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Now,,, If they can get 2nd Lt Ridley to wear this gizmo, and do 300 on the PT test..

Army's Third-Arm Gun Mount Aims to Lessen Burden of Heavy Weapons
Stars and Stripes | 4 Apr 2017

Soldiers may one day be equipped with a mechanical third arm to lessen the burden of heavy weapons and free their hands for other tasks.

With the weight of firearms expected to increase with improving technology, the Army is testing out a body-worn gun mount as a possible solution, officials said in a statement.

The passive mechanical appendage, which looks like something out of an "Inspector Gadget" cartoon, is made of a carbon-fiber composite weighing less than 4 pounds and attaches to soldiers' protective vests.

"We're looking at a new way for the soldier to interface with the weapon," Zac Wingard, a mechanical engineer for the Army Research Laboratory's Weapons and Materials Research Directorate, told the Army News Service. "It is not a product; it is simply a way to study how far we can push the ballistic performance of future weapons without increasing soldier burden."

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2...C=eb_170405.nl