Body Armor in T2K

[bobcat]

PALS/MOLLE was first fielded in the mid ninety's in special forces units. by 2003 even the reserves and national guard had it(along side the old alice gear) that said i've been issued everything from M1956 webbing to MOLLE as late as 2005

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by bobcat

PALS/MOLLE was first fielded in the mid ninety's in special forces units. by 2003 even the reserves and national guard had it(along side the old alice gear) that said i've been issued everything from M1956 webbing to MOLLE as late as 2005

The first place I actually saw MOLLE in use was at Ft Bragg in 1990. A unit from 10th Mountain came down for some joint training (Bragg has some great training areas, especially MOUT sites, hiding in the backwoods); one of the squad leaders of the platoon our platoon was paired with was led by a roommate of mine from Korea, Stephen Blodgett. He told me the MOLLE gear they were working with was part of a field test and only his battalion had it, but there seemed to be universal approval of it from the troops. It wasn't until well after Desert Storm that we at the 82nd saw any MOLLE -- it is a good setup, and very customizable (within the limits imposed upon you by your chain of command).

Just as a BTW, when I first got to Bragg, one of the first places I went after getting to my unit was ALC (Airborne Leader's Course). One day, the entire class had the opportunity to ask the ADC(M) one question each. I asked him why the 82nd didn't have SINGCARS --I had just come from Korea (after going through jump school and AIT to change from 11C to 11B), and the ADC(M) told us that the timetable for SINCGARS did not include issue to the 82nd at that time. That shocked me; I was under the illusion at the time that the 82nd was the first "conventional" unit to get anything. He quickly disabused me of that notion, then further told me, after telling him that 8th Army in Korea was nearly complete in its SINGCARS conversion when I left (Jan 90), and it was even seeing limited issue to ROK SF, Rangers, and Marines, that this was a shock for him!

[natehale1971]

Anyone know where you can find the Body Armor worn by the armies of each nation?

[ArmySGT.]

In their Armories?

[natehale1971]

lol.

i'm looking for pictures of the various body armors, and their names. sorry i wasn't more clear.

[B.T.]

And now for something completely different ...

Do the CVC-helmets act as body armor, or are they meant to prevent crewmembers to knock their heads against roofs, hatches and so on?

What is the amor value in game terms (ver 2.n)?

[Medic]

I think the crew helmets should have some armour value, but mainly against blunt damage like falling on your head/something falling on your head or being hit with something non-piercing/non-edged.

The Bloc-style sausage-cap would probably have AV 1 against blunt damage, while hard helmets would possibly provide AV 2.

Just my two cents on that.

As for the armour values of other armour, the v. 2.x has very mucha simplified version of body armour - partly okay, partly not. Also, the AV provided by the armour (at least in the Finnish translation of v.2.2) is not consistent with real life as flak-jacket and a ballistic vest provide the same AV, as do the steel and kevlar helmets. Of course, in case of helmets it can be debated, whether it matters - steel helmet is penetrated while kevlar helmet is dented to a degree that can cause actual damage to one's cranium, unless the kevlar helmet suffers a catastrophic hit, in which case the round goes through or even through and through.