Steel Greenhouse effect

Sal Bertucci · Post by **Sal Bertucci** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:53 pm

Good point.

Jonathan Newhall · Post by **Jonathan Newhall** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:44 pm

carlo arellano wrote:US armed forces personnel wear more than that in the middle east.

US armed forces also have a lot better access to water in the middle east than did a lot of forces back in the middle ages.

CalebChow · Post by **CalebChow** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 7:23 pm

Hm, is there anything I can do to simulate the actual feel of fighting in armor without actually getting a full suit of armor?

I would think that wearing a bunch of sweaters while training isn't quite the same as how padding and metal would feel...

Mike Sheffield · Post by **Mike Sheffield** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:16 pm

Sal Bertucci wrote:Though it is better ventilated.

Actually when you have to wear the chem suit with all that gear on there is NO ventilation...at all. The suit is designed not to let anything in. The protective respirator (gas mask) is of course allowed to let purified air in, but that does not circulate through the entire suit, and has to be sucked through a huge filter which takes more energy just to breath. Also when you exhale the mask just gets hot again. Life sucks when you don the suit.

Rod-Thornton · Post by **Rod-Thornton** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 6:38 pm

Shane Smith wrote:When I worked in armour all the time, I'd be in it for 4-6 hours at a stretch in 90+ degree weather. It's not a problem when you're used to it.

Yeh dude...but then you'd be all icky sticky and no fun to grapple with... :-)

I think the biggest challenge in the harness is the gambeson. Mine is well padded and thus, well insulated. It is possible to get heat stress, if not heat stroked as well.