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Old 12-25-2019, 08:46 AM
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As a former 11B paratrooper, I routinely on training road marches carried as much as my weight in gear. They didn't make us hump so much during Desert Storm (providing our platoon with a couple of HMMWVs for the purpose), but I still had my M16A2, 380 rounds of ammo, a Dragon Missile and CLU, and my normal tactical gear or things like an MRE in my leg pocket. Since I was a squad leader, I also had NODs in my butt pack. Everything probably added up to near 80 pounds, maybe more (and remember, I only weighed about 145 pounds at the time, though I was solid and wiry.)
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