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When I did some work with the defense industry, I was told many soldiers carried more weight in batteries than in ammo nowadays
by avs733 9y ago
When I did some work with the defense industry, I was told many soldiers carried more weight in batteries than in ammo nowadays
- clarkmoody 9y agoHuge argument in favor of interoperability of subsystems: if all the gadgets could recharge one another or had a common battery type, then your spares could be split among gadgets. Bonus points if other bits of hardware could be shared. Extra bonus points for software interoperability (long shot).
- ryanx435 9y agoThey do have the same battery, the bb2590. It's completely standardized for all modern military equipment. The problem is that if you are going on a week long mission you need enough batteries to last a week plus extra in case something goes wrong. Source: I'm a veteran.