 gingerpride
Male, 18-29, Western US
 26 Posts
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Monday, November 12, 2007 1:14:39 PM
its not for use outside of a humvee retards. the marines should be the ones getting this poo. all we get is hand me downs from the army. f u c k i n g p u ssies |
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 angusware
Male, 60-69, Midwest US
163 Posts
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Saturday, June 17, 2006 3:15:01 AM
they can go to hell ( or Iraq) |
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 Ragdrazi
Male, 18-29, Western US
540 Posts
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Friday, May 12, 2006 12:09:46 AM
"You want to know what looks goofy?" What? "Wearing a towel wrapped around your head." Oh no he didn't! 
yep. very funny.  |
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 thecranberry
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
728 Posts
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Thursday, May 11, 2006 8:52:57 PM
whoa there tiger, turn off the caps lock. and maybe the computer. |
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 AFTERSHOCK
Male, 18-29, Western US
2480 Posts
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Thursday, May 11, 2006 6:37:21 PM
HALO ARMOR IS ALSO BADASS, WELL ANY TYPE OF GAME ARMOR |
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AFTERSHOCK
Male, 18-29, Western US
2480 Posts
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Thursday, May 11, 2006 6:09:32 PM
ARMY SHOULD MAKE BADASS ARMOR LIKE THE STARCRAFT BATTLE ARMOR FOR MARINES AND FIREBAT... |
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 xDefilerx
Male, 13-17, Southern US
67 Posts
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Thursday, May 11, 2006 5:59:47 PM
Haha! That plane looks retarded!On a side note, I instantly know this was either a joke or some retard skewing words (that is something the media does best). You want to know what looks goofy? Wearing a towel wrapped around your head. |
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Ragdrazi
Male, 18-29, Western US
540 Posts
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Thursday, May 11, 2006 2:59:31 AM
Here's the plane that didn't win. . .
Yep. Looks like poo. |
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Ragdrazi
Male, 18-29, Western US
540 Posts
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Thursday, May 11, 2006 2:53:33 AM
Actually, the military isn't above worrying about LCF (look cool factor). Generals tend to believe that when something looks right, it functions right. You look at the test trials for the Joint Strike Fighter. They need a new jet with vertical take off and landing capabilities to replace the dangerous, yet cool looking, Harrier jump jet. So they had Boeing and Lockheed Martin compete for it. Boeing came up with a model that, while looking like poo, functioned great. Lockheed Martin came up with a model that looked just like the Harrier… and had all the same problems as the Harrier. They went with Lockheed Martin. |
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 persontwo
Male, 13-17, Western US
36 Posts
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 11:54:24 PM
When soldiers complain about something being goofy, he's talking about movement, not looks. Looking cool isn't the military's top concern; they need to be able to move. Big armor doesn't help that. Depending on the soldier's position, it's no wonder they'd take a kevlar vest and helmet over that huge thing. Something being "goofy" is just as able to kill them as armor being too light is. |
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 handle_taken
Male, 13-17, Midwest US
47 Posts
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 10:15:14 PM
Agreed. The headline was rather misleading.I can't believe this counts as news though. |
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 joolia
Female, 13-17, Eastern US
272 Posts
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 9:00:48 PM
i think that was just something they said not-seriously. they kept talking about how the soldiers were COMPLAINING about how it made them look goofy, but in the end they admitted that they were really complaining about how it's hard to feel safe in that when you're in a non-explosive situation. |
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 natakalt
Female, 18-29, S. America
1755 Posts
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 8:15:45 PM
lol, if you fall out of the car, you rebounce
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 beanboy
Male, 13-17, Western US
318 Posts
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 6:33:07 PM
Yeah, makes such a better camo than the old suit, and it REALLy looks like you can move around in there...yeeeeeaaah... |
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 RyanF701
Male, 18-29, Western US
2558 Posts
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 6:22:09 PM
That's like saying "I'd rather be shot point blank with a rifle more than a paintball gun, cause' i'd bleed cooler and faster!" |
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 EstiloPanama
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
2101 Posts
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 5:40:37 PM
"One soldier's visor stopped a piece of shrapnel that hit dead centre," he said. "If he had not had that suit on, the effects could have been catastrophic."It just may lower the rising numbers of death in our soldiers over there... Looking cool was never -that- worth it. |
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 GypsyCassie
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
900 Posts
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 4:39:04 PM
Well, they are goofy, and they cant be easy to crawl around in the desert wearing. I mean, come on, could you imagine trying to be stealthy with that on, or quick.... |
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 RakuOnna
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
20 Posts
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 4:38:27 PM
Looks like the government's attempt at a Stil-suit |
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 Osprey39
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
1409 Posts
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 4:03:25 PM
On a related note, maybe they can start calling American soldiers doughboys again. |
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Osprey39
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
1409 Posts
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 4:02:56 PM
Looks like the Pillsbury Doughboy. |
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 shellbullet
Male, 18-29, Western US
153 Posts
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 12:51:08 PM
yea, that suite of armor is about as subtle as an elephant in the city, they might as well tote around giant SHOOT ME signs |
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 GrereX1
Male, 13-17, Canada
1022 Posts
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 12:23:47 PM
HAHAHAH GOOFY
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 YevraHNairB
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
580 Posts
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 9:30:15 AM
Better safe than sorry, but like they said if they get in a small arms combat then their movement would be hindered, guess they still have some kinks to work out. |
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 RockRhapsody
Male, 13-17, Eastern US
14 Posts
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 8:48:55 AM
I think they look pretty sweet. I would wear that to school. But... It might impair your vision and restrict movement, but I would guess that the majority of casualties don't occur when Humvee gunners are shot out of the top in exchanges of fire, so you probably need more protection from the bombs anyway. Humvees are so futile. Poorly protected with low firepower. This is why the British invented tanks. |
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 Ragin2340
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
1121 Posts
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 8:04:14 AM
I dont care if they look goofy, but that coolant system needs to be fixed. |
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