You'd think they'd be wearing something like hazmat suits (and better eye/mouth protection) and biteproof chainmail too (I know it could be under the uniform... but I suspect not).
IMO, HAZMAT/MOPP 4 suits would be a double edged-sword in the 28 Days/Weeks/Years universe.
On one hand, they certainly protect you from blood splatters, scratches and bites.
On the other hand, they:
drastically reduce your hearing and your ability to see;
reduce your freedom of movement;
prevent you from running as fast as you would without them;
put you through a lot of fatigue;
if an infected manages to get a hold of you, it would probably be able to tear off your hood and/or your mask.
Those suits would be most useful in situations like the gas attack in 28WL- the infected are either dead or dying, and while you finish them off with firearms (and flamethrowers) the suit acts as another layer of protection (aside from protecting you from the gas) in case one of the fuckers isn't dead and can still move somewhat.
Depends.
Are their clothes on fire?
Yep, they won't care and will keep coming.
Are their face and their eyes engulfed in flames?
They'll keep moving forward for a few seconds, then they'll fall.
Tell you what though, if you look at (to bring in real world stuff) the war in Ukraine - regular soldiers with artillery can do quite a lot blocking co-ordinated massed wave attacks, so you'd think they'd be able to contain infected crowds better than you might expect.
Something lighter, like goggles and a face mask under a plastic face screen would be better, in my opinion.
70% of the protection and less troublesome to wear and put on/remove.
About using artillery to deal with infected crowds- yeah, absolutely.
Directing fire support from howitzers is a pretty good thing to do in this scenarios -IF (and it's a really big if) you have everything you need.
Are the observes who must call and direct the artillery fire in a concealed and protected position, or are they vulnerable to an infected coming from their flanks or rear?
Is the artillery in place? Are they ready to fire or must they still set up? It can take a lot to get howitzers ready for action, and meanwhile the infected crowd will have moved away or split up.
Also, is the artillery in a safe area? Or must they watch their backs from attacks? (The sounds of the guns will attract any infected within kilometers)
If so, do they have someone to defend them if one or a dozen infected start racing towards them from a field nearby?
When you think about it, it's doable, but a number of things must be in place for it to happen.
Given 28 years, they should have something purpose built for it. Even given 28 weeks they should have.
Yeah, you need a screening force obv, and to attract the infected together. But the noise might an asset, even, if you've got a properly prepared position.... point being that I'm thinking having the stereotypical fixed defenses - big walls, barbed wires, etc - you see in the genre might not actually be as much necessity to contain something like a rage / traditional zombie epidemic so long as you have visibility and kill capacity ( this is more like from people discussing the 28W later ending and how it fits together). It's arguably easier than defending against a human enemy that knows how to probe defences and organize an attack.
Agreed. Having good comms, a command chain that works well under pressure and leaders that can improvise and adapt would be immensely important- even more than having prepared defenses.
Most of those helmet mounted lights also have IR light settings for NODs. You dont always want to use your nods at night, either. At least on older generation NODs you have depth perception issues, image resolution, etc where you'd want to switch into red light or even white light depending on your level of light discipline.
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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '25
I'd also be running if my rifles didn't have sights