Kevlar underwear, enhanced night-vision goggles and portable solar panels: the US military is seeing a gear revolution, thanks to the lessons learned during 10 years of war in Afghanistan and Iraq。
The M4 rifle remains the basic firearm of the American GI, but the addition of many gizmos now makes the soldier look more like Inspector Gadget than GI Joe: the typical gear kit includes 73 items, from clothes to weapons。
Program Executive Office Soldier, the military unit responsible for inventing and producing army equipment, says some items are designed to better protect soldiers on the ground, while others help them understand the terrain。
Since 2004, every soldier has been issued a bulletproof vest with extra protection panels。
But the increased use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), responsible for more than half the deaths of US soldiers in Afghanistan, has led to the development of new protective gear。
Over the next two months, "tens of thousands" of Kevlar outergarments to protect the pelvic area will be sent to US soldiers in Afghanistan, according to Colonel William Cole, who is part of the PEO Soldier unit。
"It protects soldiers if they step on an anti-personnel IED. It can really mitigate their injuries," he told reporters。
The protective outergarment is worn over the soldier's fatigues。
Soldiers in Afghanistan also will have a Kevlar undergarment, similar to a pair of biker shorts, which helps protect them against infections caused by dirt and stones kicked up in a blast。
"When you keep the wound area clean, you prevent follow-on infections," Cole said。
To combat the frequent traumatic brain injuries suffered by troops in both Afghanistan and Iraq, which doctors say often lead to cases of post-traumatic stress disorder, helmets are being tricked out with sensors。
"When a soldier is caught in an IED event, we will be able to immediately download the data from his helmet to determine what kind of impact the helmet got to help the medical community correlate that to what kind of brain injury he might have," Cole said。
For night-time combat, modern armies have the upper hand
over insurgents thanks to night-vision goggles. The new-generation eyewear, which is just reaching the field, will allow troops to more easily detect enemy fighters。
凯夫拉尔纤维内衣裤、更先进的夜视镜、便携式太阳能电池板……美军装备正迎来更新换代,这还得益于十年来阿富汗和伊拉克战争的作战经验。
M4型步枪仍然是美军步兵的基本作战武器,但目前新增的诸多新式装备使这些美国大兵看上去更像“神探加杰特”:从衣服到武器的全套装备足足有73件。
负责设计、生产军事装备的单兵作战系统执行办公室称,其中一些装备可以更好地保护执行地面任务的士兵,另一些装备则可以帮助士兵熟悉地形。
自2004年起,每位士兵就已配备有一个带有额外保护垫的防弹背心。
但由于简易爆炸装置的使用愈发频繁,美军的防护装备也在更新换代。在阵亡的驻阿美军士兵中,愈半死于各种简易炸弹。
单兵作战系统执行办公室上校威廉•科尔表示,未来两个月内,驻阿美军将配备数万套凯夫拉尔纤维防护服,用来保护士兵下体。
他对记者说:“这种防护服可以保护踩上杀伤性简易炸弹的士兵,减轻受伤程度。”
这种防护服穿在士兵的作战服外面。
驻阿美军还将配备凯夫拉尔纤维内衣裤,类似于一条单车短裤,可以帮助士兵阻挡爆炸时扬起的灰尘和沙砾的感染。
科尔说:“只要伤口清洁,就可以预防继发感染。”
为了应对驻阿富汗和伊拉克美军频繁遭受的脑外伤,士兵的头盔上还将加装传感器。据医生介绍,战场上的脑外伤经常导致创伤后压力失调。
科尔说:“当一名士兵遭到简易爆炸装置的袭击,我们就可以立即从头盔下载到数据,确定头盔受到的撞击类型,以帮助医疗人员了解士兵受到了何种脑外伤。”
在夜间战斗方面,由于有了夜视镜,现代部队比非正规军具有作战优势。刚刚用于战场的新一代夜视镜将使美军能够更容易地探测到敌军。
给“面包”的世界加点芬芳
车站一瞥
促进经济增长 积极的财政政策更加积极有为
一次对学生随笔的浏览
“三顾茅庐”的求贤之道
黄山松,我读懂了你!
忘记不快 铭记幸福
国际英语资讯:UK COVID-19 deaths rise to 36,675 after another 282 patients die
国际英语资讯:Erdogan, Trump hold phone conversation over regional issues
肩膀
学会放手
国际英语资讯:Pakistan conveys condolences to India, Bangladesh over cyclone losses
记与忘之间
两棵花
人生的“出”与“入”
国际英语资讯:China-Laos railways tracks go through 1st tunnel
人与路
国内英语资讯:China Focus: Foreign firms confident as epidemic wanes in China
大隐隐于市
一粒沙的位置
一江清流
机遇与创造交响曲
国际英语资讯:Turkey reports 1,186 new COVID-19 cases, 155,686 in total
体坛英语资讯:Tergat calls for Kenya to criminalize doping
体坛英语资讯:Thailand, Malaysia weightlifters barred from Tokyo 2020
白色翅膀
疾呼暴风雨
找到自己的位置
国内英语资讯:Chinese epidemic prevention, control work team heads for Tajikistan
新“少年中国说”
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |