The military term for hiking while carrying weight is "rucking." As you might expect, this is a major concern for the military, as soldiers are required to wear body armour and carry weapons, ammo, water, communications equipment, and other equipment in military backpack when on patrols and operations. For military operations and people, rucking performance and injury prevention are critical.
Many mountain activities, from day hiking to backpacking to major mountain alpinism, require movement over the ground when loaded. We uncovered five rules that are just as applicable to mountain sports as they are to combat operations after analyzing the military's previous studies on the issue.
1.A pound of weight on your feet equals five pounds of weight on your back.
2.An extra pound on your feet means a 5% increase in energy expenditure.
3.Every 1% of your body weight in your pack adds six seconds to your mile time.
According to a 1984 research by the US Army Research Institute, this ancient hiking rule still holds. They looked at how much more energy was expended with different types of footwear (boots and shoes) and found that moving at a given pace takes 4.7 to 6.4 times as much energy when weight is carried on the shoe versus the torso.
In practice, this means you could carry half a gallon of extra water (just over 4 pounds) if you buy a pound lighter pair of boots, which isn't difficult to do; and that's a lot of water. Consider the energy savings of backpacking in light trail running shoes instead of hefty leather backpacking boots throughout a seven-day journey.
Heavier footwear has an impact on you in more ways than one. Heavier boots are stiffer and less responsive. When you strike the ground, your body's stretch reaction is less effective.
However, 5% doesn't seem like a lot, so how does it transfer into run times? So, depending on how long you're running, 5% would slow your mile speed down by 30 seconds. However, the quicker you try to run, the more than 5% will affect your results.
Carrying weight in your pack, on the other hand, isn't free. Each 1% of your body weight carried in your pack adds 6 seconds to your mile time. If you weigh 150 pounds, adding 1.5 pounds to your pack slows you down by 6 seconds every mile. On a long journey, decreasing your pack weight from 40 to 30 pounds saves you 40 seconds per mile for a 150-pound hiker.
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The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Xinjiang Military Command, which is stationed in China's high-altitude western areas, has confirmed that it has received three new advanced weaponry systems in the last week, including armoured vehicles and artillery pieces, as analysts predicted on Sunday.
Here is the content list:
1. A new type of armoured assault vehicle has been revealed.
2. Newly delivered new-type, four-wheeled self-propelled howitzer.
3. New self-propelled heavy rocket launchers have gone into service
A video news website linked with the PLA stated on Sunday that dozens of a new type of armoured assault vehicle had recently entered duty with a PLA Xinjiang Military Command unit deployed in a snowy plateau region at an elevation of more than 4,500 meters.
According to the clip, the eight-wheeled armoured vehicles come in a variety of configurations, including those with big calibre rifled equipment, autocannons, machine guns, and howitzer systems.
A new-type, four-wheeled self-propelled howitzer was recently handed to a group that recently completed its first live-fire target practice deep in the Karakorum Mountains at an altitude of 4,500 meters, according to China Central Television (CCTV).
In addition, a unit deployed in a snow-covered region at an elevation of more than 5,200 meters recently received a batch of new self-propelled heavy rocket launchers that are highly mobile, fast-reacting, highly accurate, very deadly, and jamming-resistant, according to a separate CCTV report on May 8.
According to Shanghai-based news website, the Type 08 armoured vehicle, a 122mm-calibre self-propelled howitzer that incorporates technologies from the PCL-181 155mm-calibre self-propelled howitzer, and the PHL-03 long-range multiple rocket launcher systems are the three new military equipment systems.
According to a Chinese military affairs analyst who requested anonymity, the PLA's high-altitude troops are gaining enhanced mobility and firepower by upgrading their arsenal with the latest military equipment systems, allowing them to better fulfill their missions in safeguarding the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Observers say the PLA Xinjiang Military Command has been commissioning a variety of modern weaponry during the last year. The command got the first batch of newly designed Type 15 light tanks in early 2021, according to analysts, which excel at rapid reaction fighting in plateau regions.
Official reports also reveal other new military equipment systems, such as the PLC-181 howitzer and third-generation Mengshi assault vehicles, according to eastday.com. According to analysts, these are developing a complete, modern ground warfare system that is particularly important for plateau battles.
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In comparison to civilian products of wide use, military-technical systems are a distinctive category of material commodities whose life is defined by a period of peace of a certain evolution. Following are three main points of the life cycle of a military product:
1. The introduction of the life cycle of a military product.
2. The concept of a military product’s life cycle.
3. The military approach to the life-cycle concept of a product.
The unique properties of military products, their exorbitant price, and their societal utility determine this particular progression of the life cycle. The necessity to cover the security needs that these reinvigorated technical systems can supply under an economically financially beneficial balance is essentially related to the "repeatability" of the life cycle to another beneficiary. These “spiral” lifecycles of military-oriented products are a variation that certain reputable material goods makers have adopted (from the luxury vehicle sector) with great economic results as much as feasible chosen for marketing reasons. Although this approach may not appear to be very advantageous at first glance, it can be a quick and beneficial solution for the second user who can benefit from the capabilities of a reliable and verified technical system that has been upgraded to the current level of global performance in the short and medium-term. This method is ideal for countries with a moderate economic power but significant security needs, such as those imposed by NATO membership, as well as the current complex geopolitical scenario.
Product Life Cycle (PLC) refers to a product's average lifespan and indicates the length of time a product/brand of a product spends on the market, beginning with its introduction and ending with its discontinuation (these two phases can be identified with ease). Many authors compare the concept to biology, where products are born, grow, develop, and eventually get older and die.
According to Rey, Martn-Gil, and Velasco (2004), there are two major conceptions about a product's life cycle. The first (and most common) claim is that a product has four stages in its life cycle:
1. release;
2. the growth;
3. maturity;
4. decline.
According to the American perspective of integrated logistics support for military-technical systems, as outlined in the Support Operations Handbook, special-purpose items go through the following life-cycle stages:
1. the definition phase (examination of the concept);
2. demonstration – validation stage;
3. the design and testing stage;
4. the production and deployment phase;
5. operation (operation) and support (maintenance) stage;
6. phase-out stage
A detailed approach to this lifecycle of military goods is presented by Siteanu, E., (2005) who enumerated fifteen stages:
1. analyzing (determining) the necessity of manufacturing a technical product, determining the destination, formulating the functions and establishing the requirements (specification);
2. definition of the technical product and functional analysis, the establishment of the criteria and resources of research, design and development;
3. analysis of probable variants, possible realizations and choosing the optimal ones;
4. preliminary design;
5. design documentation design;
6. detailed design of the product;
7. manufacture of the prototype (functional model);
8. prototype testing and its assessment;
9. preparation of the manufacturing;
10. realization of the zero series, experimentation under the required conditions and approval;
11. serial production and delivery to the beneficiaries;
12. the exploitation of the products to the beneficiaries and the maintenance activities;
13. performing improvement (modernization) activities;
14. removal from service;
15. revitalization (optional).
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