How many centuries do you think it will be until the military

One at most

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Not even 1 century. Shit's getting feasible fast. Maybe when fuel cells hit it off we'll have a power source dense enough to power them.

I honestly hope the world ends before this happens.

>>28539207
within our life times, either that or robots just replace us completely because its just so much more efficient/cheaper

>>28539207
TALOS and WARRIOR WEB are already being field tested.

http://defensetech.org/2014/02/11/admiral-iron-man-prototypes-coming-in-june/

>>28539782
>Iron Man
every news title on exosuits ever

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>>28539953
For a tank, am I the only one that thinks big daddy style full body cockpit chassis is the way to go? Maybe with riot shield shoulder/arm plates. Two arms (no drill bs) and a steady cam smart gun mount (pretty much a suspended auto turret w/HUD). Back mounted 40 mm indirect fire launcher and wrist mounted breaching shotguns.

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We'll probably see ODST-style armor before completel exos, as we progress into denser materials and battery packs.

I'm pretty psyched for full faced helmets desu senpai

Battery tech or some more development or breakthrough in energy and namely portable energy source. Then you got a whole fucking era of trying to utilize man carried high energy sources.

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>>28539207
Maybe within a decade or two

>>28540061
What exactly do you mean by ODST style armor? If you mean in the pic, ODST armor, while looking awesome, looks awkward to wear.

>>28540061
Biggest issue is FOV. But 25 years from now? 30? We'll see helmets like the F-35's turned into something used at the very least by special ops, giving them increased protection without compromising their FOV.

>>28540061
I'll never get the hardon you people have for what must be the gayest scifi setting ever in the last 20 years.

>>28540589
Nevermind, Ass Effect is gayer.

>>28540593
>true dat

the thing is it wont make people that much faster.

sure you can lift and carry bigger things and do physical things longer but the human body is limited in its ability to go faster for that you're going to need things like genetics.

also having them break in the field is going to cause huge problems

What would be the feasible advantages of this? Sure it looks cool but wouldn't a faster and more flexible soldier be better than a giant hunk of metal?

We'll all die from global warming by 2200, so it's not like it matters.

>>28540805
Carrying more junk, or reducing fatigue while carrying the same junk.

>>28539207
Engineering will probably be the first to get exos.

DARPA is already building an exoskeleton, you only need at most 4HP to fully support and move the human frame within its own range of motion and you can get away with even less.
The issue becomes when you start adding weight to the frame, a 200lb human with another 50-100lbs of pack weight and then another couple dozen pounds of ballistic armor drives the energy need up considerably.

Even then, logistics and maintenance costs are a bitch

>>28539449
Just kill yourself faggot, the world could end right now if you had the balls.

>>28540217
VR is already taking off in the commercial fields (albeit at exorbitant prices), military applications for VR could finally allow full-facial armor with external cameras and sensors.
Reminder that fewer than 200 U.S. combatants have been killed by bullets since the Iraq War started, and almost all of those were due to headshots/neckshots that killed near-instantly

GUNGNIR helmets soon

>>28541642
Maintainence and cost will go down with time, just like any other new tech

>>28539801
News media can't seem to get out of referencing TV and film media anytime they want to present a concept that a layman reader might not be familiar with. I find this odd when video games are the biggest entertainment medium now and there are far better examples to be found there.

>>28540805
Infantry don't destroy their knees/lower backs. artillerymen load shells faster, engineers can engineer stuff faster, logistics can load and unload cargo faster/with out the need for forklifts.

>>28539207
All of them. It will be infinite centuries before this happens because it will never happen.

>>28540805
>Sure it looks cool but wouldn't a faster and more flexible soldier be better than a giant hunk of metal?
Would you prefer to do squats a little faster or be highly resistant to .50 BMG from the front?

>>28540039
>be bigass robot with powerul arm
>breaching shotgun needed

k, the board of autism and dumb af amerifats

>>28541874
exactky how would exoskeleton make you resistant from a .50 to the chest?

>>28541993
1 inch of AR550 steel will laugh off standard and APIT .50 on direct head-on hits. Only black tip AP rounds can make a dent in the steel but it is guaranteed not to penetrate on the first hit. The primary problem will be the spalling and fragments flying everywhere, so a chestplate must be shaped to direct shrapnel away from the wearer's face and he should be wearing a full-face helmet too.

That's a plain block of steel. Multilayered composites and ceramics may be able to lighten the weight at the cost of the sheer durability of steel. Still makes a very good baseline standard and as a means of comparison between different solutions and methods, sort of how RHA is still used to measure the protective qualities of tank armor.

>>28541993
The tl;dr of the anon's post is "you can carry enough armor to block .50 BMG"

>>28541891
Commenting on literally the last word in the post. The whole half paragraph too much to absorb there fella?

>>28541891

how about you go back to your noguns safe space at >>>/int/ eurocuck, you'll fit right in.

>>28540589
ODST armor is pretty slick looking, give them that at least

What's the point of having a mega armor if you can't get up once you've fallen down? War will go through drones now.

>>28542070
>>28542127
ah I see, I wasn't thinking that all the strength the exo could give you would be used to carry heavier armor

>>28540039
>breach door
>still too large to fit through the frame

>>28542070
Would you still get knocked on your ass after getting shot?

>>28542652
Jumping roller drones roll between legs, half operated with voice commands half automated clear building while you kick the next one.

>>28542687
not if you, your exoskeleton, your armor and your kit weighs 200 kilos.

>post worst faction
suka

>>28539207
It'll be a while. One of the big problems with today's technology is the wear and friction on an actionable joint.

So for example, why don't they construct a washer that automatically dumps the clothes into a dryer? Why just have it as a spinning drum?

Because too many moving parts means wear and tear and the action joints. It eventually breaks down. This is holding technology back so much it's kind of ridiculous.

Thus, you will not have any kind of complex exosuit type armor until we have significant advances in technology. Besides, such armor would probably not even be efficient. Spend $50 million on an exosuit for a single soldier, or spend that money training 100 marines? Which would you rather have?

You argue that exosuits provide more mobility, well why not just build a plane then? Or use a dirtbike to get around quickly?

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Once China deploys the operational-version of their 1st gen exoskeleton, the world-wide race for mechanized infantry will begin.

Japan would be the next one, South Korea, and even the Phlips would want to have something to match the Chinese. This will spur the development in the US, since, aside of Japan, noone else in asia even has the basic tech for that. Then, the entire West and Russia will deploy them too.

>>28543156
>Filipinos
>Developing anything new
What fucking planet are you from, you dumb nigga

>>28543233
read post.

Failpenis will beg Murrica or Japan for exoskeletals. But they wont get any, because, honestly, there's no way for them to use those.

>>28540589

Agreed. Halo is just CoD: Space. Master Chief's armor is just a ripoff of doomguy's armor from the original doom artwork.

Full-coverage exosuits are unlikely to ever play a major role in warfare outside of the highest tier of special ops. Drones and robots are increasing in effectiveness at a rapid rate while the importance of frontline infantry continues to diminish. By the time a full-coverage armored strength-boosting etc exosuit is viable there will probably be little reason to foot the expense. However, passive load-bearing exoskeletons, like the one in >>28543156 and the one being developed in the US that increases movement efficiency, are likely to become common equipment before then. We are probably likely to also see strength-enhancing industrial (i.e. bare pistons n shit, not armed and armored) exosuits used by military logistics and the like.

>>28541654
Savage

>>28540728
The exo-skeleton suits in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series of games (of which the op image is concept art for) were designed as a suppourt system for a compex set of heavy armor that covered the whole body. Even with the exo skeleton's frame the player is unable to sprint, which is off set somewhat but the supreme level of protection.
Canonically, within the games universe, the exo's were prototyped for military use but were ultimately scrapped due to the suits hinderance of motion.
Depending on how agile the exo chassis of the future are, I could see a similar fate happening.

>>28540200
decently fitted ODST cosplay stuff is comfy as hell.

>>28539420
Lot of people were lost clearing houses to IED's
An armored exoskeleton powered by an external vehicle could replace the lead door kicker.

>>28541659
Thats more to do with the fact that these muslims literally cannot aim

>>28543136

Make actionable joints without bushings or bearings but rather magnetic repulsion?

I still think power is the most pressing issue.

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>>28539207
I wouldn't be surprised if it was arleady used in a few ops

spec ops operational operators usually get coolguy shit before regular infantry does.

>>28544578
>Canonically, within the games universe, the exo's were prototyped for military use but were ultimately scrapped due to the suits hinderance of motion.
>Depending on how agile the exo chassis of the future are, I could see a similar fate happening.
The Lockheed Martin HULC allows one to run at up to 10 MPH and is one of the older designs available currently, the problem was already fixed.

>>28541744
Because the media is full of baby-boomers and turbo-normies.

>>28540589
>>28540593
>>28540682
>>28543288
you are entitled to your opinions anons

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>>28545472
Can you imagine how it would feel to be wielding such a powerful set of power armor where a IED wouldn't make you flinch and the face on those fucks behind the door as you walk through the smoke debris.

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>>28539782
looks familiar

>>28547351
Do those star ship trooper helmets have built in ear pro?

>>28547351
that rifle that is being carried by the far right soldier...is that an g36?

>>28547259
Just need to figure out how to make that fusion core

>>28547387
>No clue
>>28547408
Yup, with the carrying handle taken off. Honestly I think the far right might be some sort of hybrid cosplay because of who similar it looks to starship troopers shit.

>>28547387
Yes, and comms

>>28547432
>>28547434
Ah, was wondering about that since it looks like the helmet overs the ears all the way.

>>28540728
http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/13/darpa-jetpack-soldiers-runner/ Looks big and bulky but apparently this is one way people are thinking to make soldiers go faster (P.S. paint it red red runz fasta)

>>28542576
the main point of exosuits is to help carry heavy shit, will probaby be used in firefighting or construction before aything

>>28541654
That would end me, not the world. Do you even external reality, bro?

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Wake me up when someone invents Gundams.

>>28542070
A side effect of AP rounds is that they'll do less damage to the target. Just forcing the enemy to use AP ammunition can be a victory in it'self.

>>28547259
How do you think you'd react while wearing power armor when you actually punch a hole through someone?

>>28539449
Why do fear the future, anon?

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Stalker thread?

>>28547472
Honestly, the SST movies were pretty worthless.

>>28547900
inb4 get out of here stalker

>tfw re playing shoc with complete mod

>>28547902
You're worthless.

>>28541654
No chill