"See any Imperials, Ted?" "Not a one, Bob"

>>53813768
Good thread OP

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>>53813768
I've never understood this picture, how could they not hear the kit rattling on them as they run? Also, how can they not hear them clearly running.

Or am I just being too autistic?

>>53813768
Didn't we capture a bunch of Imperials ?

Aren't you meant to be guarding them ?

>>53814019
The clouds of sand imply it's fairly windy out, and those troopers have ear protection on.

not easy to hear someone good at keeping quiet in those conditions

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>>53814019
The helmets obstruct their ears. There's a reason special forces in Vietnam preferred to operate bareheaded - even a steel pot style helmet which doesn't cover the sides of the head can impair your situational awareness.

People on /tg/ meme about armor as a tradeoff between protection and maneuverability. The tradeoff between protection and situational awareness is just as important.

>>53814019
That big dust cloud might be a sandstorm. Those are loud.

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>>53814094
>The tradeoff between protection and situational awareness is just as important.
This has also always bothered me to no end.

I want to ask the dude who designed the guard what he was thinking when he made those helmets.

>>53814115
>I want to ask the dude who designed the guard what he was thinking when he made those helmets
The Imperium is pretty retarded so it seems like a mistake they could legitimately make and be too stubborn to change

>>53813768
Why does the severan dominate look cool in some pictures, and like retards wearing safety helmets in others? (This picture being the latter)

>>53814159
Because different artists portray them slightly differently?

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>>53814159

tell me about it.

>>53814115
Being the 41st millennium and all, why wouldn't the helmets have a comm/mic system built in? The earphones I use on the gun range run on next to nothing, battery-wise and cancel out spikes in sound. I can hear someone walking around, clear as day, while gunshot are severely muffled...

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>>53814888
I'm just admiring these digits.
Oh yeah, those are nice.
I'm not sure if there's a mic or comm system built in. I'm leaning on the side of no because sergeants wear a headset while the rank and file don't. Plus the whole reason why the guard is structured the way it is, is to prevent any rebellion in any part of the IG from spreading or becoming too powerful. It's why there are tank regiments, or infantry regiments, but never a regiment where they're mixed. Why would you want every soldier to be able to communicate? So when one guy gets flayed alive the rest of the regiment's morale suffers? So every soldier's whisper of rebellion can be heard? If every helmet had a comms system, rebellions would be more frequent and more successful. Even if it probably would improve combat performance.

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>>53813768
those helmets remind me of those 50s US "Agressor" opfor uniforms used in Trainings

>>53814888
Some would.

Others would have been built somewhere that doesn't know how to build the comm systems, so they only look like they have them.