@CyberDyme wrote:
Maybe somebody here online knows the the real-life requirements for a special forces soldier, to compare @YT_SMKGAMING interesting BF speed analytics to real life?
Special stricter requirements are in place for load-bearing branches like infantry or artillery, which I guess would be the best benchmark for our BF soldiers running fully loaded here. 😀
Standard running requirement for a US marine in combat fitness is to run the 880 yards "Movement to Contact test" in less than 2 minutes and 45 seconds. So like 805 meters in under 165 seconds. So approx. 17.6 km/h. But that is without the gear.
Anybody aware of official test targets for soldiers fully loaded out?
@CyberDyme wrote:
Maybe somebody here online knows the the real-life requirements for a special forces soldier, to compare @YT_SMKGAMING interesting BF speed analytics to real life?
Special stricter requirements are in place for load-bearing branches like infantry or artillery, which I guess would be the best benchmark for our BF soldiers running fully loaded here. 😀
Standard running requirement for a US marine in combat fitness is to run the 880 yards "Movement to Contact test" in less than 2 minutes and 45 seconds. So like 805 meters in under 165 seconds. So approx. 17.6 km/h. But that is without the gear.
Anybody aware of official test targets for soldiers fully loaded out?
@CyberDyme as a former US Army Armor branch combat veteran (I was an embedded Advisor in an Iraqi Infantry company while deployed) we didn't have any specific APFT physical requirements separate from non-Combat Arms branch but the new ACFT may have changed that since I've been out. Now we do have internal branch cultural norms saying "X" time is the time you should be doing your 2 mile run, "X" number of pushups, "X" number of situps etc. or you're a bad Soldier, which is typically much more strict than non-combat arms branches.
In combat on foot I personally never ran long distances, we normally do movement to contact either mounted or walking to the vicinity of the objective. Then you begin your assault and typically do 3-5 second rushes cover to cover if being shot at. It is hard to fight if you're exhausted from running - especially if you have on 80+ extra pounds of armor, ammo, water, etc. I did continuously run a long way down a driveway assaulting a Ba'athist mansion but that was the exception in my tour. I used to jest that I only ran when being shot at, and even then probably not. lol Maybe some of the Infantry Branch combat vets here can chime in with their experiences.
For Special Forces guys their normal training is rather physical, this is a good example of that: https://www.military.com/military-fitness/army-special-operations/army-green-beret-training
