Comments on: The REAL Dragon Skin Alternative

By: RockTheCasbah

RockTheCasbah — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 19:24:03 +0000

Raven and Fred, you guys didn’t watch the second video, did you? If you notice, he’s able to kneel, go prone and have full mobility. The bear suits are:
1. In the 80s, and he’s come a long way since then
2. BEAR SUITS, not the suits that he’s proposing to the military
The Trojan suit (which IS the one he’s proposing) only weighs 18kg (39.6 lbs).
BT, the 7.62X54mmAPI are in MILLIMETERS, which is entirely different. That’s about a 30 calibre round. The reason why armor piercing rounds are armor piercing are because they are reinforced to not mushroom, so it keeps on truckin’. I don’t know for sure, but I think his high-impact plastic lined with ceramic bullet protection over ballistic foam should be enough, but again, I don’t know for sure.

By: Joe Williams

Joe Williams — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:02:44 +0000

I have not been able to keep up with this subject so if somebody would please explain the issue with the Dragon Skin it would be much appreaciated
please write to: sopsin08@yahoo.com

By: raven

raven — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:35:28 +0000

boy! you guys fell for a fake video,that the suit some dum-ass made to get close to bears in the wilds.and he states that the suits weights more than 150 lbs. and is hard to move around and if you fall down you WILL NEED HELP to get back on your feet. So save the tax payers’ money and stick to a suit that can help the boys in the combat zones!!

By: Fred

Fred — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 14:28:47 +0000

One of the dumbest things I have yet to see. the guy walks around like a robot. How is he supposed to use any type of weapon

By: Henry

Henry — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 04:34:54 +0000

I can’t see the military being interested, but I could see real police applications.
If someone barricades themselves in a building, a team could go in, confident that they wouldn’t be injured and subdue the suspect.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:09:31 +0000

While this may be a load of untested BS or a true option, remember that the U.S. Army is actually trying to develop an armored exoskeleton suit in it’s Future Force Warrior program, the next stage after Land Warrior.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Force_Warrior
On its face I think it’s a over-the-top idea and has questionable performance now but as the saying goes “if its stupid but it works, it’s not stupid,” it’s just really got to prove that it will work!

By: John

John — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:09:43 +0000

Hey, we were watching the “testing” for the armor, and my dad says he would like some for downhill mtn. biking!

By: Hahn

Hahn — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:13:26 +0000

I think this site took a huge step — downwards — in projecting this as a serious alternative…
I do hope that it was done tongue-in-cheek.

By: trickyrickcr

trickyrickcr — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:05:18 +0000

You’ve got to be joking! No one here can actually consider this seriuosly for our armed forces. this is not body armor. Nothing to protect against small arms, IED shrapnel, ETC. The best defensive trait of this joke is that the enimy would be hindered fighting us, because they would be laughing! Simper Fi!

By: owen conway

owen conway — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:55:50 +0000

Are you serious. This is not even close to being something the military would ever use. Anyone who has a positve comment toward this is a moron, and has no tactical or overseas experiance in a combat arms field. Anyone wishing to argue this with me may email me at owen_conway@yahoo.com Thank you.