MAB:
Spoken like a man who rides for a living. 
Those little 2 lb. items have a way of adding up. 100 lbs. of lightweight gear still weighs 100 lbs.
The basic soldier already has way more stuff than he can carry. It is a zero sum game. You add two pounds, you have to take away two pounds of something else. Like food. Or my spare pair of socks.
Given that, I'll take the 20 rounds of 40mm over the 5 rifle grenades, any day.
On the RPG, I would tend to agree with you on that one. We copied the wrong German AT weapon. The Carl Gustav and 90mm RCL were nice, but the launchers (and ammo) are very heavy.
TR
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