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Both global temperatures and the average infantryman's kit weight have been steadily creeping up and show no signs of stopping their upward trends. What technologies and doctrines can a modern military employ to prevent heatstroke and heat exhaustion for individual soldiers?
As I understand it, the policy in the middle east was basically "drink a ton of water", but what about areas of the globe with extremely high humidity where sweating to stay cool isn't effective?
tldr; If the U.S. was to go back to vietnam today, how would we prevent soldiers from sweating to death underneath modern levels of armor?
As I understand it, the policy in the middle east was basically "drink a ton of water", but what about areas of the globe with extremely high humidity where sweating to stay cool isn't effective?
tldr; If the U.S. was to go back to vietnam today, how would we prevent soldiers from sweating to death underneath modern levels of armor?