Oct 20, 2022
American soldiers undergo battle training in the build up to D-day. The assault course consisted a 200 yard obstacle race with rifle and pack, to be completed in four minutes - England 1944
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American soldiers undergo battle training in the build up to D-day. The assault course consisted a 200 yard obstacle race with rifle and pack, to be completed in four minutes - England 1944
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Hi guys! I'm back! 😊 My fitbit strap finally arrived, and I'm able to post my stats. Today, I found myself completing a rope obstacle course, 10ft off the ground. The third time, I was blindfolded 😵 I definitely felt like Lara Croft today 💪🔥
The Knight, the Firefighter and the Infantryman
This interesting video created for an exhibition at the Swiss Military Museum at the Castle of Morges compares the mobility and flexibility of an armoured knight, a modern infantryman and a firefighter, from the Fribourg Fire Brigade, during an assault course run. The assault course is at one of the Swiss Army’s training centres, the Place d’Armes de Biere. The Infantryman is wearing modern Swiss military uniform and equipment including sidearm and SIG 550 rifle.
The load carried by the three men is similar but distributed differently. While not a strictly scientific test it does demonstrate how mobile a medieval knight could be if he was fit, which knights and men-at-arms invariably were. The armoured knight wearing 29kg of armour (slightly more than the firefighter and 2kg less than the modern infantryman) was able to come second of the three men. He was actually able to navigate the obstacles slightly better than the firefighter (because of the more equal weight distribution).
It would have been interesting to see how the knight would have coped carrying a weapon such as a sword or pole axe and a shield as both the infantryman and firefighter were carrying their equipment. The end of the video also included some interesting data including heart rates and blood levels.
The video goes a long way to help dispel the myth that the medieval armoured knight was an inflexible, immobile warrior who once unhorsed was defenceless.
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Rope Entanglement by FotoFling Scotland Via Flickr: Luss Highland Games 2015