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To: LindyBill who wrote (26635)	4/23/2002 5:52:50 AM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Hi LindyBill; Re heavy, bulky and hot. The elite military forces of the world have been outfitted with equipment with that description, with the addition of a few more adjectives like "expensive", "effective", and "difficult to learn to use" since Homer. I doubt it will change much in the future. But certainly soldiers are outfitted with gear nowadays that's less heavy, bulky and hot than what obtained in the Bronze Era. Bronze is relatively soft, so it took thick pieces to make effective armor. Soldiers traditionally didn't put it on until they were within sight of the enemy. It was so heavy that most of the members of an army were detailed to carry it around for the fighters who would put it on at the very last possible minute. The middle ages, with steel armor wasn't a hell of a lot better. They had to breed special horses to carry all that metal around. If a guy fell down, he couldn't get back up. And of course anyone who's picked up an unsporterized Springfield can attest to how much the weight the soldiers in WW1 carried around. -- Carl

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