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In article <1993Jan26.184945.14910@Csli.Stanford.EDU> cower@csli.stanford.edu (Richard Cower) writes:
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#How much ammo does the Army footsoldier take with him/her (?) these days?

hearsay about infantry boot camp in switzerland:

get 1000 rds
march for 10 kms
shoot 100 rds
march again
give back 900 rds

from personal experience in communicatiosn bootcamp and one 'tour'

none
6 rds on guard duty
they handit to you before you go to the range and collect excess after you
leave (ok, so we're not at war...)
there was a motion a few years back trying to force the army not to use
live ammo in service during non war times, except for shooting practice,ie
no guarding wiht live ammo

#How quickly can they get more? Does the amount being carried vary depending 
#on the branch of service (ie...does the Marine carry more/less?)? I can 

i would hope so. imagine a pilto lugging along tons of 'personal' ammo :-)


cu
-pete



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