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Originally Posted by Excalibur
Also about saying that most infantry would carry just about 210 rounds isn't always true. From talking to guys I know in the military, they would carry as much ammo as they can carry on top of what they already are carrying.
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I have buddies right now who are still in Iraq and during the HEIGHT of the fighting in Iraq carried more than double that. They were literally carried over 40 extra pounds of just mags and frags in a running gun battle with a bunch of Terrorists around the same time as the battle for Fallujah. Of course they weren't running for MILES, they were actually laying suppressing fire from the rooftops for their buddies in street combat. AIRBORNE troops or long distance Recon may have weight considerations, but troops with ready resupply pack a hellava lot of ammo.