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Soldiers are regularly required to work in hot environments whilst wearing protective body armour (BA). However, BA is impermeable and decreases the torso surface area available for evaporative heat losses [1]. Consequently, an elevation in body core temperature was observed with early versions of BA [2,3]. In recent years, the size (and surface area coverage) of BA has decreased and laboratory simulations have shown that this newer BA does not increase the physiological load to the same extent as previous systems [4]. Anecdotally, however, Australian soldiers continue to report feeling an increased thermal burden when wearing BA. Therefore, we investigated the disconnect between experience and laboratory trials of the thermal impact of wearing BA in a warm jungle environment. |
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