Military hearing protection?

[possum]

we are supposed to wear ear pro, the green and yellow ear plugs shown above. that is what is issued but as leaders we are happy with whatever ear plugs that they want to wear. however we rarely do. maybe on a long ride on a blackhawk then maybe yeah but for the most part we do not. as in we i mean soldiers in my plt. I personally have a pair of sordin ear pro, they are the same ones that i wear to the range back home, they are elctronice, you can talk to people in a normal tone, but then when a shot is fired, explosion etc it is muffled. i wear these for 2 reasons. 1 because they are supperior in so many ways to plugs IMHO, and 2 they allow me too hook into the comms on the blackhawk for the ride, and i can talk to and or listen to the various radio traffic, and pilots.

 

[essayons21]

I have no idea what they are really called or who makes them, but we wore headsets we called VIC sets. They were similar to the CVC system, but could be used with a standard MICH helmet. Similar to civilian Peltor electronic muffs, plugged into our vehicle radios so we could communicate inside the vehicle and broadcast on the radio. They had a switch that you could turn outside noise on or off.

I was a vehicle gunner, exposed to dozens of IED blasts, we worked with Abrams and had a few main guns shoot over the hood of my truck, and then of course thousands of rounds of .50cal and smaller. Came back and got tested at the VA, and no hearing loss. Just a slight persistent ringing, but I count myself lucky.

IMO hearing protection is one of the best investments the modern Army is making.

 

[Ragnar Danneskjold]

I have no idea what they are really called or who makes them, but we wore headsets we called VIC sets. They were similar to the CVC system, but could be used with a standard MICH helmet. Similar to civilian Peltor electronic muffs, plugged into our vehicle radios so we could communicate inside the vehicle and broadcast on the radio. They had a switch that you could turn outside noise on or off.

I was a vehicle gunner, exposed to dozens of IED blasts, we worked with Abrams and had a few main guns shoot over the hood of my truck, and then of course thousands of rounds of .50cal and smaller. Came back and got tested at the VA, and no hearing loss. Just a slight persistent ringing, but I count myself lucky.

IMO hearing protection is one of the best investments the modern Army is making.

Yep. And with the portable Harris radios you can just plug into that when you dismount and still have commo and ear protection while outside the vehicle. The VIC system is a blessing indeed.

 

[hammerklavier]

When Ive hit the range to find my earplugs had been left behind, I fire off 2 9mm rounds and stick the cases in my ears... works great.

Or maybe it's the firing off two rounds that does it