Your Soldiers' armour

[New Phyrreus]

What is your military's current type of personal armour? is it a full metal exoskeleton? Simple ceramic body armour? Or some complete horse-shit regarding magic? Please tell below!

[Auzkhia]

our Armour is just a helmet and metal plating

[New Vudnia]

Only the Vudnian SWAT team members ever get a chance to wear it.

[Bromeliadia]

We wear a towel.

[Nachfolgia]

[Nua Corda]

Cordian Troopers wear various configurations of the ISRig made by ACS. It is composed of a combination of tungsten disulfide ceramic plates over the chest, back, hips and groin, and Kevlar padding elsewhere. They also wear a tungsten disulfide helmet with built in communications gear. The ISRig has full MOLLE webbing for attaching various gear.

[Zersium]

The Main Battle Armor of any Zersium Infantry, the shoulder-plates are decorated with markings as well as the Helmet to signify an Officer.

[Teen Wolf]

This is what a standard P.D.T.W. Human soldier looks like:

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This is what a Werewolf soldier looks like:

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This is what a standard Hunter soldier looks like:

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[Bajireyn]

The Mk.III Marine Powered Armor.

Note,the one on the bottom is the only one actually used,the others are just earlier designs.

[Cruciland]

This is a good image of our soldiers' armor.

[Austravyna]

Our police (serves as paramilitary units too) tactical teams look like this:
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[Allandium]

[Xekliv]

All legionnaires are issued a Standard Issue Achilles Combat Rig (w/ Automatic drug/medicine injection, speed/strength/agility enhancement, under armor exoskeleton which allows wearer to carry items which weigh multiple tons, automatic nutrient injection so the wearer will never go hungry or thirsty, energy shields, built in health meter, Wrist mounted TACPAD, etc. etc.)


And a Standard Issue Anubis Deathmask (w/ HUD, Air filtration system, 5x zoom functionality, Three vision modes including night vision, heat vision, and electromagnetic vision, built in flashlight, etc.)


Thanatos' are given a Hercules Combat Rig, a much heavier version of the standard Achilles combat rig with all the features of it but able to jump even higher, run even faster, lift even heavier opjects, punch even harder, etc. It also comes with a active camo functionality.


They are also given a Pluto Deathmask, which acts similarly to the Hercules Combat Rig as it keeps the features of the Anubis Deathmask but enhances them.

[Rov]

Our "soldiers" are AI-controlled tanks and drones, so they don't have classic body armor. They do, however, have titanium, iridium, tungsten, or more esoteric plating. Sometimes they're also outfitted with mirrored armor, to reflect laser weaponry.

[Meridiani Planum]

We have several types of body armor, but the most common type is clothing with hard plates reinforced with nanotubes of a chemical structure that is classified.

[Sanian Confederacy]

Sani-Equine Adaptive Combat Vest (SEACV)

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A standard UAC Soldier clad in a full suit of SEACV, equipped with a backpack, military grade camelbak, and all the other usual survival gear. Along with a sand-colored trench coat usable for both camouflage in desert environments and to keep the sun off.

The Sani-Equine Adaptive Combat Vest (SEACV) is a ballistic protective vest system worn by members of the Sanian Self Defense Force (SSDF), Rapid Reaction Force (RRF), United Army of the Confederacy (UAC), and even members of the Special Hunters for Apocalyptic Defense and Outbreak Warfare (SHADOW). Originally designed for use by freshly recruited Equine (Pony) soldiers, it's since been adapted and further repurposed for use by both Gryphon and conventional Human soldiers with the express purpose in it's design to sheath the human and nonhuman body as completely as possible in high durability armor.

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Design Details

The Sani-Equine Adaptive Combat Vest (SEACV) is a custom-made Sanian Adaptive Armor System (SAAS) based on several other internationally produced and proprietary technologies not widely available and protected against replication by sophisticated Fabrication Rights Management (FRM) technology. Consistsing of a sandwich of materials moulded to form a rigid shell. The outer layer of this sandwich is a ultra-light titanium alumide alloy to provide structural strength and ablative protection against lasers. Beneath this is a core, consisting of a layer of boron carbide resin bonded to a layer of graphite-composite carbon fibre. Boron carbide is an incredibly hard ceramic designed to shatter a bullet on impact while simultaneously forming a conoid base to absorb its energy. Beneath this, the carbon-fibre layer provides ballistic protection at the point of penetration by delaminating across a large area, so absorbing more energy. Finally, on the inside of the armour is a woven liner made of 1,500 denier venlar fibres. This woven liner dissipates the remainder of the energy by deforming in the area of impact, and is also able to catch any shelling or fragmentation from the first three layers. Since any bullet fragment impact on the armour shell tends to compromise its integrity and ability to provide ballistic protection, it is standard practice to replace any affected section immediately.

In practice, the stopping power of the armour is somewhat limited versus direct hits, particularly from high-velocity ball ammunition and HEAP small-arm rounds. However, it can be expected to stop low-powered ball ammunition and provide some protection against impact-fused explosive bullets and grenade or artillery fragments. Some stealth characteristics have also been included, such as curved and rounded surfaces to reduce radar signature, and infrared masking. The armour comes issued in woodland camouflage but can be repainted to suit different terrain. Snipers and those charged with counter-sniper duties often customize their vests to utilize a full cover of rough webbing or fishnetting in a durable fabric attached in irregular patterns designed to hide lines and blend in. When on location, as much of the local foliage as possible without restricting movement is also applied to blend in. Many Sanians personalize their armour and this practice is mostly tolerated, unless the individuals are in high profile positions


Overall the combination of armor layers of a suit of adequately-maintained SEACV confers to the wearer significant protection against most types of damage, including projectile, blunt force trauma, concussive, and blast damage uncommon in personal armor. Yet, it does so without the extreme weight inherent in most battle armor systems of the 20th and 21st centuries, with SEACV providing outstanding protection at comparatively low weight but high comfort levels.

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Components (Primary)

Vest: The main component of the armor is a rigid vest, which protects the thoractic-abdominal region, front and back, between the upper abdomen and lower neck. This comprises a two-piece clamshell secured by plastic clips. At the top of the clamshell, above each shoulder, is a rigid load-bearing arch from which hang the Combat Webbing straps. These arches are padded beneath to protect the wearers shoulders when the armour is loaded with additional equipment. Two segmented pieces attached by webbing straps protect the front and side of the shoulders.


Abdomen: Below the armoured vest is a separate section which covers the front abdomen and groin. This is a flexible pad of hard ballistic armour secured by a combination 'suspenders' harness. A rigid armour plate is fixed to the lowest part of the pad to protect the genitals.


Helmet: A helmet completes the ensemble. In most variants, the helmet is a ballistic assembly, designed to protect the wearer from projectile and energy weapon impacts, bladed weapons, blunt trauma, and concussive force. A set of integrated polarized visors protect the user's eyes from the ordinary battlefield hazards of grit and dust, but also laser blindness and fragments. Helmets also incorporate a combination camera/laser rangefinder unit built into the helmet's right side, just above the ear, with a back-mounted battery that can be used to power any helmet attachments; complete with a light, and secure radio uplink, along with a video camera (and accompanying emergency cut off switch) for the commanding officer or whoever else is watching to see and record live combat situations for later review and training purposes.


Arm: Aside from the vest and helmet, SEACV is also manufactured with a built in 'hidden blade', the technological update of a Sanian ritualistic hunting weapon, the wrist blade, mostly commonly used as a multi-purpose close combat weapon. The weapon is exceedingly popular, mostly in the United Army, who often train and issue it as widely as possible. It utilizes a stiletto styled stabbing blade, making it excellent for short range strikes at an opponent, allowing it to pierce vital organs and drop an opponent dead, near instantly.

And often coupled with a gauntlet and 'slash guards', tightly and densely-woven material tubes to be worn over the forearm. These dense fabrics are highly resistant to slashing and stabbing attacks, and most infantry with practice can be trained to use these to deflect incoming bayonet, knife, or sword strikes to non-vital areas, or away from their body entirely. The blade is exceedingly dangerous in close quarters, where a skilled wielder can easily parry the blow of and unexpectedly slay an adversary, or cut vital arteries, ligaments or tendons, or most commonly, go for throat strikes. The blade, to some degree, requires more finesse to wield and in skilled hands, results in a deadly and stealthy weapon.


Leg: Leg armour consists of a pair of clamshell greaves which cover the whole of the lower leg from ankle to knee. The knee segments are articulated on webbing straps and tied around the leg above and at the back, with another set of "slash guard" wraparound leg supports for the shin and calf. In the interests of comfort and maneuverability, the armor’s encasing joints are articulated, not sealed. While this permits longer wear times, more comfort, balance, and surer footing, it compromises the armor integrity. Consequently, water and other liquids can enter the armor and affect the user.

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Components (Secondary)




Combat Webbing: A combined velcro-lined heavy duty nylon set of webbing with side-release snap buckles. Comprised of an equipment belt with keepers, and suspender-style bandoleers that attach by snap straps to the load bearing shoulder pauldrons of the combat vest. Each bandoleer is capable of holding three 30 round STANAG magazines (total 12) each is also capable of being replaced instead with a grenade sling with four elastic loops for holding 40mm rifle grenades (18 total). A number of pouches can also be attached and these can be used for carrying items such as a GPS unit, personnel first aid kit, respirator, water hydration system or additional spare ammunition. A combat knife or pistol holster can also be attached to the webbing.

Cargo Pants: Designed to be durable in order to withstand the rigors of rough outdoor activities and combative operations, canvas cargo pants are most commonly worn by SEACV users over their armored greaves, many of whom find that other types of leg-wear are not the best choices for usage in the harsh world of combat they often face and that SEACV’s built in legging, which due to their articulated nature are often less then desirable when faced with adverse weather.

Trench Coat: A rather heavy coat, with optional liner, with greater length to cover most of a wearer's legs. Made popularly from leather, treated to be water repellent. Ideal for protection from rain and heavy wind, they aid greatly in keeping a SEACV wearer dry and warm. Issued in several patterns for deployments to temperate, desert and jungle zones. The disruptive pattern of the fabric itself is printed in at least three colors, dependent on the design, and use a number of different high-temperature dyes in the printing process, with each being designed to absorb infrared radiation at different frequencies, effectively breaking up the wearer's IR signature.

An Earth Pony reconnaissance soldier equipped with only inbuilt SEACV Battle Saddle.

[Veceria]

Vecerian Type IV 'Carapace' Armor.

[Stedicules]

often times they wear old combat fatigues with a thin flak jacket underneath and a steel helmet with padding on the outside of it.

[Weleya]

The traditional armor of the Kabateweleya.

[Saurisisia]

MT

PMT

FT

M99 New Battle Armor

Republican Guard Armor

Light Infantry Armor

Clone Trooper Armor

Pony Soldier Armor

[Ruskarkand]

DE-155 Armored Jumpsuit

[Full image available here]

EXERT 1-A : The D-115 Jumpsuit is a lighter battle harness that is tailor-made to suit Female troopers in the field of warfare. It is largely made up of treated leather and complex synthetic materials, utilizing both to create a sealed suit that is CBRN rated. The jumpsuit features a relief harness to further lighten the equipment and reduce stress on the user. The suit incorporates hardened ceramic inserts in vital areas and on joints.

Additionally, the suit features grip pads on the heels and gloves for Dragonkinian troopers, and also features teeth on the end of the boots in order to assist in climbing...

[OOC: No armor for male troopers? There's a reason for that. Why make armor for something that isn't on the front lines?]

[Victorious Decepticons]

Decepticons have several layers of armor underneath the mostly-cosmetic outer panels. Each kind is specifically engineered to protect against a different class of weapons. From the inner layer to the outer, we have, among other types:

1 - Faraday cage. This blocks EMP.

2 or more - Layers of anti-energy-blast paneling. For most of our history, we fought enemies who used various forms of energy blasters. We also use such blasters ourselves. This has caused us to put a lot of work into defense against these weapons.

1 - Energy-dispersing anti-ballistic netting of classified material. You may have heard how certain shells can cause metal to flake off and fly around the insides of tanks. Some have thought that this same effect could make dust out of our boards and kill us. This netting catches any shells that manage to get through the panel set mentioned next - and any metal flakes they have produced.

1 or more - Anti-ballistic panel set. (This goes over the netting.) This works to stop bullets, bolts, shells etc from ever being able to penetrate us or flake off our internal housing metal to begin with. It is made of a classified substance that is both extremely strong and angled to help deflect incoming shells as well as to disperse their force. It can resist a .50 cal bolt in most cases, in large part due to its ability to deflect and disperse the force of the ordnance. Double layers are sometimes installed if an enemy has a large quantity of powerful shells and the weapons to fire them. If a double layer is used, the angling will be set so as to deflect what manages to get through the first layer.

1 - Cosmetic outer panel set. This provides no protection against force, but is a good substrate for our protective coatings.

Coatings

Current Decepticon coatings include:

1 layer of anticorrosive coating, keyed to neutralize acids
1 layer of anticorrisive coating, made to neutralize bases
1 layer of anti-moisture coating
1 layer of anti-microbe coating (made to resist genetically engineered metal eaters)
1 layer of anti-nanite coating (will gum up the works of at least some kinds of nanites)
1 layer of standard cosmetic paint
1 or 2 layers of clearcoat (may contain antifungal and antibacterial elements if the wearer intends to visit a biological planet)
10 layers of wax if there is enough time to apply that many (using extra coats keeps us from needing to reapply it in the battlefield for a long time)

Most coatings are applied on top of the outer panels, but some are repeated on the inner layers of armor as well in order to provide extra barriers against certain threats.

[Xekliv]

[OOC: No armor for male troopers? There's a reason for that. Why make armor for something that isn't on the front lines?]

Another femnazi nation?

[Lazssia]

The M6 MBBA is the standard issue personal armor of the Imperial Army. The plates are comprised of a carbon nano-tube/ceramic alloy, that is stronger than steel, but incredibly lite, allowing for greater speed and flexibility. The CNT/Cermaic alloy is not only strong enough to prevent penetration from most small arms fire, but is also very shock absorbent, thus preventing severe bruising that you can still get with kevlar armor.

[Ruskarkand]

[OOC: No armor for male troopers? There's a reason for that. Why make armor for something that isn't on the front lines?]

Another femnazi nation?

[OOC: What? No. It's a belief that Female Dragonkinians naturally make better soldiers, and are more suited to combat roles than Male Dragonkinians.
The latter, although stronger, are also heavier and taller, making it difficult to get a kit suitable for battlefield conditions that account for their height and weight in order to meet our threshold when it comes to performance on the frontlines. As mentioned, they're typically away from the front lines or, at the most, operating vehicles and aircraft ]