Re: Re: [GZG] [SG] Rapid Fire antipersonnel plasma gun?

["John Atkinson" <johnmatkinson@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 9/27/06, laserlight@xxxxxxxxxxx <laserlight@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >However, futuristic full armour probably gives pretty good protection versus short bursts of flame, thereby preventing the sort of horrific burns you'd otherwise get.
>
> Remember that many troops are not wearing full coverage.
> And even if the armor does give full coverage, it might be a plastic that burns and melts...

Highly unlikely.

The US is already (slowly) transitioning to Nomex coveralls for all
personnel on missions.  We are quite aware that burns are one of the
primary types of injury inflicted on the modern battlefield.  As they
put it, all IED blasts involve a fireball.

I have a hard time believing that armies 200 years in the future are
going to be less capable than today.

John
--
"Thousands of Sarmatians, Thousands of Franks, we've slain them again
and again.  We're looking for thousands of Persians."
--Vita Aureliani
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