[TECH FILE] T-72 Powered Armour
Navarro
Well-known member
Wow, his ego's really fucking strong if he can keep on thinking of E-US Soldiers as weak, though that maybe because they have superior equipment to compensate for not being able to just rush in and get good at fighting and killing.
From his POV, power armour is a crutch. Speaking of which ...
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T-72 POWER ARMOUR
T-72 Power Armour - or to give its full designation, T-72 Powered Combat Armour - represents the US military's most advanced suit in full production at the present time and the vast majority of front-line US forces on the East Coast wear it.
T-72 was designed over several decades, starting in the late 2230s when it was known as "T-67 Mk. 2" and resembled the later marks of T-67. Later redesigns during the journey to Raven Rock and preparations for the reclamation of Washington DC took it towards the "horned" design in use today. The "horns" on top of the helmet - which serve a function in the armour's HUD electronics - led to them being called "Black Devil" suits by Brotherhood soldiers, which was appropriated in turn by US soldiers and remains in use as slang today, although many of them have since been (re)painted an olive drab.
The most common T-72 suit in use today is the Mk. 6 deployed in Washington DC, though their replacement with Mk. 7 suits is underway. The main difference is the replacement of the Mk. 6's ceramic construction with duraframe-ceramic composites, the same ones used in US tanks and APCs. This results in a lighter weight coupled with stronger heat and radiation resistance. Mk. 8 suits used by special forces and Mk. 9 field command suits also exist, with their own specialised functions.
The Mk. 7 also includes improved functions such as automatic deployment of combat drugs and the regenerative compounds used in stim-paks, explosive vents in the greaves used to devastating effect in combat drops, and a thermal vision mode for night-fighting which turns the optical headlamps from their usual yellow to a more intimidating red.
Barring sudden leaps forward in power armour technology, T-72 is expected to be a workhorse for the US Armed Forces for decades to come.
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