Kevlar Shorts!!

[DrunkenMaster]

Keep them parts intact!!!!!! Hooah!!!!

http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/main5/71BA6D406963C45085256ECB00308A74?opendocument

[Kampfbaer]

It's about time that men' best parts get the protection they deserve. :D

[Kampfbaer]

It's about time that men's best parts get the protection they deserve. :D

[Kampfbaer]

It's about time that men's best parts get the protection they deserve. :D

[Dalleer]

It's about time that men's best parts get the protection they deserve. :D

Yeah, you can say that again.

In fact , three times.

[moughoun]

Who ever came up with the idea should get a medal woot

[webfoots]

They look like hockey shorts. Maybe it's the suspenders.

Good idea though!

[Fintin]

i like the fact it has the webbing built in...more storage space...not to mention they protect the boys

[DE_Six]

Can't open the link. :(

Anyone got another source by any chance?

[DrunkenMaster]

just try this and look for it there

http://www.usmc.mil

[American Patriot]

It's about time that men's best parts get the protection they deserve. :D

The interceptor armor already has a ****flap for your genitals, this is to protect your upper legs (femoral artery especially)

[DE_Six]

just try this and look for it there

http://www.usmc.mil

Thanks, but that's the problem, I can't open neither usmc.mil nor navy.mil :(

Army and AF work fine, though.

[Colt45]

probably mainly to keep shrapnel away from vital arteries...

[Fintin]

Can't open the link. :(

Anyone got another source by any chance?

they were posted in today pics too

[Makaveli]

http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/Lookup/20047851244/$file/shorts2lr.jpg

http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/Lookup/2004785111/$file/shorts1lr.jpg

[dez000]

How much does it weigh?

[gilgoul]

To adapt and overcome" is it a real moto in the USMC ?

In anyway, woot forthe guy who came up with this Idea and woot for the corp that invests time and money to protect it`s marines.

BTW, i see often a lot of new "tricks" and a sence of inventivity comiing out of the USMC, is it because it`s more open to new ideas and less "reglation book even oon the battlefield", or simply the Army is also quite inventive but doesn`t brag about it?

[DE_Six]

Can't open the link. :(

Anyone got another source by any chance?

they were posted in today pics too

Ok, thanks. But I can't see those either, same source. Damned be my ISP. ;)

[Andrekid]

Each pair of shorts weighs close to 5 pounds

[Ratamacue]

They're not really meant for mobility or to be issued to every troop. In the article, one of the users said that they're quite heavy and difficult to move around it. They're not practical for issue to people on foot, but they could be a true life-saver for gunners on Humvee turrets.

[Colt45]

they look bulkier then hell...

[Sayeret]

What a weird world we live in these days. :P

[gilgoul]

They're not really meant for mobility or to be issued to every troop. In the article, one of the users said that they're quite heavy and difficult to move around it. They're not practical for issue to people on foot, but they could be a true life-saver for gunners on Humvee turrets.

Look, it`s also a matter of practice, for sure you won`t play ninja with them, but it`s like with the regukar ceramic, it`s a pain but you learn to get along.

[glamwar]

Hopefully they have a good quick release mechanism.

If you had to jettison them, and they were as hard to get off as snow pants were when you were a kid, you're done for!

Other than that they sound like a great idea.

[Michael RVR]

I dont know that its anything new, i'm positive i read something about the russians making them ages ago.

Certainly useful though ;)