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The History of the Soldier\'s Load - ROMan - 09-12-2013
Aplogies for those who may be aware of this paper. Be interested to hear any comments.
http://works.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=rob_orr
R.
The History of the Soldier\'s Load - Paul Elliott - 09-12-2013
Quote:Aplogies for those who may be aware of this paper. Be interested to hear any comments.
http://works.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=rob_orr
R.
Super-neat, just what I need right at this moment. Thank you Robert.
The History of the Soldier\'s Load - richsc - 09-12-2013
Wonderful. Can you post this in RAT Facebook or would you mind if I did?
The History of the Soldier\'s Load - ROMan - 09-13-2013
Quote:Wonderful. Can you post this in RAT Facebook or would you mind if I did?
Go ahead! I was actually wondering which would have been a better place to post it.
The History of the Soldier\'s Load - Kegluneq - 09-13-2013
Thank you, that was an excellent paper.
If anyone is interested in the broader biomechanical issues related to excessive load burden, the US military has published a number of papers addressing this very issue which are free to access online. Orr rather downplays the significance of this debate; the weight a soldier carries has a direct impact on their performance and most soldiers now bear a load far over the reasonable limit, for various reasons (the commander's insecurity being one of them). The need to address this has been the focus of a lot of discussion by many armed forces. (I have more sources on this if anyone's interested.)
It's probably fair to suggest that Roman soldiers were unaffected by steady increases in battery weight, however.