Future Soldier 2030 Initiative

[Triton]

Future Soldier 2030 Initiative

http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/dangerroom/2009/05/dplus2009_11641-1.pdf

http://youtu.be/nlL0-7FiU9U

 

[Rickshaw]

Obviously if that sort of armour is adopted there will be a disproportionate number of joint wounds.

What they need is something more akin to this:

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/6420/spanishplatearmourattri.gif

They'd worked out how to protect elbows, knees and so on a long time ago.