Does the ruling apply to today's soldiers that they should take defensive weapons in?

The questioner : We said that they should not take anything but defensive weapons and that it should not be heavy for them. Yes. I say, may Allah reward you. The custom has now become that security agencies or armies equip soldiers with weapons according to their locations. According to the locations where they are placed. So the soldier does not have the authority to determine whether the weapon is defensive or offensive. Then the issue of the weight of the weapon, the soldier does not have control over that either. Because, for example, if modern weapons today were placed in the soil, they would be ruined. So he is forced to carry them if he is restricted.

The Shaykh : We said the general rule is that we apply from the prayer of fear what can be closest to the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), meaning if it is not possible, he must carry a heavy weapon, for example, we say he looks for the lightest possible. The lightest possible, and if the heavy one is necessary, he carries the heavy one.