water
first aid pack
ammunition are the essentials, after that you have things like spare socks, cleaning kit for your weapon, waterproofs, torch, matches, toilet roll and food. (compass is generally kept in a pocket)
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It varied from country to country and depending on the time, but a mess kit and a change of socks would probably have been standard.
the weight would only be 2-5kg empty ... but loaded it's depends on the unit .. 35lbs to 65lbs it depends on the unit how good it's trained and what type of mission .. i've heard special forces caring 100 plus lbs on there backs
Arms, ammunition, food.
Yes, many of them did. In fact a soldier who was killed at Gettysburg carried a picture of his three children. None knew who they were (or the soldier for that matter) until the picture was posted in a newspaper and someone responded.
There is no such word as ruckscheck in the German language however there is one named Rucksack which means backpack.
You meant "man" being deferred from the draft. If he's already a "soldier" he's already in the army. How to avoid the draft? Stay in college, carry 18 units, maintain a 2.0 average, and you don't have to serve your country!