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Personal Shields and their potential in Modern Warfare! 2016-12-06 08:28:35 Post No. 32233444
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Personal Shields and their potential in Modern Warfare!
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2016-12-06 08:28:35
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Purely hypothetical question with a genuine desire to understand the feasibility of using a personal shield in modern warfare.
In this instance, let's say some entrepreneurial Doc Brown creates a personal shield that nullifies the kinetic energy of any physical object moving at high velocity and that this device only works at infantry level (scaling up for armor and aircraft causes the shield to collapse). Only deliberate "slower" weapons (knives, swords, spears)) will penetrate it; albeit there will be "drag" with each strike.
The device, while expensive per unit could be incorporated into a modern military within 3-5 years. A modern power could find a way to counter the shield (specialized rounds, new training methods/strategy, or new weapons) but assume it will take roughly the same amount of time 3-5 years from the time the technology is adopted on such a scale to warrant such research.
Assume that the personal shield can take anything but the heaviest ordinance (tank rounds, missiles). For nerd rage sake, lasers do not cause atomic explosions when they strike the shield but will penetrate it instead.
How would warfare change?
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>>32233444
War. War never changes.
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>>32233444
No. We've had an influx of this retarded question. Then some anon said it was on new COD is why kids keep asking.
You're retarded and underage. Go away.
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The slow blade penetrates the shield.
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>>32233462
Or does it?
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>>32233472
Care to explain why this is a retarded question?
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>>32233487
War, has changed.
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>>32233488
Because why would anything other than a teenage meme material not stop slow projectiles? If you have such a material that is magically stronger against higher velocity objects why don't you just back it with plexiglass and then it will stop everything.
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>>32233444
Very low velocity grenades designed to get inside the shield before popping. Maybe more emphasis on flame weapons, white phosphorous, choking agents or gas attacks. Poisonous darts.
My vote is flame weapons.
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>>32233496
Unless it hasn't
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Well the way OP describes the shield and how it works , if active you yourself would sucum to "drag " , so slower thats for sure , it would be useful in CQB thats for damn sure , you could basically block off a hall from light arms engagement's and just flip the opposision off while all their rounds "matrix effect" in front of you. Giving you some really interesting tactical possibilities with the shield . id say keep it cqb .
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>>32233444
Does it stop air pressure?
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