Short video talking about the merits and applications of exoskeletons and power armor. Power armor can be seen everywhere in scifi, from Warhammer 40k and Halo, to District 9 and Fallout. It certainly has its uses, but in the ways that people usually think.
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isaac douget
07.07.202280 lb 90 year old granny firing a KPV 14mm HMG
Hermann Fegelein
07.07.2022I'm just tryna jump in a suit of T-45d is that so much to ask 😞
Mad Machanicest
07.07.2022I too think we will see power armor in combat and if we ever get into space I see power armor as standard. you something like power armor in space combat because you have to be able to engaged in combat regardless of the environment.
Zach Shartzer
07.07.2022one issue for the crowd control i’d think is the potential of some to be more violent through lack of fear of injury
Can Özaslan
07.07.2022Short answer: No.
Long answer: Lol no.
M.S.
07.07.2022molotov cocktails it is then LOL!
Lord Peevis of Tweed
07.07.2022Given the recent shifts twards underground fighting recently, i think power armour will very much have applications there. likely in special units specifically for the environment.
ALEKZ Tonkes
07.07.2022The fact that our militaries dont opperate those suits yet doesn't mean it is not feasable, but as they develop and evolve their roles may change just like tanks', and maybe the concepts of a mech and a power armor may merge
Phantom4545 45
07.07.2022Mechs are not practical because tanks can do everything better. However a small exo skeleton would be able to do everything better then a infantry while being able to fill the same role. As such it is viable.
Leo
07.07.2022I've got to disagree. There has been historical presidents for more armor over mobility. If you have a suit of armor that renders small to medium maybe even larger rounds firearms all but useless that would have a huge advantage on battlefield. This would leave only a small subset group of enemy that can be a potential threat. If you're fighting a less advanced / third world country they'll probably not even stand a chance. No way you're going to get old outdated surplus RPG which has a hard time hitting armored vehicles hit a armored suit.
Kurt Feltenberger
06.07.2022I'm not 100% in agreement as I think the basic line infantry is going to see full body/power armor within the next few decades. There are a couple technologies that that are in development (have been for quite a few years) that would be game changes. But beyond that, just because you're in powered body armor doesn't mean that you're armored to the same level everywhere on your body. A sealed suit, similar to Traveller's "Battle Dress" would provide environmental protection and control, as well as protection from artillery, gas, and in critical areas, small arms.
BOOTY_SLAYER69
06.07.2022Technically eod suit is already power armor, just an early version of it.
CST Graphpads
06.07.2022There's also the issues with field maintenance and battlefield recovery of wounded power armor wearers. With the first one, infantry aren't typically the smartest people, and giving them more complex weapons is likely to cause problems. With the second, a wearer is going to need to be able to lift another wearer easily in order to evacuate them. There's also the issue with enemy recovering technology. Would you extract the wearer and scuttle the armor? Will it be able to self-detonate?
IMGvillaSRC
06.07.2022Might as well just build a tactical doll than a whole giant suit of armor.
You'll not only get a more mobile tankette but also a war machine with superhuman abilities and hyper advanced technological capabilities if also designed for electronic warfare. Not to mention it allows a smaller profile as power armor has to be bigger than the person wearing it so the wearer could actually fit in.
Ladle
06.07.2022The video is 4:20 long. Nice.
Master1029 x
06.07.2022cant they be the heavy gunners like carrying extra ammo a heavy machine gun and shit or nah'?
Kombat Ace
06.07.2022Idea: Retrofit a powered exoskeleton(no armor, just motors on a frame) using a giant shield to protect the user, who is already strong enogh to not only carry a assault rifle used by infantry, bit a plethera of other weapons and lots od ammo for all of thwm to boot. Does that fix the dexterity parr of power armor?
Chewy
06.07.2022Maybe it could be very practical in rescue operation, especially for firefighters for some sort of heavy duty
GhostOfDamned
06.07.2022Fallout power armour is basically a human tank on steroids
Szycha8412
06.07.2022Good it was, young Jedi 😛
Sami Suhonen
04.07.2022I definitely can't see thousands of infantry wearing powerarmor, charging the enemy. That force is still going to be obliterated by autocannon fire, artillery, bombs, and missile strikes. It would get really expensive really fast.
However I do see it having use in a shocktroop role. Kind of like 40k space marines but much less extreme. Heavy power armor could be useful for close quarters when clearing enemy fortified positions. Risk of injury from small caliber or melee weapons would significantly lower, and it would increase the shock effect you need for CQC.
Soldiers in very specialized roles could benefit from it heavily.
Philippey
04.07.2022if power armor can protect against bullet then why don't use it? In the middle age, there were armor that give less mobility than power armor.
HolyknightVader999
04.07.2022Depends on the model, actually.
Covenant models such as the Sangheili and Jiralhanae power armors are very practical. Since they're form-fitting and provide energy shields, they don't increase the target profile of the user, and they could also be fitted with a cloaking device to make the user blend in their enviroment better. They don't increase the strength of the user, but they don't need to, as Jiralhanae and Sangheili are strong enough to flip tanks and punch through tank armor with ease.
UNSC Spartan power armor provides both energy shields and a strength boost, but they're not as practical to wear unless you're an augmented human, as regular humans would break their bones if they wore the armor, so you need to be far stronger than the average man to wear it. Later models like the Mark V-B and Mark-VII allow for outside attachments like cloaking devices and energy shields, which provide additional tactical options.
Protoss Zealot power armor is impressive, if a bit gaudy. They give the wearer a larger target profile, to be sure, but they're incredibly resilient, with both the energy shields and the armor itself being able to withstand multiple tank rounds before breaking. They also come with leg-mounted jet boosters so that the wearer can close the gap with the enemy and savage them in the face with psi-blades. However, most models outside the Aiur Zealots lack helmets, meaning that an unshielded zealot will die if shot in the head, and their solid gold color will obviously give them away, not to mention the only weapons available are energy psi-blades. Still, the extreme amount of speed and strength make up for the weaknesses, and I suppose the only thing stopping a Protoss Zealot from picking up a human rifle or any sort of ranged weapon is pride.
Galactic Empire power armor varies. They give the user increased endurance, strength, and protection, and some models of armor, like the Clone Commando Katarn armor and Stormtrooper Commander armor even have energy shields. Some power armor models are so inconspicuous that you can't tell whether a Stormtrooper officer or a local mercenary has power armor on until they punch someone's face into giblets or put their fist through a metal bulkhead. A Phase Zero Dark Trooper wearing power armor is only easily spotted by the metallic finish of his armor and his large jetpack. Other models like the Spacetrooper and Phase 3 Dark Trooper armors are less subtle, as they're massive suits of power armor, easily dwarfing even Darth Vader in size. I remember a Phase 3 Dark Trooper in Empire At War being twice Vader's height. But these large and blocky suits of armor make up for it by being extremely resilient as to laugh off tank rounds and even mass-fired missiles, and they have built-in weapons that can annihilate entire tank columns and even blow holes on capital ships, while also having jetpacks that let them zip through the battlefield avoiding fire. So while they're large, they're also very resilient.
Terran Marine and Adeptus Astartes armor, however, are highly impractical. Not only are their large sizes easier to spot on the battlefield, but most don't have jetpacks or any means of fast travel, making then sitting ducks when enemy artillery decides to take potshots at them. The armors give them some form of strength and endurance boost, but the trade-off is not worth it. With Terran Marines, they're disposable criminals doped up on drugs that the state sticks into these death-trap power armors, so it makes sense, they're there to distract the enemy while the tanks, walkers, and aircraft win the day. But the Adeptus Astartes are supposed to be an elite force-only 1 million of them exist in the trillions of the Imperium military, and yet their easily-spotted ceramite power armors won't save them from an artillery strike, lest they wear jump packs, which is rare. They're better off guarding the insides of bases or warships and putting down rioters, as their armors do look intimidating and can hold off small-arms fire.
Cherry Soda
04.07.2022Haha strong armor go brrr
Sheila olfieWay
04.07.2022Sniper and Recon by using powere armor with sensors or maybe just an exoskelton you could scout out an area before hand or use it as a sniper to focus on targets and find them..
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04.07.2022Honestly I think we have the material technology to make exceptionally protective power armor. Enough to turn a human into a walking tank. Powering it however is a different story, but that’s beside the point.
Regardless an inch of solid steel alone, the most basic armor imaginable, can stop everything short of a .50 BMG with little effort. More advanced materials show equal promise, with less weight. If we took tank armor principles and used a combination of solid steel and say liquid armor or a more advanced material in a similar vein for example, we could make a suit that keeps mobility and protects the user. The problem would be sheer cost and complexity. So it would either only be available for elite forces or it would create entirely new, albeit small, formations dedicated to the use of the armor.
Steel Talon
04.07.2022i think more than protection it will ease burden of a soldier and allow her/him to carry more heavy thing with them
TGamer Boss
04.07.2022Brain interface technology to control the exoskeleton no delay and quick response while a on board AI provides advanced awareness.
akira357
04.07.2022I like some of your points, but lol I don't understand why any "new tech" always end in a negative note.
For example, you didn't really backed up the claim that it SHOULDN'T be use for direct combat. When you clearly mentioned how it would be great to have one guy with this suit to breach a room and soak the first volley….isn't that direct combat?
I would say the only down side to a Power Armor would be long range combat, as AP rounds are pretty common among snipers and now you're a bigger target…although I might even argue that now you can equip thicker armor plating than your regular level 4 ceramic plates, not to mention even more coverage than chest and back protection on a modern soldier.
And due to thicker armor, any sniper with less than anti-vehicle AP round won't have a chance in stopping a whole squad of power armored guys from advancing.
Honestly I can't think of that many negatives fielding power armor in urban combat environment. Maybe the energy consumption/storage problem but they would make amazing shock troops.
A tank or armored vehicle might think twice about approaching an alley due to RPGs, but a group of armored suits can go from cover to cover with confident.
Oh and obviously, stealth is out of the window for power armor.
Strategos Redwald
04.07.2022Consider a bit farther future needs of needing to protect infantry from fire coming from things like swarms of drones which may be impossible to be protected from without being fully armored. A regular infantry soldier could not rely on avoiding all enemy fire and would by necessity need to tank some hits. There is also the possible need to carry weapons with far more power to counter heavily armored enemies. If you combine the two you start to get into a potential arms and armor race.
Bigcountry117
04.07.2022The day we can power these things for more than 5 minutes at a time things are gonna get interesting.
James Heathrow
04.07.2022Ok but like what if instead we make chemical armor. Alright hear me out instead of using exos and stuff we can just apply a reactive "hell" or wave into exterior armour or clothes that would react by releasing a blast outward basically reactive armour but for people
Michael Peele
04.07.2022I think exo-skeletons with a separate armor system is far more practical. Especially if you're equipping large numbers. The issue is the armor part. Torso armor can be easily standardized to a point. But limb armor is a whole other issue. Different sized soldiers have limbs of different lengths and shoulders of different widths. And that doesn't even touch on different levels of muscle mass, foot sizes etc.
I point to how Medieval plate armor had to be custom fitted to each wearer. This was feasible (if horrendously expensive) for equipping a few knights. Equipping a modern army with custom fitted armor and replacing damaged segmentsis a logistics nightmare.
Any kind of carapace power armor system has to be custom fit to the wearer's limbs or they won't be able to move effectively. If you're 6'2" and they issue a suit for someone 5'8, you're not going to function well in combat. Period. An exo can be adjusted far more easily than custom fitting armor pieces. Especially if they are full carapace armor. An exoskeleton combined with carapace chest and soft (but much thicker than current issue) body armor for the limbs is way more practical. I'd also point out that if the exo is damaged you simply take it off and keep fighting. Try that with a plate based power armor system.
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04.07.2022Video title: Power armour
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dark hunter
04.07.2022power armor would fail quickly armor piercing rounds would rip straight through that
Galactic Banana Stop motions
04.07.2022I think power armor would end up being more like a mobile weapons carrier. A way to give heavy weapons ,normally mounted atop vehicles the ability to be moved where only infantry can get to.
pold poldecki
04.07.2022I was waiting for Duke to say "Power armor is for pussies!"…
matchesburn
04.07.2022In urban environments where every doorway, every window, every rooftop, every alleyway and basically anything can be a potential place to get shot at from or ambushed or hit by an IED… I dunno, man, I think power armor would be very viable there. Even if there was only one guy with power armor and meant to do only breaching, any time a threat arose that guy would be getting looks from the rest of the unit expecting him to do something. "There's a sniper. You're a walking mini-tank. Hint, hint." "There's IEDs out there somewhere. You're a walking mini-tank. Hint, hint." "We have a guy that's down there that needs medical treatment and anyone that goes out there gets pinned down by machine gun fire. You're a walking mini-tank. Hint, hint."
So even if he was meant to only do breaching, he's going to end up doing a lot more. And eventually someone is going to get tired of having the breacher/point man always doing something and just suggest, "Why don't we just give all the guys in the unit that could use it some power armor?".
Zedstein
04.07.2022I don't think power armor has a place in EOD work. A lot of bombs and mines (especially non-IED) have magnetic and radiometric detection, so having a 300 pound metal armor near it isn't the smartest idea.
Edim
04.07.2022So basically Fallout got the use pretty much spot on.
Before the nukes dropped United States employed power armor troops as infantry equivalent of a breakthrough tank- a hardened steel spear tip to punch through a gap and let the regular infantry pour in. Basically what tanks do, but on a smaller scale and allows you to do it in places tanks couldn't ever hope to get to.
They also equipped combat engineers and such for the protection it gives while dealing with explosives without hindering dexterity.
And bc the power armor offered significant protection against A.B.C. exposure, power armor troops were able to conduct operations in heavily contaminated areas without risk of casualties.
Me King Tiger
02.07.2022Power Armor would most likely be useful in urban combat where tanks don't have much advantage and battles are more scaled down to "man on man" infantry gunfights in tighter spaces. Basically shock troops.
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02.07.2022If you have to ask that question, you aren't an inventor.
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02.07.2022power armor shock troops breaching on you would be horrifying.
Nick
02.07.2022I think the most practical variation of Power Armor is the one seen in the Fallout series.
Not only can it be possibly made in the future but it's not over the top like other variation such as the Mjolnir Powered Armor from the Halo series or Space Marine Armor.
While the Halo armor might be made in the far future it still is unlikely and by that time we might have remote control drones that are fighting wars for us or colonized other planets, though it would be stupidly cool to know that there could be Actual Spartans in real life someday it's just not possible right now.
Back to the Power Armor featured in Fallout.
It combines strength, agility and durability all into one suit with the cost being extreme power usage and extremely high cost per unit.
This armor is built into the future where the United States first Deployed it, there is lore behind the creation of the power armor and it wasn't just some easy process.
It's said that it took a long time before the Power Armor could be fully deployed outside of testing.
As far as powering the suit goes the ones in Fallout require Fusion Cores, this is out of my knowledge so I can't give a very good explanation on how this issue could be solved.
Tung Nguyen
02.07.2022In open field power armor is useless, ok yes. Who tf would use power armor instead of tanks in open field anyway?
However, for small armed conflicts in tighter space, power armor would be very useful. Shielding un-armored soldiers/policemen and civilians, detonating bombs, zoning and cornering the criminal/terrorists, etc you name it. Just dont put PA into fields they are not good at.
Settachai Hoonterdthai
02.07.2022I know this is an old video but watching this make me want to hear your opinion on 'OBSOLETE EXOFRAME'
Venerable Brother Goriate
02.07.2022I DONT CARE IF ITS PRACTICAL, ITS BADASS!!
Duane Locsin
02.07.2022I look at power armour more as futuristic versions of knight armour.
obviously it is powered with power assistance and advanced tech.
Spookwagen-The Great
02.07.2022With that intro skit I just kinda imagine the armorer sending the bill for a new Mjolnit suit to the prophets
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