Re: Backpacks, Water Bottles, and Doctrine

At 1:32 PM +1000 10/15/99, Alan E and Carmel J Brain wrote:
>
>If ever there was a misnomer, it's the phrase "Light Infantry". You can
>always tell them, they're the huge 120+ kg guys loaded with 60+ kg of
>pack, navigation aids, satellite comms, night-vision gear, plus
weaponry
>on top of that.

More like what the Romans would have called "Heavy Infantry". Marius' 
Mules carried 60-70kg if memory serves. The only light part of a 
Light Division is in the noncombatant arms and in air transport 
requirements. The guys at the sharp end have just as much stuff as 
everybody else in a professional army.

Michael Carter Llaneza
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