Soldier:

 

Soldier: the army’s smallest mobile unit; equipped 

with assault rifle e.g. HK416 and 300 rounds, pistol

e.g. M17 and 40 rounds, 4 grenades, combat knife.

Organised into groupings of increasing size: 

squad, platoon, company, battalion, etc. to army; 

all designed for maximum manageablity within 

the hierarchical system employed by defence forces.

Kitted out with combat helmet, body, hand, eye, 

ear-protection; medical, survival, navigation and 

communication gear; length of operation and supply 

also considereations; additional or alternative gear 

as may be required for special missions e.g. sniper 

optics; demolition requiring explosives and detonators;

i.e. soldier as much a tank as a human can be.

Increasingly now, their targets are those engaged in their 

                                                                       daily chores.

Kahle Kollwitz: Woman with Dead Child