Quote:
Originally Posted by bash
I'm not sure American doctrine in Iraq, Afghanistan, or even Vietnam WRT equipment would necessarily hold in the Twilight war. It wasn't until the late 90s (our timeline) that deployed soldiers might be expected to have the ISAPO plate carriers. In T2k I think those would be super rare and rarer still in soldier's hands at the time of the game.
|
Fair point. T2k body armor would have been less cumbersome (and effective) that current issue.
Quote:
Originally Posted by bash
The average body armor in T2K would just be the soft PASGT vest which is 3lbs.
|
The PASGT vest is listed at between 7-10 lbs on the sites I checked, and the K-Pot weighs in at 3 lbs.
Regardless, I feel for the grunts that had to hump this much gear through triple canopy jungle and/or under the tropical sun. Note the soldier on the far right of the picture carrying a tube sock full of C-ration cans. It's no wonder the VC and NVA could move much faster on foot.