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AvonKerr and Surprised Seagull gave great answers.

But in case people are curious about specifics, an NIJ rated bomb suit has to withstand the detonation of 1.25 lbs (~567 grams) of C4 at a distance of 2 feet (~0.6 m). For reference, the Claymore mine has 680 grams of HE filler, which is around 20% more than the test charge.

In addition, the intensity of an explosion pressure wave declines with the cube of the distance from the explosion. Someone standing 2 feet away experiences around 8x less blast pressure than if the explosive were strapped to them.

Strapping a Claymore mine directly onto a bomb suit is essentially just suicide bombing with more steps. It is simply a larger charge at a closer distance than the suit was designed for.

AvonKerr and Surprised Seagull gave great answers.

But in case people are curious about specifics and don't want to look through the comments, an NIJ rated bomb suit has to withstand the detonation of 1.25 lbs (~567 grams) of C4 at a distance of 2 feet (~0.6 m). For reference, the Claymore mine has 680 grams of C4 filler, which is around 20% more than the test charge.

In addition, the intensity of an explosion pressure wave declines with the cube of the distance from the explosion. Someone standing 2 feet away experiences around 8x less blast pressure than if the explosive were strapped to them (which would definitely kill them).

AvonKerr and Surprised Seagull gave great answers.

But in case people are curious about specifics, an NIJ rated bomb suit has to withstand the detonation of 1.25 lbs (~567 grams) of C4 at a distance of 2 feet (~0.6 m). For reference, the Claymore mine has 680 grams of HE filler, which is around 20% more than the test charge.

In addition, the intensity of an explosion pressure wave declines with the cube of the distance from the explosion. So someone standing 2 feet away experiences around 8x less blast pressure than if the explosive were strapped to them, which would definitely kill the person.

AvonKerr and Surprised Seagull gave great answers.

But in case people are curious about specifics, an NIJ rated bomb suit has to withstand the detonation of 1.25 lbs (~567 grams) of C4 at a distance of 2 feet (~0.6 m). For reference, the Claymore mine has 680 grams of HE filler, which is around 20% more than the test charge.

In addition, the intensity of an explosion pressure wave declines with the cube of the distance from the explosion. Someone standing 2 feet away experiences around 8x less blast pressure than if the explosive were strapped to them.

Strapping a Claymore mine directly onto a bomb suit is essentially just suicide bombing with more steps. It is simply a larger charge at a closer distance than the suit was designed for.

AvonKerr and Surprised Seagull gave great answers.

But in case people are curious about specifics, an NIJ rated bomb suit has to withstand the detonation of 1.25 lbs (~567 grams) of C4 at a distance of 2 feet (~0.6 m). For reference, the Claymore mine has 680 grams of HE filler, which is around 20% more than the test charge.

In addition, the intensity of an explosion pressure wave declines with the cubed root of the distance from the explosion. So someone standing 2 feet away experiences around 9x less blast pressure than if the explosive were strapped to them, which would definitely kill the person.

AvonKerr and Surprised Seagull gave great answers.

But in case people are curious about specifics, an NIJ rated bomb suit has to withstand the detonation of 1.25 lbs (~567 grams) of C4 at a distance of 2 feet (~0.6 m). For reference, the Claymore mine has 680 grams of HE filler, which is around 20% more than the test charge.

In addition, the intensity of an explosion pressure wave declines with the cube of the distance from the explosion. So someone standing 2 feet away experiences around 8x less blast pressure than if the explosive were strapped to them, which would definitely kill the person.