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jwilly48519       3/3/2009 10:06:53 PM I thought most of the available lithium cell chemistry approaches were relatively ignitable in the presence of impact-compression and atmospheric oxygen, and have a rather substantial chemical-energy release potential?   How functional would it be to wrap a soldier in armor that sets him on fire in case of bullet strikes?   I must be wrong on this...no one would be that stupid, right?       Quote    Reply Old Grunt    This is nothing new...   3/4/2009 6:37:55 AM We've had reactive armor in the inventory for some time now!!   Quote    Reply HERALD1357       3/4/2009 7:28:12 AM I thought most of the available lithium cell chemistry approaches were relatively ignitable in the presence of impact-compression and atmospheric oxygen, and have a rather substantial chemical-energy release potential?   How functional would it be to wrap a soldier in armor that sets him on fire in case of bullet strikes?   I must be wrong on this...no one would be that stupid, right?       Want to bet on that?   Herald     Quote    Reply Nichevo       3/4/2009 11:04:24 AM WTF is that?!?   Quote    Reply baldricbear    That might be...   3/4/2009 12:10:50 PM An acoustic sensor array for counterbattery target acquisition?   Quote    Reply FJV    That might be...    3/5/2009 2:42:31 PM You're probably right   However if someone would claim these are devices for amplifying farts I would find that plausible as well.   PS Should a artillery shell land close you would be deaf in an instant I supposed. It's probably better used for acoustic detection/direction finding of aircraft in my opinion. All those deaf soldiers are really bad at following orders.                 Quote    Reply arodrig6       3/6/2009 12:09:22 PM I'd guess acoustic sensor for detecting approaching airplanes, rather than artillery.   Quote    Reply HERALD1357    Its a giant ear trumpet.   3/6/2009 12:29:47 PM   That's right, a bearing only noise source detector.    Effective range was?   It let you know something was coming, but not the range, altitude, or WHAT.it was or when it would reach you..   How effective was it? Well it told the direction you should face.and gave you jist enough time to do so; when you needed to bend over and kiss yourself goodbye.    Herald              Quote    Reply Marion-19C       3/8/2009 3:16:20 PM OK?   When your recharging the batteries, what plates do you wear???????   And...   Those batteries get hot, who is the dummy who came up the idea?   Did he ever wear body armor with plates in the desert, it is already bad enought without adding an additional heat source inside the armor with you.   Someone please kill the good idea fairy before he gives us all heat stroke.   Quote    Reply oOOOo    source   3/10/2009 8:43:54 AM I think this link is where this started...   Quote    Reply