• SAAB-Barracuda soft Armour
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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6-Sfyo0guE[/media]
Oh neat. I remember seeing stuff about this a long time ago. Good they're going through with it.
Wait, Saab do military stuff now? Fuck, I knew their cars were safe, but shit.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/7fkeyqp.png[/t] Ain't nobody gettin thru here
[QUOTE=Jamsponge;48418168]Wait, Saab do military stuff now? Fuck, I knew their cars were safe, but shit.[/QUOTE] They do pretty much all of the Swedish fighter jets too IIRC.
[QUOTE=booster;48418173]They do pretty much all of the Swedish fighter jets too IIRC.[/QUOTE] Didn't they buy Bofors?
[QUOTE=Jamsponge;48418168]Wait, Saab do military stuff now? Fuck, I knew their cars were safe, but shit.[/QUOTE] SAAB has done military work for awhile. They made the Viggen and all that.
Not to mention they also made the AT4.
also [MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=34&v=sxMYFYDNF_g[/MEDIA] for extra cheesiness
[QUOTE=Jamsponge;48418168]Wait, Saab do military stuff now? Fuck, I knew their cars were safe, but shit.[/QUOTE] saab has been making fighter jets since the fifties, sponge. they also bought bofors (manufacturer of howitzers and small arms) and helped design and fund the saab-bofors CBJ-MS personal defense weapon. [img]http://www.military-today.com/firearms/cbj_ms_l5.jpg[/img] the drum on the bottom of the right one is a hybrid helical magazine that feeds into a standard double-stacked stick magazine, and they made that actually work. saab and bofors has always been on point with their engineering, build quality, and product concepts. [sp]it's also the best gun in bf4[/sp]
[QUOTE=Jamsponge;48418168]Wait, Saab do military stuff now? Fuck, I knew their cars were safe, but shit.[/QUOTE] SAAB the car company =/= SAAB the "weapon/jet" company. They split a long time ago.
[QUOTE=HSF;48418233]SAAB the car company =/= SAAB the "weapon/jet" company. They split a long time ago.[/QUOTE] So the car company still is dead... Damn. I saw a SAAB the other day, it's a surreal thing to see a dead manufacturer's car when you can actually remember that company existing.
[QUOTE=Jamsponge;48418168]Wait, Saab do military stuff now? Fuck, I knew their cars were safe, but shit.[/QUOTE] SAAB is a acronym for Svenska Aeroplanaktiebolaget. Military planes is what they started with. the car part was sold off to GM in late 80's but Scania trucks are still owned by the SAAB group. They've developed these weapons [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gustav_recoilless_rifle[/URL] [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT4[/URL]
[QUOTE=Jamsponge;48418262]So the car company still is dead... Damn. I saw a SAAB the other day, it's a surreal thing to see a dead manufacturer's car when you can actually remember that company existing.[/QUOTE] Saab Automobile still exists and still makes cars.
[QUOTE=Jamsponge;48418262]So the car company still is dead... Damn. I saw a SAAB the other day, it's a surreal thing to see a dead manufacturer's car when you can actually remember that company existing.[/QUOTE] NEVS is their new name. Still same factory, workers and such. [url]http://www.saabcars.com/[/url]
Live demonstration: [video=youtube;OuQOmOBayBA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuQOmOBayBA[/video]
This can't be used in any way for personal armor, can it?
[QUOTE=Grenadiac;48419084]This can't be used in any way for personal armor, can it?[/QUOTE] It's too large scale and isn't self-healing if it's in a portable package
[QUOTE=Instant Mix;48419129]It's too large scale and isn't self-healing if it's in a portable package[/QUOTE] That is what I thought.
I'm really glad it can be used for peaceful applications as well.
It's nuts how thin the walls can be with it.
So what are the pellets made out of that are inside these things? its fairly impressive
[QUOTE=rshunter313;48419508]So what are the pellets made out of that are inside these things? its fairly impressive[/QUOTE] Ceramic alloy IIRC.
The issue I see is that as it takes hits, the high cover gets lower, and the container isn't going to do shit on its own. So a really determined person (admittedly, only if they know what they're up against) could spray the wall, walk up to it, and angle the barrel through the high empty sections. And if that sounds too convoluted, then those sandbag style ones are gonna suck for the guy taking fire, and having to lower his head further and further as the pellets deplete. I hope those at least have a transparent inner-facing side so the poor guy knows his adjusted, effective cover at all times.
So if you shoot a wall full of this stuff enough, you can shoot through the top of the wall and the bullets will go right through?
Thing is you've would have run out of ammo by then, or be eliminated by the defenders before that probably even happens.
Reminds me of really expensive sand. I wonder how much of a difference there is to just normal sand.
[QUOTE=Naelstrom;48419785]Reminds me of really expensive sand. I wonder how much of a difference there is to just normal sand.[/QUOTE] this is much easier to transport and assemble than sand walls. Also much, much less heavy.
SAAB is pretty much the greatest company on earth.
having a hard time imagining soldiers bothering to set this shit up in a warzone.
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