yea, excess muscle is only a hindrance in war, the bigger your body the more chance a bullet will fragment instead of passing through, extra weight you carry on your feet/ankles/knee/back/heart, larger profile to be shot at, etc.
like the muscle might make you better as an artillery team loader i guess but thats basically it. bullets kill you just as dead through muscle and upper body strength only really matters in melee combat which almost never happens in modern conflicts. you want just enough strength to carry and lift your shit long distances on foot and to drag your squadmates to the medic when they get shot.
navy SEALS are like the only spec ops types that have a reputation for being musclebound meatheads, look at pictures of SFOD guys or any european spec ops and they all look like scrawny nerds with serial killer expressions
yea, excess muscle is only a hindrance in war, the bigger your body the more chance a bullet will fragment instead of passing through, extra weight you carry on your feet/ankles/knee/back/heart, larger profile to be shot at, etc.
like the muscle might make you better as an artillery team loader i guess but thats basically it. bullets kill you just as dead through muscle and upper body strength only really matters in melee combat which almost never happens in modern conflicts. you want just enough strength to carry and lift your shit long distances on foot and to drag your squadmates to the medic when they get shot.
navy SEALS are like the only spec ops types that have a reputation for being musclebound meatheads, look at pictures of SFOD guys or any european spec ops and they all look like scrawny nerds with serial killer expressions