Originally posted by ZULU
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Anyway, i am gonna give it a rest now as obviously this is falling on deaf ears.In a weird way i have actually defended a pratice that i actually curse myself i.e carrying inappropiate kit.But the way i was trained and the way the army still trains its troops is that your fighting order,unless mech inf,includes daysack.Personally as i have stated it should be mission specific.You carry what you need for the task in hand.Now if i was doing a stand alone Pl attack in kilworth and i knew i was gonna be finished the ex in an hour and then back to camp then my daysack would be left on the tpt.On the other hand if i was doing a 8-12 hour coy/bn adv to contact where i have to aim off for adverse weather,carry my rations for the day and carry reserve ammo then daysack all the way.
As for the magazines issue,well thats not for me to change.I agree i would prefer to carry all my ammo bombed up.But it seldom happens.
To conclude the question was are we getting overloaded?Probably yes,can we do anything about it ?Yes,only carry what you need.Nothing else,but you will still need spare carrying capacity for when some Sgt hands you extra link,mortar rds etc.Could we drop our daysacks during an assault? No.Its not practical.Is my opinion right or wrong?Who knows,i have merely stated the way we train our people and our practices and as we seem to take all our practices from our anglo cousins who are fighting two wars at present and have more combat experience then any of us here will most likely ever have,then who am i to question?
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