British Royal Marine Eric Walderman from the 40 Commando
dons the kevlar helmet which saved his life after it was hit by
four bullets during a firefight in the southern Iraq port of Umm Qasr.
"If scientists and inventors who develop disease cures and useful technologies don't get lifetime royalties, I'd like to know what fucking rationale you have for some guy getting lifetime royalties for writing an episode of Full House." - Mike Wong
"The present air situation in the Pacific is entirely the result of fighting a fifth rate air power." - U.S. Navy Memo - 24 July 1944
I'm studying for the CPA exam. Have a nice summer, and if you're down just sit back and realize that Joe is off somewhere, doing much worse than you are.
Vympel wrote:Quite a silly looking helmet though, isn't it?
South Korean and US soldiers sit on top of tanks during joint US- South Korea (news - web sites) military exercises(AFP/Choi Jae-
"If scientists and inventors who develop disease cures and useful technologies don't get lifetime royalties, I'd like to know what fucking rationale you have for some guy getting lifetime royalties for writing an episode of Full House." - Mike Wong
"The present air situation in the Pacific is entirely the result of fighting a fifth rate air power." - U.S. Navy Memo - 24 July 1944
And also the most efficient form for protecting against shrapnel!
"If scientists and inventors who develop disease cures and useful technologies don't get lifetime royalties, I'd like to know what fucking rationale you have for some guy getting lifetime royalties for writing an episode of Full House." - Mike Wong
"The present air situation in the Pacific is entirely the result of fighting a fifth rate air power." - U.S. Navy Memo - 24 July 1944
where are the kevlar motorcycle style full head covering helmets that would protect our boys from bullets to the face? WHERE ARE MY DAMNED STORM TROOPERS?! I DEMAND STORMIES!!!
btw, that guy looks young with wrinkles. he looks prematurely aged by desert combat. signs of war i guess.
God bless Kelver. The helmets are lighter and tougher because of it. Only downside is they can't use the things for cooking now like they used to in WW2
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well if the helmet had a thin inner or outer removable metal part it might work for cooking as well. i think that metal would only add to its strength and work to slow the bullet further as well as to spread the force out over a larger surface area because its rigid.
Kevlar: used for bulletproof vests, helmets, and snare drum heads .
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Cooking with your helmet was a bad idea when it was metal.
Heating up metal like that affects it's strength, degrading it severely.
In other word, using it as a cooking pot, turns it into a cooking pot! No longer considered armor. (Strengthwise)
Besides, the new kevlar helmets are MUCH more comfortable to sit on.
Hmmmmmm.
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When I went through Basic Training in 87, we were still using steel pots. What I liked about them was that you could take a field bath out of them -- can't do that with kevlar helmets...
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"Oh no, oh yeah, tell me how can it be so fair
That we dying younger hiding from the police man over there
Just for breathing in the air they wanna leave me in the chair
Electric shocking body rocking beat streeting me to death"
- A.B. Original, Report to the Mist
"I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately."
- George Carlin