Inventories of War

[TheCommandTent]

Inventories of war: soldiers' kit from 1066 to 2014

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/11006139/Inventories-of-war-soldiers-kit-from-1066-to-2014.html?frame=2994148


A very cool gallery of pictures showing what a soldier took to war through many different conflicts.

[mirth]

Great pics! Thanks for the link.

[Barthheart]

That's an astounding series of pics! 1000 years of fighting soldiers kit. Thanks for posting that.  O0

[bayonetbrant]

very cool - shared on Facebook, too

[Airborne Rifles]

Very cool. I'm always fascinated by how much hasn't really changed in military kit in the past thousand years. Of course, the infantry is always loaded down, lighter weapons and equipment are just an excuse to add more of something else.

[TheCommandTent]

Some of the captions were very interesting like the one stating the fact that in every kit no matter the time period there is always a spoon.  (If you look close you can find them all)  And then this quote

Each picture depicts the bandages, bayonets and bullets of survival, and the hooks on which humanity hangs: letter paper, prayer books and Bibles.