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1. Modern US infantrymen patrol with gear that must be damn near 50% bodyweight if not more. As for the Roman legionaries, who set up a fortified camp every nig

1. Modern US infantrymen patrol with gear that must be damn near 50% bodyweight if not more. As for the Roman legionaries, who set up a fortified camp every night, a marathon and a half? On the very rare forced march, maybe. As a matter of practice, no. 2. Didn't the Tutsis have a mound that they launched from?

bootload 17y ago
"... Modern US infantrymen patrol with gear that must be damn near 50% bodyweight if not more. As for the Roman legionaries, who set up a fortified camp every night, a marathon and a half? ..." USMC require individuals to be able to march 50Miles in battle order per day. Don't know for how long they can keep this up for. But to give you an idea how far people can be pushed the best time for the in Melbourne is 100Km/h (62 Ml) for a team of four to traverse the course is 10 hours and 35 minutes, over rough terrain. They must be pretty fit because the "Queen's Gurkha Signals Regiment HK" team ran it 11 hours 27 minutes in 2003 ~ http://www2.oxfam.org.au/trailwalker/Melbourne/about/history.aspx http://www2.oxfam.org.au/trailwalker/Melbourne/about/history...