Quote Originally Posted by BushrangerCZ View Post
It´s beating the dead horse. Risk aversion is the motto of this war.
If you read back a few posts of mine I accept that half the infantryman's weight is in his personal weapon, his body armour and his water.

The other half would be his 1st line ammo plus a bunch of other stuff, 45 pounds worth.

Agree with you that the chances of the body armour being dumped are slim. But that weight is not the major weight problem (although it has a massive negative effect on mobility). So where to cut?