https://www.newscientist.com/article/2169975-bulletproof-batteries-could-make-body-armour-for-combat/ > “The average soldier is carrying roughly twenty pounds (9 Kg) of body armour and eighteen pounds (8 kg) of batteries in the field,” says Gabriel Veith at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. “If we could … > To continue reading this premium article, subscribe for unlimited access.