Reply With QuoteSweet. This is the stopgap (Mk7 SFCT and Osprey Assault) for Combat Arms between the Mk6a and regular Osprey now, until full PECOC comes along, right?
New British helmet and body armour
The British Army will start issuing the new Mk7 helmet and Osprey Assault body armour to troops in Afghanistan this summer. Video on link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8115327.stm
From the link:
More than 10,000 enhanced Mark 7 helmets and the new Osprey Assault body armour have been ordered.
The MoD says the new body armour has "all the stopping power of the kit it is replacing, but is lighter, closer fitting and easier to move in".
It is hoped the new lighter Osprey Assault will go some way to answering soldiers complaints about heavy or ill fitting armour.
The new armour and helmet were unveiled at the MoD's DVD 2009 event at the Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire.
The new helmet will eventually replace the existing Mark. It comes with a new four-point harness to keep the helmet more stable when night vision equipment is fitted to it.
It also has a new gap above the eye to compensate for the helmet tilting forward when a soldier goes into the ****e position before firing, and there are plans to fit it with mounting brackets.
While the ballistic protection of the Osprey Assault is the same as its predecessor, the Osprey, the MoD says the overall fit has been tailored to the needs of dismounted troops, particularly those in Afghanistan.
British forces in Iraq were predominantly vehicle based, but in Afghanistan the terrain and conditions means that foot patrols are far more common.
Sweet. This is the stopgap (Mk7 SFCT and Osprey Assault) for Combat Arms between the Mk6a and regular Osprey now, until full PECOC comes along, right?
Think i will stick with the BlackHawk plate carrier.
Eh? You a PF now RP?
PiefinderOriginally Posted by Britboy
Eh? You a PF now RP?
ok then what's an RP?...idk man that vest looks huge and funny.
Rookie Piefinder
How dare you! Im seasoned.Rookie Piefinder
Oh noes! Airsofters will all have to run out and buy new gear
Good to hear this-UK adapting/upgrading their gear to a different theater based on feedback of troops in-country. Last I heard the big Army in the US is still looking at/testing light-weight plate carriers for use in A-Stan.
Dammit I can't see it, not available in my area.
That puppy don't look light weight.
Also wtf, I'm in France how is that video not available in my area.
RP is just Red_Phos.
Or Regtimental Policeman.
Yeah I thought there was an or in between pf and rp instead of a now.
Probably UK only.
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