Re: erm... power armour

In a message dated 98-10-02 01:24:22 EDT, you write:

<< Boy, I hope it'll be here soon - a Jane's Defense Weekly pic several
years 
 ago, of a (UK) Royal Marine in some sort of half-operational mockup of 
 powered armor, toting an MG version of their bullpup got me all hot & 
 bothered.  Haven't heard diddly since. >>
Just wieght.  I think that the "track" that the weapons designers are
going
with power armour is to create a mussle enhancement suit, alowing a
marine to
carry more equipment, kind of like the PALs from BTech.
My $.02
Bye
Stephen