It's just a bunch of stuff we don't use

Defence Industry Daily has reported on the poor reception from the troops of the Infantry 21: Land Warrior programme. The equipment added unnecessary weight and was superfluous.

Comments from the troops as reported in a Popular Mechanics article:

That would suit Starks just fine. "There are a lot of things I'd never use in my position," he says. "It seems like a lot of excessive stuff."

I could have told them that before they went for a network-centric solution:

But as Alpha kicks in doors, rounds up terror suspects and peals off automatic fire in deafening six-shot bursts, not one of the soldiers bothers to check his radio or look into the eyepiece to find his buddies on the electronic maps. "It's just a bunch of stuff we don't use, taking the place of useful stuff like guns," says Sgt. James Young, who leads a team of four M-240 machine-gunners perched on a balcony during this training exercise at Fort Lewis, Wash. "It makes you a slower, heavier target."