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    $\begingroup$ Maybe have AI guided projectiles that seek out the joints or slits. $\endgroup$
    – Mike Wise
    Commented Oct 22, 2019 at 4:32
  • $\begingroup$ There's no real reason to believe that graphine armor would leave the wearer less maneuverable... is there? $\endgroup$
    – cowlinator
    Commented Oct 23, 2019 at 1:52
  • $\begingroup$ @cowlinator of course there is. If you want a quick demonstration; locate a very muddy patch, and crawl through it in just clothes. Now take them off and do the same job naked. You will find that every time you put on something that can absorb moisture, moving around with it in mud becomes harder. The padding that comes with graphine armour will be no different. More water absorption, the worse the manoeuvrability. While materials can be coated with hydrophobic chemicals, I have no idea if this would be effective with something of such high surface area. $\endgroup$
    – UKMonkey
    Commented Oct 23, 2019 at 11:49
  • $\begingroup$ Point taken, but I think the comparison being made by the OP is the difference between impenetrable armor (graphine) vs. current penetrable armor (kevlar etc.). Wouldn't those have the same amount of water absorption? $\endgroup$
    – cowlinator
    Commented Oct 23, 2019 at 23:49
  • $\begingroup$ @cowlinator so you're suggesting that 2 armours, with different materials and different padding and different padding thickness, should absorb the same amount of water? $\endgroup$
    – UKMonkey
    Commented Oct 24, 2019 at 6:55