Talk:Bombsuit

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I'm pretty sure this article should be expanded, merged with body armor or deleted. Anyone want to expand it? GutterMonkey 04:33, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Bomb suits are a highly specialised subtype of body armor not intended for general usage by a, say, riflemen.--79.139.166.114 (talk) 18:34, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Actual Use?

We see these things in movies and stuff all the time, but are they actually still used? I can't imagine that they'd actually protect the wearer from a couple of sticks of TNT at a range close enough to defuse the bomb. Is this article here as a part of military history, or is it current? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.3.111.41 (talk) 11:00, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

They are actually used: Development of a Bomb Suit Standard Hohum (talk) 19:37, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Bulletproof?

Are these things bulletproof?--79.139.166.114 (talk) 18:35, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Spelling

Almost always bomb suit with a space: see e.g. Google Books search results. That is probably the main spelling Wikipedia should use. 86.131.98.77 (talk) 10:40, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Spam tag

There's no rationale here for the spam tag; and it doesn't seem promotionally written to me. Therefore I'm removing it. 87.194.8.35 (talk) 22:46, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

No citations.

Where are the citations? Seriously, how can anyone take this article for anything more than an anecdote; if there are no citations?'''Aryeonos''' (talk) 21:17, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Merger proposal

I was just about to slap a merger tag on this article when I noticed it already had one. Advanced Bomb Suit is simply a rehashing of this article and should be merged with this one. Also, shouldn't the title of this article be "bomb suit" not "bombsuit"? --ErgoSum•talk•trib 16:18, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Agreed on both counts, they even share an image. Maybe move the ABS-specific parts of the ABS article to a section of the generic BS one.--81.86.106.14 (talk) 00:51, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

The advanced bomb suit is not a type of Bomb suit but rather the U.S. Army's name for it's bombsuit. Marcus Qwertyus 02:42, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Correct naming?

"Bomb suit" seems quite an informal name compared to "EOD suit". The page already refers to EOD technicians via their correct name. Of the page references:

• 3 refer to "bombs" due to discussing historical subject matter.
• 1 notes that "bomb disposal" is now known as "EOD" (but doesn't refer to the suits at all).
• 1 includes manufacturer data where the term "EOD" is used throughout.
• 3 aren't linked, but the names refers to "Explosive Ordnance Disposal Personal Protective Equipment (EOD PPE)", "Explosive Ordnance Disposal", and "Explosives Ordnance Disposal (EOD) suits".
• 2 aren't linked and the names include neither term (these are the same reference btw).

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