Comments on: Soldier of the Future, 1959 http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/12/soldier-of-the-future-1959/ Ever get the feeling you're living in the wrong time? Thu, 10 Nov 2024 20:24:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Don Gwinn http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/12/soldier-of-the-future-1959/#comment-60378 Don Gwinn Thu, 01 Sep 2024 01:26:36 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=8894#comment-60378 You know, this was actually pretty good prediction. Think about it: Body armor for all infantry? Check. Helmet-mounted communications gear? Check; they just couldn't show how small or light it would get. Advanced optics mounted on the helmet? Again, yes--they just didn't realize it would be night vision rather than just binoculars. Aluminum-alloy automatic rifle (in the bottom picture on the right, and in the caption)? Not only a check; almost all U.S. troops now use a version of that particular rifle, the Armalite AR-15. The M16 was basically that rifle put into big production, and the M4 is just the same thing cut down and modified to mount more optics and accessories. But the caliber and the operation of the rifle haven't changed. You know, this was actually pretty good prediction. Think about it:

Body armor for all infantry? Check.
Helmet-mounted communications gear? Check; they just couldn’t show how small or light it would get.

Advanced optics mounted on the helmet? Again, yes–they just didn’t realize it would be night vision rather than just binoculars.
Aluminum-alloy automatic rifle (in the bottom picture on the right, and in the caption)? Not only a check; almost all U.S. troops now use a version of that particular rifle, the Armalite AR-15. The M16 was basically that rifle put into big production, and the M4 is just the same thing cut down and modified to mount more optics and accessories. But the caliber and the operation of the rifle haven’t changed.

]]> By: Don Gwinn http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/12/soldier-of-the-future-1959/#comment-60374 Don Gwinn Thu, 01 Sep 2024 01:19:55 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=8894#comment-60374 I guess all his load/gear/ammunition was going to be carried by the robots . . . . I guess all his load/gear/ammunition was going to be carried by the robots . . . .

]]> By: Mojojojo http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/12/soldier-of-the-future-1959/#comment-60313 Mojojojo Wed, 31 Aug 2024 18:10:26 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=8894#comment-60313 It's great camo. Who'd wanna shoot Fred Flintstone? It’s great camo. Who’d wanna shoot Fred Flintstone?

]]> By: Tha_Pig http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/12/soldier-of-the-future-1959/#comment-58780 Tha_Pig Sun, 21 Aug 2024 04:32:37 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=8894#comment-58780 This soldier will win all battles when the enemy is unable to aim his weapon because of uncontrollable giggling. This soldier will win all battles when the enemy is unable to aim his weapon because of uncontrollable giggling.

]]> By: Pit13 http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/12/soldier-of-the-future-1959/#comment-58601 Pit13 Sat, 20 Aug 2024 00:25:10 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=8894#comment-58601 Looks weird but actually pretty spot on if you break the items down and compare them to what we wear today. Looks weird but actually pretty spot on if you break the items down and compare them to what we wear today.

]]> By: Paul http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/12/soldier-of-the-future-1959/#comment-58532 Paul Fri, 19 Aug 2024 13:57:37 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=8894#comment-58532 That jump suit looks like it'd be a little rough on "the boys", if you know what I mean. That jump suit looks like it’d be a little rough on “the boys”, if you know what I mean.

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