guys i just had a great idea for a helmet why not put mirrors

>>32675980
Because that is silly.

>>32675980
I mean its not the WORST idea, but I feel we've kinda moved beyonf that point in terms of tech. This feels like something tried in WWI

>>32675980
There are motorcycle helmets that have mirrors similar to this concept, they just face backwards instead.

>>32676028

well think about modern soldiers, they still dont have any protection for the face.
i think that's kinda bullshit. maybe this helmet idea will gain more traction when soldiers are fitted with exoskeletons and then people start thinking about armor again because at that point weight isnt such an issue anymore

>>32675980

This is some WWI trench warfare stuff

BTW OP the term for this is "periscope".

because encouraging somebody to shoot at your brain instead of your eyes is not an improvement.

>>32676069
Parascope helmet seems like a low tech solution to a high tech problem. I think with high tech stuff you'd just go to putting cameras on the helmet and a image display over the user's eyes.

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>>32675980
>/k/ a magical place

>>32675980
You would lose all of your peripheral vision.

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>>32675980
I have no words

Words have failed me

>>32677992
Not with curved mirrors.

>>32675980
Transparent armor reached perfection nowadays and has very little weight penalties over steel armor. You may just put "glass" on visor without negatives associated with periscopes.

>>32677992
just add more mirrors

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As a side note, this would be good armor to use with the Compton Stance (weapon held sideways over the head with firing side hand, support side hand gripping the vagina)

because mirrors break, and then fall into your eyes and you can't get the glass out because you're wearing a steel helmet that you can't remove without cutting yourself. Your lunch break is over, go back to class.