RIGHT!
i´m still no deployed as i am waiting for some accurate backpack parts, but i´m completly with seth!
while i don´t think that a backpack is a requirement for a sandtrooper i accept that it´s up to the detachment leaders to make this a neccesary item to be deployed. you know how many sandtroopers don´t wear a backpack in the 501st, including me right now.
but IMO a "real" sandtrooper should at least have a backpack even if he will not wear it on patrouling the city....
you want to serve the empire? you need to be prepared for every situation!
you wanne be the only without a backpack the day the and come and visit this territory? NOOOOOO!