A ramble on the development of power armour-standing at the edge of tomorrow to see the future of individual armed development

"The Edge of Tomorrow" starring Tom Cruise has been released recently, and even without mentioning the strange story, the hero's wearing the power armor is enough to attract fans ' attention. In fact, power is not only a sci-fi film will appear in the game, it has been considered to be the future development of individual armed forces ...

So, let's take advantage of the movie aggressively, to talk about power armour.

It is generally believed that the first appearance of power is in Robert Heinlei's science fiction "star Ship Paratroopers" (is the original film "Galaxy", but in fact, two versions of the difference is quite large). In his work, the science-fiction master described the powerful power of power armour with advanced thinking, and later became the design reference of countless works, which was accepted in the modern military field.

Unlike the tragic tactics in the movie, the soldier in the Star ship Trooper, who wears a power-armour, has a far superior mobility and heavy firepower, and has a strong sense of battlefield perception, and several of these soldiers can sweep through a large number of Zerg in the region.

Power A can make the ordinary soldier become "Superman", benefit from it all over the human body of the hydraulic transmission system joints. The pressure sensor identifies muscle tightening to judge what the person is going to do, and then mechanically gives the wearer a precise complement to the force, making it seem "powerful", allowing him to carry more, jump higher, and run faster. If the future is to be equipped with life-sustaining systems, imaging equipment, data chains and other technologies in power armour, then even one soldier can become a heavy fire platform.

One of the two most popular types of marine equipment in science fiction is the humanoid machine, and the other is the Power armour. People often generalize that they are just artistic creations. In fact, the power of a more reliable than the former, it can greatly enhance the capacity of individual combat, but there is no human machine armor difficult to solve the problem of the projectile surface too large and structural strength.

Let's talk about the power armor that appears in the game, and you'll find that this seemingly tall thing is actually very common.

1. StarCraft

We may not realize that the Marines, nicknamed "Riflemen", are wearing the same power armor, so they can have fairly good mobility, not as hard as the heavy Armor rider.

In the game set, the machine gun soldiers have the power to withstand the damage of the environment in the universe, integration can allow people to survive without replenishment for several days of life cycle, but also equipped with navigation, targeting, data and other ancillary systems, improve combat capabilities. Yes, we are familiar with the built-in stimulant injections essential.

Although the gunner's power armour seems strong, it is not much better than a puppy for balance.

2, Battle hammer 40000

The first edition of "Battle Hammer 40000", launched in 1987, has a much longer history, but its popularity in China is not as high as StarCraft because of its late entry, but it does not affect the power-nail enthusiasts ' love of it at a glance.

The Star Corps ' MKVII dual-head Eagle-powered armor is a far more powerful weapon than a weak-blown machine-gun. The heavy ceramic composite deck provides excellent defensive power, and the electrical muscle bundles make them agile; Other ancillary systems are also readily available. The Marines have been transformed to be "Superman", the power of a more powerful combat.

In addition to the Star Marines who have power armour, there are a lot of powerful forces in the world of battle hammer.

The strong fantasy atmosphere of battle hammer 40000 makes these armor full of Gothic beauty, and even if you are not interested in the bizarre techniques, you will be amazed at their exquisite and gorgeous design.

3, Halo

To say that the most famous power in the country, perhaps the master of the "Thor Hammer" should be ranked first, thanks to the "Halo" itself and the excellent quality of the chief of the Super God performance.

Like other works, Thor has all the power of a powerful function should have, in particular, the chief officer's equipment with the reaction furnace and shields of the second generation of armor, and the deterioration of the third generation of the contrast. The shield, which can recover energy automatically, gives the player a deep impression in the game, which is almost one of the main reasons why a petty officer is so powerful.

From the plot, the second generation of Thor seems to be more powerful than similar products in other works, in the novel, The Spartan Warrior has completed the atmospheric space drop by armor alone, although the casualties are heavy, but there are still people who can survive has already explained how the defense of this equipment is so contrary to the sky ...

4. Radiation

The two power systems in the radiation world are divided between the steel brotherhood and the Anglo-Clay pair. Unlike previous sci-fi works, the decline of technology in the waste world, coupled with the deliberate 60-style of the game, makes the design of these devices seem antiquated, but in the eyes of retro fans it is not a rough feeling.

Technically, neither the t-51b of the steel Brotherhood nor the Tesla of the British clay could be compared with those of the above, but their superior defensive and three abilities were enough to allow those who wore it to run amok in the nuclear war world. When you finally put them on in the game, that excitement and accomplishment is hard to say.

Of course, the game in order to be difficult to consider, greatly weakened the performance of the Power armour. You don't have to spit in the setup. Can a dozen 10 of the power of a soldier is killed by a knife.

5. Call of Duty

Although the game has not yet been introduced, but a trailer is enough for the power of enthusiasts to scream. In just a few minutes of video there are various types of armor, called "Feast" is not too.
"Call of Duty: Advanced War" is short, but it embodies the advantages of power armour, such as stronger protection, jump higher and so on. It is worth mentioning that the story is due to occur in the near future, so its dynamic armor is closer to the actual "dynamic exoskeleton", we can see a glimpse of the future war.

" in reality

There's a double quote in the little headline, it's because this system, as mentioned above, is more known as the "dynamic Exoskeleton," which, after all, has not yet been able to be armored, but to cover itself like an insect's exoskeleton, providing additional impetus.

The earliest start of the development of power exoskeleton should be in 1960, by the United States of General Electric began to study, and then developed so far, its principle and function has not changed much. This can not help but let people sigh Heinlein because of ideas ahead.

In the United States, the more famous power products are Raytheon's XOS and Lockheed Martin's HULC, they are different in shape, but the use of similar. XOS can easily lift 90 kilograms of heavy weights, HULC selling point is exactly the same. It's no cinch to wear them for a long trek or a high-speed sprint. For now, HULC seems to be more advanced, because it has a lithium-polymer battery built in, and XOS needs wires to connect.

Russia's "warrior-21" exoskeleton is much more windy than a slightly pristine appearance in the U.S., and it looks very good with a futuristic black look. It is reported that even in full load state, wearing Warriors-21 of soldiers can also reach 16 kilometers per hour speed. But the Russian system, which requires soldiers to manipulate and carry a certain weight, lags behind the American idea of "not wasting energy, not needing distraction".

China is also developing exoskeleton technology, and has also made initial progress. In appearance, it is the American way, but much simpler. In the actual test, the person wearing the exoskeleton can carry 35 kilograms of heavy backpack, but feel like carrying a common shoulder bag. With the energy provided by the motor, the tester easily climbed a crater with a certain depth.

Art works focus on higher than life, so in science fiction works we see a large number of cool shape performance of the powerful power, but the reality of human beings just do the "exoskeleton", distance from the integrated information system of the armor still has a certain distance. However, these difficulties can be overcome.

In fact, we should not look only at the battlefield, because the power auxiliary system in addition to military, in the civil aspects of the same can be a big shine, such as rescue, fire, construction and so on.

Dynamic exoskeleton, Power armour is the future of mankind will certainly go a road, but a new technology should be to benefit the world, not to destroy it. Hopefully, when technology finally matures, we will see it more where the masses need it, not on the bloody battlefield.