Longer Taliban sprint

[Astromici]

THe US does have "more" body armor. Any insurgent will die from two gunshots, but with the US, the damage varies greatly depending on range and caliber.

[LUKE_NUKE_EM]

But the Americans train like crazy and are in top shape.

[CroCop]

That doesnt change the fact that they carry quite a heavy load

[HMARS]

Yeah, but they also train to get more used to that heavy load.
Also, someone from the middle of Afghanistan is probably not going to have great nutrition; consequently, physically they are going to be in worse shape than a Marine regardless of how much they've trained. MREs may be sort of nasty, but they're a heck of a lot healthier than only eating rice.

[[R-COM]rushn]

rice is very good for you and goat milk too

body armor weighs a lot especially with armor plates, plus add ammo, guns, helmet, MRIs, dressing,knife and etc

[HMARS]

good for you or not, just eating one thing is gonna make you have all sorts of nasty disorders.

[myles]

Originally Posted by HMARS

Yeah, but they also train to get more used to that heavy load.
Also, someone from the middle of Afghanistan is probably not going to have great nutrition; consequently, physically they are going to be in worse shape than a Marine regardless of how much they've trained. MREs may be sort of nasty, but they're a heck of a lot healthier than only eating rice.

They are used to the climate and have less weight so they would be faster and they usally would get an Ok nutrion as the taliban take food from farms and villagers.

[paracowboy]

Originally Posted by LUKE_NUKE_EM

But the Americans train like crazy and are in top shape.

The toughest mainline military training I can think of is the Marine Corps Crucible which is nothing when stacked against 50 mile barefoot runs in the mountains.

[HMARS]

Do keep in mind that's mainline training.
Non-POG marines got through a lot more.