Army evaluates machine gun suppressors, exoskeletons, backpack generators and more

[Peter1469]

Army evaluates machine gun suppressors, exoskeletons, backpack generators and more

The Army will be testing some new tech for squads and small units once the holidays are over. Some cool stuff.

The Army’s Maneuver Battle Lab recently kicked off its months-long, annual experiments on new gear for squads and small units. This year’s focus runs from new machine gun suppressors to counter-drone technology.

The first assessment of the Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment happened in late October and included the M240 suppressor, but the core of the work will begin after the holidays when soldiers run squad and platoon-level force-on-force training.



In those phases, new tech such as digital-capable squad radio, electronic blank ammunition, mini-generators and other alternative fuels will be tested out in nearly real-world scenarios.

Last year, evaluators homed in on tactical resupply at low levels for squads, which will continue to see advances in this year’s demonstrations, according to an Army statement.


The experiments conclude in early March, and if the past two decades of the event are any indication, at least some of the more than 50 items being evaluated will make their way into formations in the near to mid-term future.


The categories that the Army is focusing on break out into lethality, mission command, mobility and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. In each category, between nine and 22 technologies are being evaluated.



Some of those include:

See the list at the link.

[carolina73]

We are going to need three armored vehicles per soldier just to transport all their equipment.

[Peter1469]

We are going to need three armored vehicles per soldier just to transport all their equipment.

lol

The Army does tend to make sure we have a $#@!-load to carry.