But is it any good against friendly fire?

[Karlos]

Troy Hurtubise's "trojan suit" claims to be able to protect against IED explosions, knives, clubs, bullets etc.

I wonder if it could protect his countrymen in oooh, let's say Afghanistan, against, well, you know, allies accidentally bombing the wrong target? ;-)

[Karlos]

There are some comical videos of his previous suits being tested :-D

[Karlos]

In the videos of his bear suit tests, he gets set upon by groups of people with baseball bats, has logs suspended on ropes swung into him, rolls down escarpments and god knows what.

Assuming this suit is as strong as those, at least it would be good for coping with people trying to beat / mutilate you.

Not sure about the explosive charge case though but the material is alleged to be able to withstand an elephant gun.

[Karlos]

...and if so, what steroids is he taking to carry all that weight?

Well, he does wrestle grizzly bears for kicks :lol:

It has to be said, it looks a bit like too-much-gaming-syndrome to me ;-)

[Karlos]

X-ray wrote:
That's the armour you needed to avoid getting fragged by Blobzie...

hehe

I don't think it would offer the slightest protection against a genuine railgun

[Karlos]

I've seen bad things done with a barrel made of solenoids before ;-)

[Karlos]

Getting back to it, assuming the suit could (or could be made to) withstand a moderate degree of punishment from small arms fire, I wonder what the psychological effect would be on your average "insurgent" type, seeing someone straight out of Halo walking towards them, seemingly unfazed by your shots?

In "Fallen Dragon", Peter F Hamilton describes a form of biomechanical body armour he calls "Skin" that makes the wearer virtually involate to all forms of conventional attack, as well as augmenting their strength and endurance. Troy would love it :-D