Originally Posted by Bushranger (Post 343831)

Hello,
I experienced that during certain type of ops, body armour is more of a nuisance and is actually endandering one´s life more than protecting, like multiple days dismounted recce patrols, long covert humps for the OP etc., especially higher in the mountains. I personally would prefer to be lighter and able to really manouver with unit, not just drop like a bag of sh.t, and wait for CAS during the contact. I also think that this is the reason why we have so many casualties caused by IED´s, as most people drive around in vehicles, and it is more and more uncommon to do let´s say 20 clicks patrol on foot. I am talking mainly about rural A-stan. On the other side, I surely definately understand and appreciate wearing body armour for one day ops or ops with vehicles, or in urban areas. So my question is, what is your opinion? I think that GC should have a choice to allow his guys to go light if needed.

PS: I know this is not purpose of the author of the thread, but I did not want to start a new one when there already is a thread named like this.

Originally Posted by caveman (Post 343850)

There's a good conversation answering your question and offering quite a bit of Quiet Professional Opinion here:

http://professionalsoldiers.com/foru...ght=body+armor

If you drop the "U" from your spelling of "armour" I suspect you'll have better luck when searching.