US military now has forcefield-like shields for tanks.

[bitvomit]

http://www.defensereview.com/stories/trophy/040606_fr_tobin_300.swf

There's the flash clip of this really cool technology. My only question is when is this coming to BF2? The JSF isn't even ready for deployment yet and this baby is ready to roll in iraq at any moment. The former is in BF2 and the latter isn't. Ok, ok, I'm just dreaming here but it is a bit stupid for a game that's supposed to be based on near future wars that does not implement this really cool current tech.

[vbl]

Re: US military now has forcefield-like shields for tanks.

Next patch. It'll be free, too.

[ACE4U]

Re: US military now has forcefield-like shields for tanks.

http://www.defensereview.com/stories..._tobin_300.swf

There's the flash clip of this really cool technology. My only question is when is this coming to BF2? The JSF isn't even ready for deployment yet and this baby is ready to roll in iraq at any moment. The former is in BF2 and the latter isn't. Ok, ok, I'm just dreaming here but it is a bit stupid for a game that's supposed to be based on near future wars that does not implement this really cool current tech.

The key word here is game and not relatity. In real life, if a sniper hit you in the chest, your are dead, no two bars of life left, your done. And there is no walking around looking for a medic or medic bag either.

[TeLe-LoE-]

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OMG WTF HAX :laugh:

[Phrag]

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Too bad it doesn't work on IEDs or else it might actually save some lives.

[bitvomit]

Re: US military now has forcefield-like shields for tanks.

OMG WTF HAX :laugh:

LMAO!!

[newiq]

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Don't know what this is, but I've seen documents about a countermeasure that charges the hull of the vehicle and shoots out a "lightning" towards incoming rpg-rounds. It's designed to vaporize the copper that gets released from the round just before it hits the vehicle (the molten copper melts the hull and eases the penetration for the rpg). This one appears to be something different though. Either it's a spoof or unheard of.

[almanac]

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If that were implemented into BF2, EA would need to bring back the ability to toss c4. Because everyone's AT Rockets wouldn't do crap.

[Pirelli]

Re: US military now has forcefield-like shields for tanks.

Trophy provides a dome of protection around a vehicle. When it detects an incoming missile, it throws a “beam” of fragments at it, which causes it to explode

[unununium]

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It looks like it hits the round with something to detonate it.

Well looks like I was a little late. While it's not a true "force field" it's still an amazing technology.

[D|sso]

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WOW! I've never thought I would see the day "force-fields" would come into play in military wars and battles, protecting vehicles from anything coming its way! Just amazing!

But in terms of BF2, honestly, what kind of question is that Bitvomit? I mean think about it, yea, you give the USMC "force-fields" around all tanks and APC's, and what now? They're invincible, except mabey to bombing runs and strafing by fighters. BF2 is all about balance, so what happens when you see 3 MEC tanks shooting the heck out of a USMC tank just sitting there? I mean, wtf?

[JoeG]

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Thats kinda cool... it sounds like it is a mini-railgun type of point defense system... kinda like the phalanx and CIWIZ guns on us naval ships or patriot missile defense. Its amazing that it works in such close quarters... to be able to detect a balistic incoming round and to be able to target a weapon of any kind down a specific enough trajectory in able to intercept it in enough time is amazing.

They must have 2 GB of Ram.....

[newiq]

Re: US military now has forcefield-like shields for tanks.

Trophy provides a dome of protection around a vehicle. When it detects an incoming missile, it throws a “beam” of fragments at it, which causes it to explode

Sure about this? I mean, I saw some artifacts going the wrong way on one of the shots, but the other ones didn't display anything like it. This could've just been the camera acting up in one scene.

[unununium]

Re: US military now has forcefield-like shields for tanks.

Sure about this? I mean, I saw some artifacts going the wrong way on one of the shots, but the other ones didn't display anything like it. This could've just been the camera acting up in one scene.

I saw these too but they were in more than one of the shots. It looked like high-velocity debris being fired at the projectile to me.

[newiq]

Re: US military now has forcefield-like shields for tanks.

There is one more shot where you can see something traveling the "wrong way", but that imo looks like debris from the projectile slowing down due to air friction.