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Looking at RQ2 (for lack of a better idea) it seems one ENC point is == 1 kg. A character can load up 1.5xSTR worth of ENC points before incurring penalties on movement and skills - not sure what they should be. We'll call loads over 1.5xSTR to 3xSTR "loaded". Over 3xSTR to 6xSTR is "burdened". While characters can pick up and move weights greater than 6xSTR, they won't be able to make any long marches.

 

Thus our limits (in pounds) are:

 

 

 

STR	normal max	loaded max	burdened max
4	13.2	26.4	52.8
5	16.5	33.0	66.0
6	19.8	39.6	79.2
7	23.1	46.2	92.4
8	26.4	52.8	105.6
9	29.7	59.4	118.8
10	33.0	66.0	132.0
11	36.3	72.6	145.2
12	39.6	79.2	158.4
13	42.9	85.8	171.6
14	46.2	92.4	184.8
15	49.5	99.0	198.0
16	52.8	105.6	211.2
17	56.1	112.2	224.4
18	59.4	118.8	237.6
19	62.7	125.4	250.8
20	66.0	132.0	264.0
21	69.3	138.6	277.2
22	72.6	145.2	290.4

 

 

March distances:

 

• Normal:  CON x 3 in miles (CON x 5 in kilometers)
• Loaded:  CON x 2.5 in miles (CON x 4 in kilometers)
• Burdened:  CON x 2 in miles (CON x 3 in kilometers)

 

These are of course averaged over many men; training, footwear, terrain, hydration and rations, nature of load and how carried, etc. will affect all of this. And the level of exhaustion during the night, how many days the rate can be kept up, etc. are beyond any simple table of rules.

 

March rates:

 

• Roman:  2.5 mph for 7 hours
• Napoleonic infantry:  3 mph, for 3-4 hours; forced marches meant 6 to 12 hours on the road
• American Civil War:  15 to 20 miles per day regular march, at 2.5 miles per hour; 20 to 25 miles on forced march; up to 30 miles on forced march with good roads and conditions.
• Foreign Legion, Bersaglieri, Rifle Regiments in the British Army, other elite infantry:  5 kph (3 miles per hour) normally, fast march 7 kph (4.5 mph).

 

"According to modern US Army doctrine, the average rate of march for trained infantry under favorable weather conditions is 2-1/2 mph over roads and 1 mph cross country. A normal foot march covers 20 miles per day."

 

 

 

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Michael noted:

 

Currently, soldiers in the field -- expecting to be fired on, and to fire back -- in Iraq are carrying an average of 100 pounds of gear currently; 120 pounds in Afghanistan.

 

"In the early 1900s it was determined that a man should carry more than one-third of his own body weight and this lead most armies during the twentieth century to determine that the ideal load for a soldier should be about 45 pounds (20.5 kilograms). More recent industrial research has determined that a workman can carry a maximum weight of up to 88 pounds (40 kilograms), however the duration for carriage of this load is not specified." Some info from the Australian Army: