>high cut high speed low drag larperator helmets have been around at least since WWIIWhat other queergear is older than one would think?
That's nothing, anon. The REAL larperator helmet is from World War 1.
>>65610285There was a slick plate carrier as part of the PASGT suite in the 90s; the ISAPO. Granted, it was supposed to be worn over the flak vest rather than as standalone; but it is for all intents and purposes a modern slick PC.
>>65610310The original Variable Body Armor vest from the 60's could be worn as just a PC too
>>65610285Not sure if it qualifies as "gear" but reflex sights have been around since forever.And as soon as stocked pistols, SMGs, and rifles, that used detachable mags started being issued, soldiers across the world informally started using dump pouches for spent mags. LARPers like to imagine that it's somehow a new invention despite them being in use since WWI. As if the concept of a bag strapped to their belt was just too advanced for anyone to think of before the GWoT.
Carbines with attached grenade launchers have been around for a century. The Italians were early experimenters with the concept and even adopted one for service in 1928.The regular carbine trigger also fires the grenade launcher.To launch grenades, the operator would remove the bolt from the carbine, insert it into the grenade launcher, shove a grenade down the muzzle of the launcher, and chamber a special grenade launching blank round in the launcher.The chamber of the launcher is cut to only accept blanks, so some retarded conscript doesn't chamber and fire a live round directly into a grenade.
>>65610409To note, the grenade launched with this device was fucking tiny. The already underwhelming 40mm grenade was a fucking tsar bomb in comparison.
>>65610430I tried to find reliable specs about these grenades, but the sources seem to contradict each other.As far as I can tell, the size, weight, and explosive charge of these grenades do seem comparable to modern 40mm low pressure grenades.But none of them mention what kind of explosives were used for the filling.Modern 40mm grenades tend to be filled with pretty spicy HE, like RDX.The old Italian grenades were probably filled with TNT, which is significantly weaker.But it's possible they used picric acid, which is roughly in the middle of the two previously mentioned explosives in terms of potency, albeit far less safe to handle and store than either TNT or RDX.
>>65610285The US had high cut helmets during WW2
>>65610468that looks kinda comfy, why didn't this take off?
>>65610285Chest rig
>>65612593It was for aircrew. Probably wasn't worth the extra weight (or loss of coverage with the flaps up/off) for anyone else.
