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Carrying the weight
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Cuirass: 4-5 kg.
Helmet and crest: 2 kg.
Greaves: 1 kg
Aspis: 6-7 kg
Spear: 1 kg
Sword: 1 kg.
Clothing: 2 kg
Total: no more than 19 kg.

The average US rifle platoon soldier's load is over 40 kg.
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen & Sword Books
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Carrying the weight - by Anatol Wyss - 06-22-2016, 02:11 PM
RE: Carrying the weight - by Dan Howard - 06-22-2016, 02:31 PM
RE: Carrying the weight - by Anatol Wyss - 06-22-2016, 03:02 PM
RE: Carrying the weight - by Justin Boyle - 08-07-2016, 10:01 PM
RE: Carrying the weight - by Dan Howard - 08-08-2016, 01:26 AM
RE: Carrying the weight - by Gunthamund Hasding - 08-08-2016, 06:05 AM
RE: Carrying the weight - by Giannis K. Hoplite - 05-15-2017, 03:50 PM
RE: Carrying the weight - by Gunthamund Hasding - 05-15-2017, 05:54 PM
RE: Carrying the weight - by M. Val. Naso - 05-15-2017, 06:17 PM
RE: Carrying the weight - by Feinman - 05-16-2017, 03:02 PM
RE: Carrying the weight - by Giannis K. Hoplite - 05-16-2017, 10:55 PM
RE: Carrying the weight - by Anatol Wyss - 01-16-2018, 10:31 PM

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