Back to the future....from the past!

[greentips]

Stole it from Militaryphoto. Tres cool.

 

[fnrob]

Looks like something out of the Fallout games. All he's missing is power armor.

 

[USP]

great find

 

[CBMS]

I want an image meta scope.

 

[Dosing]

I love the mustache pouch...

 

[Craftsman 441]

Explosive fox-hole diggers!

 

[jessekf]

I wonder what the "Jump belt" does? I would kill for a jet pack..

 

[Juster]

Confident guy, only needs four Hello Kitty rounds.
Welding your boots on is overkill, sorry.
At least his hands will be soft after washing the mess cans.
I like the AR10 better, but I feel sorry for the explosive fox.

 

[omegaboost]

he looks so ready for 2012.

 

[yukoncoyote]

Are explosive fox hole diggers a prohibited device?

 

[RoscoeT]

Are explosive fox hole diggers a prohibited device?

Seems to be a similar concept to the bangalore
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore_torpedo

 

[CanAm]

That getup alone would scare off the enemy.

Fox hole digger:

http://books.google.ca/books?id=vkE...resnum=5&ved=0CBUQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=&f=false

http://books.google.ca/books?id=Kio...resnum=1&ved=0CAcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=&f=false

 

[yukoncoyote]

Never heard of such a thing before. Cool idea. Although it seems like a pretty big extra chunk of gear to carry around. Thanks for the article!

 

[Hokus Grey]

Very cool. Although our soldiers of today make their "Soldiers of Tomorrow" look like pu$$ies. LOL

 

[H2O MAN]

Love the M14 and it's wooden hand guard

 

[ages802]

neat find, thanks for sharing

 

[NeitArms]

I'm a big fan of the "layered nylon armor"... I hear that you can stop a run in it with nail polish.



.. For '59, that's a pretty advanced setup. Funny how they're not that far off center from today's soldiers. Same pieces, newer tech.

 

[shortandlong]

Explosive fox-hole diggers!

I can't ever see those being abused

 

[MPI]

This is the only Soldier of the Future that matters...

 

[Armedsask]

That getup alone would scare off the enemy.

Fox hole digger:

http://books.google.ca/books?id=vkE...resnum=5&ved=0CBUQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=&f=false

Scroll down a bit and check out the flat top cutter for hair.