Historical accuracy questions

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Cant we just say that modern day soldier carry what they need and what they need depends on mission, ROE and what kind of unit youre in?
I dont like it when threads go to far off topic

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however, I would love to speak with fellow militaries at a forum that is not exclusive for militarys, since all those forums tend to end up in a ton of threads where people bashing either the yanks or the frenchies or some other nation instead of just talking about the things I wanna talk about. (like the feeling when that red car in central Kabul dont follow the pattern of the rest of the cars and all the people in a four block radius is gone, or how awed you get when you visit a U.S camp for the first time.... I mean, you guys build cities when you go to war, yeez.

ya, sorry, now I got OT, and nostalgia hit me to... Guess I gonna go out and walk memory lane and have smoke now.