Why did WW1 soldiers carry so much equipment?

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The weight (an average) soldier carries has increased from World War I. If you look at the respective article for the equipment of a World War I soldier, you can ask yourself which items you consider dispensable.

This article probably gives what an average British soldier carried in World War I:

https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/a-british-soldier-s-kit-in-the-first-world-war/

Over the centuries, the equipment has looked like this (there is also World War I British equipment displayed):

http://www.abroadintheyard.com/thousand-years-of-kit-inspections-images-of-soldiers-personal-equipment-from-1066-to-2014/

Today's problems with overweight:

https://mwi.usma.edu/the-overweight-infantryman/
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/188986/British-soldiers-suffer-injuries-from-too-heavy-weights

And what the Romans carried:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_military_personal_equipment

The solution for the modern problems seem to be along these lines:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powered_exoskeleton

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