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Found this article on hearing protection for troops.http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/08/army_hearing_loss_082509w/ It's sort of a catch 22; wear hearing protection and your situational awareness goes done. Don't wear hearing protection and after an IED explosion/firefight, your ears are ringing like crazy and you're partially deaf. That's providing you didn't blow an ear drumb from an explosion. Don't really see a winner. One solution could be electronic ear protection, but lets be honest that probably won't work that great out in the field. The 5.56 isn't to bad if it's only a couple rounds, however I put 60 rounds through, the last 10-15 being in rapid session (like a boss ). That's an interesting chart, curious as to why that 9mm is so loud. BTW where does the .40 fit in?
Found this article on hearing protection for troops.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/08/army_hearing_loss_082509w/
It's sort of a catch 22; wear hearing protection and your situational awareness goes done. Don't wear hearing protection and after an IED explosion/firefight, your ears are ringing like crazy and you're partially deaf. That's providing you didn't blow an ear drumb from an explosion. Don't really see a winner.
One solution could be electronic ear protection, but lets be honest that probably won't work that great out in the field.
The 5.56 isn't to bad if it's only a couple rounds, however I put 60 rounds through, the last 10-15 being in rapid session (like a boss ).
That's an interesting chart, curious as to why that 9mm is so loud. BTW where does the .40 fit in?
