How Much Ammo?

There's a thread on Arfcom talking about how much ammo soldiers in Vietnam carried.

A lot is the answer.

"That can't be true, not for a normal infantryman!"

"I have a picture of me somewhere around here..."

Pic shows them carrying the near 500 rounds they claimed.

And here I am, remembering I chastised my players in Twilight: 2000  for carrying all the ammo the encumbrance system would let them as being unrealistic.

Who knew?  Not me!

Reading about the period more let me realize that the troops believed in two things.

1. MORE DAKKA!

and

2. There is no such thing as overkill.  Only 'open fire' and 'reload.'

I've become more concerned with how they carry all that than IF they carried all that.

Some methods take longer to access than others and that matters in GURPS.