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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)[reply]

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)[reply]


Actual Use?

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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)[reply]

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


Bulletproof?

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

Spelling

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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)[reply]

Spam tag

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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)[reply]

No citations.

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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)[reply]

Merger proposal

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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"? --ErgoSumtalktrib 16:18, 28 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Correct naming?

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"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).

194.66.32.10 (talk) 14:44, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]