Why aren't we building one of these things yet? We don't know how to create cold fusion yet...

Why aren't we building one of these things yet? We don't know how to create cold fusion yet, but hydrogen fuel cell is a very viable alternative power source. It would be very beneficial to operation units that are similar to Delta Force.

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Exoskeletons have been in development for quite some time you retarded nogunz underage /v/ermin.

Because battery technology isn't there yet.

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Exoskeleton is one thing, but full protective power armor?

I figure the reason we won't see that anytime soon is that such armor would be heavier and more expensive than the anti-armor weapons that modern infantry carries that could destroy them.

>hydrogen fuel cell
no

An international combustion engine, especially a compact one like Liquid Piston's, is a more viable power source.
The reason we're not building something exactly like that is because of how hard it is to make something like that completely immune to small arms fire, which it would have to be because anyone wearing one is obviously a combatant and would only draw fire. Also the whole hand in front of your hand thing is really expensive and really fragile. And the ground pressure under one of these things feet would make it sink really easily in most types of dirt.

You might see exoskeletons loading ordinance onto aircraft on carriers or something but I doubt power armor will ever be worth how much it costs to build.

Only good for infantry. Special operations pride themselves on spend and mobility rather than firepower. This is what a 75th ranger would probably wear but not anyone in delta or a SEAL.

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Why not?

>combustion engine
Too loud and doesn't last long, since combustion engines need to be started up. Fuel cells are more efficient for that purpose.

They have a tendance to blow up

Because any retard with an rpg, grenade, or am rifle could incapacitate that shit. That including the horrific cost of maintenance means that there's no point. All the modern expensive shit does its job from as far away as possible, infantry do not.

You gotta have the exoskeleton before you have the full plate armor, otherwise the poor fucker who has to wear it won't be able to move. No point in working on that until powered exoskeletons are much more practical than they are today.

Expensive is barely a concern here. We're still firmly at "not possible with current technology."

That’s true, imagine an IED going off on that thing.

Once exosuit become available for the disabled armored Exosuits are only a few months away

>but hydrogen fuel cell is a very viable alternative power source

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>rpg, grenade, or am rifle could incapacitate

That's called a high quality problem. Having bulletproof soldiers that can only be damaged by anti tank weapons is a good problem to have.

as opposed to an IED going off next to a soldier in a regular vest and helmet?

Regular soldier doesn't cost five million dollars and doesn't require periodic maintenance.

If ordnance was expensive than yes it would be good, but the hajis have perfected the art of dirt cheap explosives. This makes the power armor nothing but a smaller humvee.
The result is the same, it's just how much the soldier was wearing that's different. Regardless of if you are in a car, suit, motorcycle, or on foot you'll lose your legs.

Cost is not an issue for something like USA. Reducing casualties is something both public and politicians would love.

We just don't have the tech yet. It's not far away though.

How many RPGs do you own?

>power armor nothing but a smaller humvee
>humvee

The most mass produced armed vehicle in human history? What a compliment you just gave power armor.

A humvee can hold more that just one guy. Also i don't own shit because i live in a communist state of new york but in the middle east the main threat is IEDs. It's really easy to put explosive in the dead of night on roads and just blow them up when the infidels turn up. Especially since power armor is only a ground unit thing (no fuck you the jetpack in 4 is not a good jetpack). It would be great in conventional war, but we don't like to have those anymore.

>Every explosive is an RPG
Retard.
>What a compliment
Says no one who has ridden in one.

>What a compliment you just gave power armor.
Considering what deathtraps they are, no he really didn't.

>Why
Why do we need it though. What battlefield conditions would require a tankman. Especially when tanks and armored vehicles already exist. Tanks and armored vehicles can do more than a guy in power armor could do. Even then they need support from other units or they're toast eventually(infantry, aircraft, other tanks). What does it even do that would warrant it's creation? And if it did get made, looks like all those ww2 era obsolescent anti-tank rifles laying around have use again. Y'know, the ones that could be carried by a man or at worst two men and would cost much less to operate that this power armor.

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T.A.L.O.S. suit

SPBP. We need energy cells.

Fags would rather spend a jillion dollars figuring out how to let us carry more shit than just let us fight in short shorts & boonie hats. What a fucking waste.

This shit right here. The number of rounds fired to cause a casualty with small arms is pretty high. Rifles are more accurate and much easier to use, and have far larger magazines than RPGs. And can be used without fear of backblast. Against a functionally shrapnel-proof soldier, you gotta nail them with the thing. A guy with an RPG can carry, what, 5 shots? That's gonna work out to approximately zero hits on a man sized target.

Yes, the huge pile of RPG ammo it takes to statistically nail a guy is probably far cheaper than a suit of powered armor would be, were such a thing to exist. But it's pretty ridiculous and impractical to give like 3/4 of your troops rocket and grenade launchers because otherwise they can't hurt your infantry. Armies would get their shit pushed in trying that, and insurgents are already using as many of the things as they can possibly acquire.

The big obstacle is that such a suit of armor just isn't possible right now, and likely won't be for many years.

TALOS is faggot suit

I bet within 2 years.

I could see a few practical applications in an urban environment where combat might be a bit tighter

#doubt it

This was being shown off eight years ago, and if we're significantly closer to something fieldable, it must be real fuckin' hush-hush. For comparison, Asimo was built in 2000. shit was pretty cash, lil' dude could walk up and down stairs, open doors, all that good stuff, but here we are, 18 years later and I don't have a single goddamn robot butler.

exoskeletons are still in the bullshot phase of development.

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Because goys lives don't matter no need to

I mean they are called rangers after all

Yeah goy you don't need it :^)

>Cost is not an issue for something like USA
My old unit was still using 7deltas alongside 20b for the first 2 years I was there. Just because the high speeds get all the brand new toys doesn't mean everyone gets new or even current gen shit.

>implying spooks aren't already using them

If hollyjollywood builds it, you can bet it's done halfway somewhere.

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>He actually fell for the Fallout76 meme
Broken, $60, with microtransactions. gg OP

Also we've beaten this dead horse so many fucking times. Everything from ground pressure to weight to power source to the complete lack of armament

Anything powerarmor can do a fast attack vehicle with a hard mount for a tow missile and gpm does better, let alone an APC or LAV
>Inb4 breaching
>Through normal sized doors in buildings with stairs and basements
>Anything not achievable by a squad breach and clearing not getting taken out by a missile strike

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Of course not. But power armor for your top units seeing most action makes perfect sense even if it's not really cost effective.

Billions were wasted on dumber shit.

They'd only be useful for firefighters/rescue personell and anti-terrorism work. With corded power.

i can only see something like these being used in actual war
looks like they would be used to take important/well defended positions
could also see them being dropped out of planes for infantry support
guessing they would be somewhat used like tanks

forgot to add we probley aint rushing to make them becasue no actual war is gonna happen any time soon

Why do retards love hydrogen fuel cells? They are worse than batteries. We can store hydrogen long term, or in any density. We also haven't solved the sulfur problem.

fallout power armour only exists because the US required Armour but couldn't because of the oil crisis.

whats the point of arguing with a /v/tard?