lt is especially hard to convince people, extremely hard if they are experts but USAF was in the game of designing suicide aircraft. The armour depicted here meant to keep the pilot alive until the crash, so there was no need to provide for a bail out attempt. Until a better idea came along. lf Northrop says he designed the P-79 for ramming, l don't know why historians insist "No, he didn't".
Of course this hypothetical enemy which calls for such extreme measures is "murky" by all means. But China comes to mind, where the Japanese were reported to have dropped "Manned Bombs" in 1938 and could have been a response of sorts. Manpower being "no problem" with regards to Chinese Army size.