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Originally Posted by Pukka Bundook
You are probably on the mark with breaks having to be taken to avoid real danger of dehydration.
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Hello Richard,
Rehydration is key indeed. If boxers in lightweight clothing carrying no weapons and fighting indoors need to guzzle down lots of water every 3 minutes, I can imagine how thirsting it would be for warriors in action in full battle gear.
Hence modern day soldiers have a Camelback. And a few decades ago, it was the canteen. So the question is, how did the warriors of old rehydrated themselves in the middle of the battle?
The last illustration below shows a medieval guy drinking while on the move. But while in action, did he carry water with him?