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I don’t think any of them had body armour. The weight would have been mainly ammo, food and batteries. But it was over soft marshy ground.
by gaius 8y ago
I don’t think any of them had body armour. The weight would have been mainly ammo, food and batteries. But it was over soft marshy ground.
- swish_bob 8y agoThey didn't have body armour, no, and fewer batteries. You can get a fair idea of what how little they were carrying compared to current deployments from https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205194942 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205194942 Allegedly RM commandos deployed in Afghanistan are carrying roughly twice the load ...