So, I'm putting together a list of items that the players get to roll for to see what they have left of their original kit.
(this all stems from a long discussion in the thread about player starter money that got derailed)
So, I kinda know what Swedish soldiers have in their kit, but I don't know, in detail, what a US soldier or marine would have in their Fighting Kit or March Kit.
So, I thought I'd use the collective knowledge of the playerbase to put together a list that the players can roll from.
Starting off, I'd look at what the players are assumed to have if they're starting the game as soldiers and not civilians.
They are assumed to have a Uniform (Fatigues) and a Canteen for water. I take that Uniform to include LFC/webbing, so that's what I'm gonna give my players if they start off as soldiers.
They also get a personal weapon of some sort (AR in most cases), D6 reloads (magazines), Flak Jacket (and in many cases, helmet), Knife OR D6 hand grenades (in my games it will be AND instead of OR), Personal Medkit and a Backpack.
MRE's are included in the food rations you get at the start.
And I'm assuming that the water rations you get are either in canteens or plastic bottles scrounged from wherever you can find them.
That's something that pretty much ALL military careers get at the start of the game.
Now, some things that are missing from that, which I will assume are just *there* since they're small personal items are things like extra socks, underwear and such and isn't really listed anywhere else either.
Things missing from the list that are actually listed in the game are; Compass, Flashlight, Gasmask, Raingear and Sleeping Bag.
Now, items that are not listed in the game, but are still an important part of the kit are, for example, e-tools and weapon cleaning kits.
They are important items of kit, but they don't really have any listing in the game (not even a spade, which has been used as a melee weapon for ages), and so I'll put them on the list, but they don't have an in-game function. (e-tools don't count as basic tools, and weapon cleaning kits don't count as weapon tools. The description of those are both very specific and don't fit the bill for either)
So, to recap, I've come up with this list so far:
Compass
Flashlight
Gasmask
Raingear
Sleeping Bag
E-tool
Weapon cleaning kit.
To that, I will add:
MOPP suit (as some were issued)
Thermal Fatigues
Field Kitchen (for Swedes, this was standard equipment, for the US, this could have been picked up or bartered from a Swede)
So... what's missing? Help me fill in the list. For now it's just a short little D10 list, and I want more