Army
Next Generation Body Armour Giving Future Soldiers The Edge
Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion The Rifles (3 RIFLES) are currently in America's Deep South.
They are training alongside their US colleagues while also testing the British Army's latest protective kit, Virtus.
Today's infantry soldier is meant to fight light, leaving behind anything non-essential. That means that their kit needs to be streamlined.
The new personal protective system is designed to combat some of the problems experienced with the older kit worn in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Virtus is lighter, slimmer and more flexible than its predecessor, designed to give the future soldier more comfort, mobility and endurance.
In the second of her exclusive reports from Louisiana, Ali Gibson looks at how Virtus is performing on Exercise Rattlesnake and whether it's really suited to the demands of today's modern soldier.
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