South Korea to develop new high-tech battle uniform - Halo fans approve wholeheartedly
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted November 18th 2008 1:02PM
posted November 18th 2008 1:02PM
posted November 18th 2008 1:02PM
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I won't be surprise if Samsung developed 50% of those gears.
Halo! The game was Halo, not Gears!...
"mini missile system"?
awesome
...it's only 20mm.
Our military uses 40mm grenades and they only have a kill radius of 5m. If I remember right, the maximum effective range is 400m for our 40mm. Even an HEDP (high explosive dual penetration) round isn't as powerful as you see in the movies. Actually, nothing is like you see in the movies or TV...
Granted, it's got a precision arming system after you use the range finder...the soldier still has to accurately aim and fire to even injure the target. ...that's if he even has eyes on the target.
To urinate? HUD select 'Alt_mini-missle'
Well, first off, a High-Explosive Dual Penetration is a sex act, not a projectile type. Maybe you meant High-Explosive Dual Purpose, the purposes being anti-personnel and armor-piercing (up to 2" of steel).
But you're largely correct; 5m kill radius, 130m casualty radius for both HE and HEDP rounds. Maximum effective range 350m against area targets, and 150m against point targets.
But the idea of 20mm (or so) grenade launcher / assault rifle combos has been around since the 80s (OICW). The advantages claimed for such a system:
* Everybody with a rifle has grenades, instead of about half with M203s.
* You can carry more ammo.
* For the same recoil, you can have a flatter trajectory.
* Terminal effects of 20mm air-burst munitions are comparable to 40mm impact-burst munitions.
"Dual Penetration"
Like a double penetration station, right?
Well, they couldn't use chain saws, those are reserved for North Korea. :)
Look at his stature...what a nancy!
Where did you come from?
But will they be able to play Cr.... ah hell, I'm just going to stop right there.
Maximum fail.
Play? No
Recreate? Yes! :p
Exactly, the North Koreans are right next door. Live LAN parties FTW
it's the Craftsman magnum.
good thing they have bad aim, otherwise they might be able to actually do something with those guns
I was hoping they would demo the suit in the video... The gun looks freakin sweet though
It says that they just began development on this. I wouldn't expect to see anything like this come out in the next 20+ years...
They're talking about making a light suit that is battery effecient, repels nuclear attacks, is completely bullet-proof, maintains homeostasis while under extreme stress, and doesn't restrict any range of motion. They might as well add a jetpack and cloaking ability in for good measure.
Seriously, that's just wishful thinking at this point...
Nah... more like a Craftsman BR.
so South Korea equips their soldiers with halo gear and in reaction North Korea equips its soldiers with Crysis gear.............now...... WHO WINS?
has a nerdgasm and scuttles off to make a comprehensive list and comparision between Crysis and Halo gear........
You mean Chinese made knock-off Crysis gear? :P
why can't they give him better footwear then a pair of, what looks like, chuck taylors?
I think he just has woman feet. Unless it's woman, then she just has feet.
Hey now, nothing says I kick ass on the battlefield than some serious indie cred!
looks like the LAND WARRIOR for the army
Land Warrior has been in development since the 90s (maybe even earlier). I went in the army late 90s and never saw it and I was in a unit that got all of the toys first. They still can't get an efficient battery and comfortable weight to make it worth the cost. ...and we're the richest country in the world (with the most technologically advanced military). I highly doubt that we'll see Koreans with this in our lifetime.
...take my word for it. The only effective military weapon is a well-trained soldier.
They don't need to seduce any teenagers, they are forced to join.
Yep, compulsary military service ftw! For 2 years... though they are gradually reducing it to 1 and a half by 2012
You can avoid service almost all together if you get a PhD. (The military here probably had too many bad experiences with bookworms trying to fire a rifle...)
who needs guns? in ten years war will be run by iphones
You would send your iPhone into war unnarmed?
Of course SkyNet wouldn't send their iPhones into combat unarmed in its campaign to wipe out humanity.
Or is it Steve Jobs?
Unarmed?
Don't forget about the KILL SWITCH.
Uh... I hope that thing's air-conditioned for use in desert climates, and heated / defrosted for use in winter climates. Scifi is cool, but warfare is about breaking things and killing people -- not getting broken or killed.
OTOH, where can I buy one now!?!?!?
clearly propganda... Korea cant afford that for any more than 1000 soldiers, its just spin.
They will make a suit that looks like that, but doesnt do any of the stuff it claims.
As with most things in life then! What's new?!
Do you mean SOUTH Korea? Because they can afford things just fine. I think you are confusing the two Koreas.
i know my Korea's chief, i spent 2 years studying the Korean war, i didn't bother to include the south because the article was clearly about south Korea... common sense don Giovanni.
South Korea say they can afford things just fine, but in a country that censors the weather report you can never be too sure whats true. The fact is that the majority of the population live as peasants, the government is floating on the gains of a regime and this is just a bit of scaremongering to rile up the USA, they've been doing it for years.
Do you remember the grand hotel in S. Korea? The one that cost millions and was seen as the greatest building in the east and then got abandoned because Someone ran out of money?
So... please don't be pedantic.
I hope you aren't referring to this "grand hotel in S. Korea":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryugyong_Hotel
Oli, as a korean, i feel qualified to say this.
GTFO the internet.
kthxbai.
Btw, all korean males must join the military for 24 months, I believe, so it's not a ploy. They're just way ahead in many technological fields.
He knows his Koreas fine, dudes. He just doesn't know north from south, or his head from his ass.
ey ey ey ey, i made a mistake getting political here didn't i?
Right, lets round this off with the comment i was expected to leave
"Awsome! hitech battle gear! They should bulid lasers into the battle mittens! ROFL."
Lets see whos being so cynical when bush goes and fucks the pony by declaring war and ruining everything for poor Obama.
oops i did it again.
(p.s. i was talking about that hotel, and believe it or not, the re-construction is going veeeeeeery slowly, i wonder why)
looks more like an ODST.
http://www.bungie.net/images/Games/Halo2/Gallery/Renders/ODST.jpg
So...the future of warfare is tights and motorcycle helmets...interesting.
Sign me up!
BDU with NBC protection + NBC mask will be a pain to wear.
That gun is cool and it is more compact than the US M203 but the M203 shoots 40mm round. That gun weighs a ton though.
0:33 : 20mm....5.56mm....860mm...
Sat there for a moment thinking "wait, what the hell are they launching?!?" and then realised what it is.
Duh!
is it me, or is there a cgi guy attempting to hump the gun at around 0:34?
Why, yes, I believe you are correct.
So there really was a guy humping the gun? Wow, and here I thought someone had drugged the office coffee pot again...
What's this? iwar? is that an iphone app?