Canadian Dismounted Infantry Capability Enhancement (DICE) programme

[dangerboy]

For DICE they when they say Dismounted they are talking about the regular force infantry 3rd battalions

 

[Fabius]

Can the attached hearing protection (I am assuming it's electronic) have a layer of protective material to provide some ballistic protection from shrapnel?

I am not tracking any current active hearing protection having integrated ballistic protection.
Honestly I would not worry about that, I would focus on getting every DICE helmet issued equipped with currently existing COTS active hearing protection.

Notice how no one in the CA video on Facebook has any active hearing protection (minus one soldier who has it mounted but not worn. Can almost guarantee that’s privately purchased) despite the helmet cut being designed for it and the helmets all having the ARC rails to mount it.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Can the attached hearing protection (I am assuming it's electronic) have a layer of protective material to provide some ballistic protection from shrapnel?

 

[KevinB]

Can the attached hearing protection (I am assuming it's electronic) have a layer of protective material to provide some ballistic protection from shrapnel?

Not practically.
Look at it this way. It’s at least as effective as the eye pro…

 

[markppcli]

For DICE they when they say Dismounted they are talking about the regular force infantry 3rd battalions

3000 set with an option for more seems like a lot. Oh well I’ll retire with the tac vest I suppose.

 

[CBH99]

3000 set with an option for more seems like a lot. Oh well I’ll retire with the tac vest I suppose.

It may end up being a great fishing vest after you retire though...so I mean, it could end up being good for something ...

(Still can't believe we had roto after roto of folks deploying to one of the most active combat zones on Earth at the time, with combat as their mission set, wearing tac vests...)

 

[Jarnhamar]

(Still can't believe we had roto after roto of folks deploying to one of the most active combat zones on Earth at the time, with combat as their mission set, wearing tac vests...)

Remember some of the propaganda about how great they were? Like the bioscience guys saying the TacVest was designed to stay on your body if you step on an IED.

3000 set with an option for more seems like a lot. Oh well I’ll retire with the tac vest I suppose.

Treat yourself to one of these. It's like wearing a warm hug - just don't tell the bad guys who owns the company.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Remember some of the propaganda about how great they were? Like the bioscience guys saying the TacVest was designed to stay on your body if you step on an IED.



Treat yourself to one of these. It's like wearing a warm hug - just don't tell the bad guys who owns the company.

Seems like a failry reasonable price too? No idea of course...

 

[KevinB]

It may end up being a great fishing vest after you retire though...so I mean, it could end up being good for something ...

(Still can't believe we had roto after roto of folks deploying to one of the most active combat zones on Earth at the time, with combat as their mission set, wearing tac vests...)

Travesty…

Remember some of the propaganda about how great they were? Like the bioscience guys saying the TacVest was designed to stay on your body if you step on an IED.

I wanted to punch several of them in the head. Especially when they kept telling us we where reloading wrong and it was is that were the issue, not that it was a non viable ergonomic mess.

Treat yourself to one of these. It's like wearing a warm hug - just don't tell the bad guys who owns the company.

Hard to beat a JPC2…

JPC 2.0™

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JPC 2.0™ Maritime

www.cryeprecision.com

I prefer the Maritime, mainly as I like to be able to get out of gear fast if I need to.

 

[markppcli]

Remember some of the propaganda about how great they were? Like the bioscience guys saying the TacVest was designed to stay on your body if you step on an IED.



Treat yourself to one of these. It's like wearing a warm hug - just don't tell the bad guys who owns the company.

I’m issued a TYR Pico right now. I meant more in general.

@KevinB the people who said the tac vest was built right are the same people who were obsessed about the need to dig while wearing a frag vest.

 

[Good2Golf]

I would guess that SOCEM would have to have another bid competition, and that LU would bid this system for that contract.

…to include the bulletproof beard grooming kit EIS…

@KevinB the people who said the tac vest was built right are the same people who were obsessed about the need to dig while wearing a frag vest.

…whilst wearing these…

 

[daftandbarmy]

…to include the bulletproof beard grooming kit EIS…


…whilst wearing these…
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[Fabius]

I’m issued a TYR Pico right now. I meant more in general.

Are you being allowed to run it with plates in it and no frag vest, or is it the frag vest with the PC over top?

 

[markppcli]

Are you being allowed to run it with plates in it and no frag vest, or is it the frag vest with the PC over top?

Edit - I plead the fifth

As an aside to this the fact that training safety mandates specific pieces of equipment has always struck me as very awkward. I suppose it’s a good thing for CADTC that we only update body armour every quarter century.

 

[MilEME09]

I’m issued a TYR Pico right now. I meant more in general.

@KevinB the people who said the tac vest was built right are the same people who were obsessed about the need to dig while wearing a frag vest.

I know 3 div has issued a directive for non issued vests, its okay as long as it fits certain criteria. Great for reg force. As a reserve CSS, as much as it hate the current fishing vest, my wife would kill me if i dropped 500 on a rig.