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Old 05-16-2019, 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Legbreaker View Post
Of course there is. Real world example of why the figures are rubbish.
I'm sure any other infantryman could say basically the same thing.
In my basic, We had to carry 80lbs (or 75% of body weight if less than 80lbs) for 20 miles under time (6 hours) to graduate basic. The grunts had to do it in like 4 hours. When I was with the Mountain, we had to do 30 miles in 6 hours with "Full Ruck" every month. My combat load as a 60 gunner was 118lbs. Then you see something like this making the news and you just shake your head...

https://youtu.be/2F_3MKYiF_c
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