Suppose, in some modern conflict, you need to use blitzkrieg.

>>31505615
We spend 11.6 million dollars per day fighting ISIS.

Source: Army Times

>>31505615
>We spend something like $17,000 USD per soldier, while in WW2 it was only about $200.

Is that indexed for inflation?

>>31505659
Yes, but I'm sure it was must cheaper to equip a soldier in WW2.

>>31505673
They also had considerably less gear than we do today

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>>31505648
>11.6 million
see pic.

>>31505659
mainly training and over priced equipment

>>31505615
FUCKING FUDDLORE REEEE
It took us 200 dollars IN 1940
Indexed for inflation that's $3440 per soldier, and the rest of the discrepancy comes from us giving modern shit to troops, like NODs, modern holographic sights, gps systems, magnifiers, more ammo, body armor, etc.

>>31505673
You are a retard

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>>31505928

How accurate is that really?

I mean is it averaged or is every american soldier really running around with like 15k+ worth of Night vision, Holo-sights etc.

like does billy the waterboy really have a 10k FLIR type sight?

>>31506286
Sights are often purchased by the individual soldier.

But yes, every soldier in a rifle platoon is supposed to have NODs, body armor, and whatnot. They're also trained to a MUCH higher standard and for much longer.

>>31506286
Average joe is issued 17000 dollars of kit. Special bois get more. IE GPNV 18s, Crye Gear, JPCs/CPC/AVS, PEQ-16s, Elcan Spectres, suppressors, OPS Core and MICH 2002, well, you get the picture. A 75th guy told me that the MSRP on all of his gear was somewhere in the 50k range, but I'm not sure about that. Granted he did have a Mk46.

>>31505615

A WWII-tier soldier costs closer to 3000 dollars in modern dollars, and is given Fudd-tier training.

The average WWII soldier was also a conscript, which is why it was that way in the first place. Future conscripts would get a similar deal.

>>31505659
Yeah those are 17000 WW2 dollers.