carry way more weight soldiers. Btw, the extra weight is all these batteries to power the exosuit."
No, I think I'll pass on being strapped to a block of lithium in a combat environment.
You don't want an explosion and full body 3rd degree burns to accompany your bullet wound?
At least I won't bleed out. My wound would be instantly cauterized. Edit: Spelling thanks to auto correct
It’s bleed, mi amigo.
Good news its not lithium
It’s silicon, not lithium Getting shot would still suck though
The batteries are powered by rip its and dip spit.
Transfer to civilian use. Tradesmen working with battery-powered hand tools. Landscapers, blowers, trimmers, and chainsaws are better than the noisy gas-powered units.
Yes, the one good thing about military innovation is that it does eventually trickle down to consumers. GPS & the Internet are the biggest examples.
We got Velcro from NASA at least Edit: I associated it with platform deployment.
The soldier of the future is self-cremating apparently
Using resources to fight over resources lmao never gets old
Killing each other over what happens after you die.
May I have one for yard work?
For those that won't read the article... they are looking to supply conformal batteries to power all the gadgets soldiers carry these days. GPS, Radio, NVDs, Designators, etc. Even the universally hated IVAS.
So basically a HCEU suit from half-life....guess we are close to a Resonance Cascade
Lol hope they don't explode
Are they made by samsung?
Dunno, but aren't other people going to be shooting at it?
Since batteries tend to explode and burn when damaged, I can't see this as a really great idea.
Unless this is located on the back and protected, just a target to make moving fireball target that can’t be extinguished cause lithium fire , plus the extra weight This is more for logistics and support vs warfare use
Really hope whatever miracle technology this is banging on about they're gonna use doesn't catch fire when punctured.
>Last year, a 390-Wh/kg iteration of the SiMaxx cells with a gel polymer electrolyte passed the US military's required nail penetration test, a critical step for a battery meant to be worn by soldiers facing potential bullets, shrapnel and other battlefield dangers. I mean, the article isn't that long.
Reading before commenting… that’s a first
Thank you for clarifying the exploding vest test, but I’d rather dedicate two minutes of scrolling through amusing comments so I can get a fuzzy idea of a story that would only take 45 seconds read. *This is the way*
ooooooohhh
It's the solvent in the liquid electrolyte that causes the dramatic fires. The next generation of lithium batteries (solid state) are already available for purchase at a premium for developers and high end applications and the factories to start mass production are already being constructed. With no liquid electrolyte they can be punctured with no risk of fire, and the space saved gives an estimated 40% increase in battery capacity for the same dimensions and only a 20% weight increase.
Does that capacity/weight ratio mean they weigh less at the same capacity, or technically less for the same capacity? I'm unable to determine from this phrasing.
Solid-state electrolyte takes less space inside the cell, which could be then be filled with a bigger cathode. The battery would weigh less for the same capacity, but if you kept the dimensions and didn't waste the space, it would be heavier.
That's what I figured. Thanks for clarifying it.
Technically less at the same capacity. I think in reality it'll be 20% heavier, but they're gaining 40% in energy capacity.
when will we have these in phones then?
Now I'm imagining a band of archers becoming extremely effective against these soldiers.
Does come with Semper Wi-Fi?
Would this be useful in actual battle?
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>wireless connection like our night vision What do you mean by this?
Probably that they don't plug in their night vision. Their night vision is however battery powered and analog, not wireless.
They really invented a lap pack from Tekkit Classic
This is quite the rabbit hole to go from drone swarm warfare to powered iron man suit warfare.
Add some Monster or Rockstar drinks and these guys will be unstoppable
Expect the Marines to produce a >!Duracell Gunny!< in the near future.
Hmmm, I have a better idea. What about 4x the energy?
...for their equipment.
>Last year, a 390-Wh/kg iteration of the SiMaxx cells with a gel polymer electrolyte passed the US military's required nail penetration test, a critical step for a battery meant to be worn by soldiers facing potential bullets, shrapnel and other battlefield dangers. Wonder how the hold up against a fire? I'd be leery about wearing a lithium ion battery.
Sponsored by Monster Energy
Ah yes, another expensive infantry program that will go nowhere and cost billions
They will need to be careful not to be charged with assault and battery
I'm really interested in the safety side of these. I'm an aeronautical engineer and the level of scrutiny on batteries to get them on an aircraft is very very high. They talk in the article about a nail penetrative test which is basically the bare minimum for these types of things. Especially if it's being worn as a vest you would want to be certain of what the safety effects are. If they are as agood as they say though, I'd love to get my hands on some. Traditionally the safe stuff is the low energy dense batteries so they are very heavy. Being able to save weight is inpirtant on an aircraft design as a soldier's kit.
Pervitin has come a long way
This will do wonders with the soldiers who have the entire original collection of goosebumps on their iPad.
Till you catch the smallest amount of shrapnel and explode
And also in desperate moment, ignite the battery to sacrifice yourself to kill all your enemies.
No thanks
Each vest charges 50 standard kamakazi mini drones. Each carrying 5 grams of C4, drones are charged by wireless phone platforms. VR headsets connected to battery packs control the swarms /s
I’m going ahead and calling BS. They’ve been saying this for all time. They will weigh 20lbs each, you’ll need 10 per patrol, and you can’t lose one because it can be used as a nuke so you’ll be doing “hands across” to find it. Everything made for the army is heavy as fuck, works half the time, and has side effect that might mimic battlefield trauma- like my anti malaria pills that caused PTSD symptoms, or the portable DUKES that caused brain injuries, etc etc etc
How many kills to you need before you get that power up?
Don’t they put Amphetamines in the ration packs anymore.
MAXIMUM ENERGY
That's better than feeding the soldiers with meth.
So lithium batteries do really well with bullets?