Quote Originally Posted by Bill Moore View Post
This is a serious problem that gets talked about a lot, but I have seen little movement to seriously address. The only thing I saw in theory was a walking robot accompanying soldiers carrying their rucks for them. That might work in some situations, but the infantry/SF I grew up in you wanted to avoid being detected if at all possible to enjoy the benefits of surprise (instead of being surprised), and I'm not sure you'll have that with a horse sized robot, but maybe it's quiet if you give it sufficient 3 in 1 oil?
Why not use an actual horse, mule or donkey? They don't need batteries.
The Comanches taught them to be quiet. Mules were used to carry things for the Army soldiers and Apache scouts when they ran down the other Apaches. They worked great and those ops if I remember correctly were paragons of mountain mobility and persistence.