Modern body armour adds to the already enormous loads for modern soldiers.
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With weapons, food, batteries and other gear, US infantry in Iraq and Afghanistan sometimes carried as much as 100lbs (45 kg) of kit while on foot patrols, and although some improvements in body armour technology such as the introduction of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), may eventually reduce the weight, its still a real bulky weight.
