And furthermore, modern soldiers have big ceramic plates that protect their torso from bullets (Most other stuff can't stand up to rifle fire).
Ever lifted ceramic flooring tiles? Stuff is heavy.
This explains a lot.Originally Posted by Henry Ford
I believe the average soldier has somewhere around 70...something, I can't remember the unit it was in, compared to 30 for a full set of plate armor. (That was excluding weaponry, but including the soldiers backpack. Depending on the soldier, it may be more or less. Weapons, for both, are a bit of a variable, but I do believe most modern assault rifles are a bit more than something like a sword or ax.)