The Infantryman 2000 was a

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concept developed by Scicon Limited in 1984 intended to be used by the

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in the year 2000. The project was cancelled before it could advance beyond

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stages.

Equipment

Helmet

The helmet had a tinted screen with an internal head up display,

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rangefinder and an

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to give 360 degrees vision, internal speaker/radio and filtration equipment.

Suit

The suit had an internal heating system to regulate the

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. It was also thick enough to withstand

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agents, but able to give an equal sense of touch to the soldiers own skin. The boots had

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sensing devices to detect

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Backpack

The backpack had a high speed

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connected to the helmet, boots, programming pad, gloves and weapon. Also the backpack has twin ground to air launchers.

Weapon

The weapon was intended as a 4.7mm caseless/10mm

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launching

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with an offset handle/scope. There are some reports two functioning prototypes were completed apart from the PR & ergonomic handling mockups.

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