Wat r the steps that modern troops use to cope with all the noise 4rm the guns and bazookas?

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please i really want to know

Answer 1

As an army medic, I issued every soldier what were called "combat earplugs". Believe it or not, these pieces of rubber and plastic cost $13 a pair, even for us. A yellow side keeps SUPPOSEDLY keeps out a certain pitch of noises (e.g., gunfire, artillery, explosions, etc.) while still allowing you to hear pitches that fall in the range of human voices. I can tell you from experience that it didn't really work very well.

The green side supposedly blocked out all noise, including voices. That side worked better, but still not outstanding. At first, no one ever wore them because it was too hard to hear the radio and other people in a combat environment. Then, a few Soldiers had their tympanic membrane (eardrum) blown out when an IED struck near to them and were permanently deaf in the affected ear. This caused more Soldiers to wear them, but to be honest the numbers just kept decreasing because the Soldiers lost them, found them inconvenient, uncomfortable, etc.

Many Soldiers, such as drivers of tanks and M113s (APCs, or track ambulances, e.g.) are supposed to wear "double hearing protection" (which equals a CVC helmet plus a set of earplugs) because of the incredible noise of the vehicle. I don't think I ever saw anyone do this. They wear the CVC but not the earplugs.

The noise of the vehicles is the most common and persistently damaging noise. IEDs are the most destructive acute noise that a Soldier might be exposed to. The RPGs and gunfire (even your own, which is the worst, noise-wise) is minor in comparison.

Hope that helps!

Nathan

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Earplugs, plain and simple; even the yellow foam plugs you use at the range are used by the military to keep unwanted high pitch noise out (like the crack of weapons and rocket launchers) while still retaining some sense of hearing for operating radios or listening to squad commands.

Answer 4

Ear plugs for training, during combat you just go deaf. Your hearing comes back after a while.

Answer 5

Sometimes they'll wear hearing protection and they usually will in training but otherwise they just have to get used to it.