Are those some fast drunks, or what?

[Melvin]

I really didn't know where to put this, so it ended up here.


Has anybody calculated the speed at which our troops run?

Furthermore, has anybody calculated the speed at which a fully loaded combat troop is capable of running?

I don't know, something has me wondering if our G.I.'s might be moving a little too fast. I could be totally wrong.

 

[GNucks]

There's also a certain amount of time it takes to get out of the parachute harness and grab your rifle.

[Guppy35]

Not nearly as fast as the flak gunners.  I was on the edge of a town trying to strafe the drunks but was too late.  The base switched as I crossed mid town, and flak got me as I hit the far edge of town.  I was well over 300 too.  How they got those guns repaired and firing so fast I have no idea!

[MAINER]

I have driven an LVT besides some troops and they are going about 20   

[tmetal]

the troops can run at 20 but a downed pilot can only manage a half hearted stroll. 

[Babalonian]

the troops can run at 20 but a downed pilot can only manage a half hearted stroll. 

^ This.  Pilots are either too slow, troops are too fast, or both.

[MK-84]

Because they have to keep up with the nascar drivers in the supply convoys.

[icepac]

I like dropping them with buildings or hangers between them and the map room.

[AHTbolt]

Having been in the 82nd Abn, with all the junk you had to carry you did not run ANYWHERE. If you got to a fast stumble you were doing good.

[dirtdart]

Having been in the 82nd Abn, with all the junk you had to carry you did not run ANYWHERE. If you got to a fast stumble you were doing good.

1/325 AIR vet here.  They are combat light, which is why they can move.