Heavy baggage

In normal parlance, heavy luggage is a heavy load. This can be meant physically or psychologically.

language

The term is used (sometimes jokingly) for private baggage if it exceeds the usual scope. In a figurative sense for problems of all kinds in daily life.

military

In the case of the military, it is that baggage that goes beyond the adjustments customary in normal field service ( assault rifle and light backpack ).

Depending on the troop body, this mainly includes:

• large backpack (formerly knapsack ) with special equipment
• Provisions, survival kit
• spade
• Camouflage suit and / or spare clothing
• Device for camping

The weight to be carried is about 20 kg or more, depending on the task. In addition to the respective use, it is also carried for training or exercise purposes, especially during field camps , training marches or military night exercises .

literature

• Ernst Karl Guhl, Wilhelm Koner: The life of the Greeks and Romans , Weidmann, 1862, page 358. ( partial preview online )

Web links

• Helga Hirsch : Heavy luggage . Flight and displacement as a life theme. Körber Foundation , 2004, ISBN 978-3-89684-042-4 ( koerber-stiftung.de [accessed on March 12, 2017]). , accessed January 9, 2015.
• Press club : "Heavy luggage, rough terrain: How should the Bundeswehr reform succeed?", Broadcast on July 6 , 2014 ( memento from January 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), video on Youtube .
• Entry “heavy luggage” in the Duden Online_Wordsbuc, accessed on January 9, 2015.