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Old 04-06-2019, 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by rcaf_777 View Post
Its an average, soldiers should carry no more 32% of their total body weight or they risk becoming combat ineffective do fatigue
Never going to happen in reality. As mentioned, my webbing alone often weighed about that. Add in pack, etc and I doubt I ever came in at less that 50 kgs, and that at a time when I was only 65kgs myself!

That said, I could carry that load at a fast walk (about 8kph/5mph) pretty much all day long. Make me run more than a few paces though and I was done.
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