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Originally Posted by NousDefionsDoc
...and the weights you will encounter operationally could cripple a Missouri mule.
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I cannot emphasize how accurate this is. During the first Gulf War we'd run some clearing operations dismounted and between our flak vest, and LBE's fully loaded you're talking about 30-40 pounds just on that alone. Add a 120-140 pound rucksack on top of that and you're talking brutal weights.
.02 FWIW