Clothing 5.397 kg.
Equipment[1] 3,964 "
Baggage[2] 5.600 "
Arms and ammunition 8.507 "
Rations (including breakfast). 3.238 "
Total 26.706 kg.
To this must be added intrenching tools:
Small spade and scabbard 0.89 kg.
Hatchet 1.08 "
Mattock 1.48 "
Load with spade 27.596 "
COMPARISON.[3]
==========+==========+========+========+==========+=========+==============
| Without | With |Clothing| Weight of|Weight of| Weight of
| spades. | spades.| |knapsacks.| rifles. |ammunition.[4]
+++++-+
Germany | 26.706 | 27.596 | 5.397 | 20.919 | 4.707 | 4.714 kg.
| | | | | |
Austria[5]| 26.615 | 26.443 | 4.428 | 22.187 | 4.200 | 4.080 "
| | | | | |
Russia | 28.216 | 29.206 | 4.000 | 22.622 | 4.576 | 3.426 "
| | | | | |
France | 26.125 | | 6.222 | 19.903 | 5.049 | 3.675 "
| | | | | |
Italy | 29.135[6]| | 5.993 | 23.143 | 4.505 | 4.320 "
| | | | | |
Japan | 26.365 | | 3.475 | 22.890 | 4.435 | 3.600 "
+++++-+
- ↑ Tent equipment 1.620 kg.
- ↑ Iron ration, 2.388 kg. The British soldier carries only a 269 g. ration on
his person, sufficient for 26 hours. It consists of two parts, one containing cocoa
paste, the other concentrated extract of beef (Pemmican). - ↑ According to Journal of Military Scientific Societies, 1906.
- ↑ Italy 162, Japan and Germany 150, the other states 120 rounds per
man. - ↑ Depending on whether the man carries intrenching tools (front
rank only) cooking utensils (rear rank and a few men of the front rank). - ↑ Alpini carry 32.096 kg.
