pansikoser
: Well, currently the modern soldier carries around 100lbs of weight into combat. As opposed to the 60lbs of a medieval knight and the 90lbs of an ancient Roman soldier marching with all his gear (though that's cheating a bit cuz they also carry stuff related to building camps)
Mmhmm. There's a scene in Band of Brothers where one of the characters lists out every goddamn thing he's expected to bring when he jumps out the plane:
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sure, the armor might, but I'm not holding out hope that the wearer would
So yeah.