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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23420304" data-attributes="member: 158020">යුද්දෙට_ගිය_බඩු-Military Kit Through The Ages- Societies   have been warring with each other since ancient times.  Weapons were   probably the first tools humans built, first to hunt  animals for food   and later to kill enemies competing for the same  resources. Cave   paintings dating to 30,000 years ago depict human beings  pierced with   arrows, and some of the oldest rock art depicting acts of  violence   between hunter-gatherers have been found in Northern Australia,  dated   to 10,000 years ago. Cave art belonging to the Mesolithic period    (15,000 to 5,000 BP) shows explicit scenes of battle scenes between    groups of archers.    As humans discovered new natural resources  beneath the Earth's   surface, traditional stone weapons were replaced  with those made with   bronze and then with iron. Spears, axes and swords  evolved and   eventually gave way to muskets and finally automatic rifles.   <img src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7plBUzZWB1Q/W0tLMXgQPfI/AAAAAAABXo0/nr8bO7tq85wDVG-MYTwf_DpfLNFO0gzOQCHMYCw/soldiers-inventories-42?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   (Military kit of an English huscarl in the Battle of Hastings, 1066.)   In this photo series titled Soldiers' Inventories,  Thom Atkinson   attempts to documents the battle kits of soldiers over  the course of   1,000 years, starting with momentous battles such as the  Battle of   Hastings in 1066 to the war in Afghanistan in 2013, and in  doing so   provides a fascinating glimpse into the evolution of warfare.    “Looking at Atkinson’s photos is like watching history fast forward  and  rewind,” observes Wired.  “As we've developed new ways of killing,   we've had to develop new ways  of armoring the men and women we send   forth to fight.Take for example, a  soldier’s clothing. Early on,   soldiers wore colorful vests and coats,  but as weapons became more   sophisticated, and able to kill with greater  accuracy from greater   distances, camouflage became increasingly  important.”    “The fact that certain objects recur is more  fascinating than the  ones  that evolve,” Atkinson says. He’s referring to  the spoon present  in  every picture and a helmet in most. Also    interesting to note is the sheer loads of stuff soldiers had to bring    with them. In the earliest battles, warriors carried fewer things  into   battle to keep weight down, but in modern-day battles soldiers  carry an   awful lot of things. This is thanks mostly to modern  materials that  are  not only lighter but sturdier too, allowing the  soldiers to haul  much  more items.   <img src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lQFN_0kPD8A/W0tLOKc-AdI/AAAAAAABXo4/scy1MnC_WqMiOWF2sGl89HBe6hpx7VIfgCHMYCw/soldiers-inventories-52?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   (Mounted Knight, Siege of Jerusalem, 1244)    This  image contains at least 27 items with five different   weapons—sword,  dagger, crescent-shaped axe, flanged mace and glaive, a   new invention  for the time consisting of a short sword attached to a   piece of wood.  Body armory consist of a shield, two types of helmet,   thigh-length  sleeveless leather vest lined with metal plates, and   maille to cover the  legs. Soldiers also carried a wooden bowl and cup,   ceramic cup, a  wooden spoon and a knife and sheaf for cutting food. To   make small  repairs they also carried a leather box of needles and a   roll of thread.   <img src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OQMNK6-LQ4s/W0tLP1yLVYI/AAAAAAABXo8/Zc4eG0Vd4pYG48pIfwT3R-Lnjj3tYZmbQCHMYCw/soldiers-inventories-142?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   (Battle of Agnicourt, 1415)   <img src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3yVMyJcYTak/W0tLROVX36I/AAAAAAABXpA/MbHW_kBDNtIm-Kj9w9yZwLri27v59z2uwCHMYCw/soldiers-inventories-115?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   (Yorkist man-at-arms, Battle of Bosworth, 1485)   <img src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-z4v3sUvYnWM/W0tLSLfPswI/AAAAAAABXpE/odntNGXe11o61dawKpej6XsDUSQhvWHdQCHMYCw/soldiers-inventories-122?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   (Trainband caliverman, Tilbury, 1588)   <img src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eeUEo8naa3g/W0tLTtqABbI/AAAAAAABXpI/gBMg-VsFiecCqzRsKHs1Ux4KUWiQ2SOhwCHMYCw/soldiers-inventories-72?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   (Private Sentinel, Battle of Malplaquet, 1709)   <img src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-f4aAfEUAedI/W0tLVJFFtlI/AAAAAAABXpM/BXUbpM0hIQsrXnDg4NG6IRkXgGoCE1DwQCHMYCw/soldiers-inventories-22?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   (Private Soldier, Battle of Waterloo, 1815)    This  image of a soldier’s inventory during the Battle of Waterloo   contains  as many as 50 items. Aside from the usual muskets and box of   cartridge,  bowls and spoons and backpacks, soldiers carried games to   fight monotony  in the battlefield. Here we see draught board made from a   piece of tent  canvas, a pack of cards and a wooden yo-yo.   <img src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sA0oBZ-q-hM/W0tLW6VR70I/AAAAAAABXpQ/C2Uhlj-F00EMauoGVfSz_oW1PAsJEo8pwCHMYCw/soldiers-inventories-32?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   (Private soldier, Battle of the Somme, 1916)   <img src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sgTNf_89biw/W0tLXy-2vgI/AAAAAAABXpU/bKS4WGNMbPwYPzciCwHM4fTR-MBkPF8MACHMYCw/soldiers-inventories-92?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   (French Private Soldier, Battle of Verdun, 1916)   <img src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3emi0ze2MIY/W0tLY74AI-I/AAAAAAABXpY/x9TxKyHMoYkcK61MqMs8JYsMxR3SZAw6ACHMYCw/soldiers-inventories-102?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   (German Private Soldier, Battle of the Somme, 1916)   <img src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xx3-JAUQt7A/W0tLaFevd2I/AAAAAAABXpc/dzgmmGdh-RIoEU7zhrs29EYfmbD7e6IfQCHMYCw/soldiers-inventories-12?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   (US Infantryman (Doughboy), Arrival in France, 1917)   <img src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sytD3Zswv8Y/W0tLbWXKmwI/AAAAAAABXpg/avqy_2UuV-gLznjGJQciFlShNVsS1egNwCHMYCw/soldiers-inventories-62?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   (Lance corporal, Parachute Brigade, Battle of Arnhem, 1944)   <img src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-C4sNzKFVxhU/W0tLdM76YQI/AAAAAAABXpo/4uTaq83DWkI_dU56XTMmY89mEN3riuMMwCHMYCw/soldiers-inventories-82?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   (Close-support sapper, Royal Engineers, Helmland Province, 2014)   This kit from 2014 includes an iPad.</blockquote>

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