Why does the Geneva Convention forbid medics from carrying any more than the most basic of self-defense weapons?

Question

Why does the Geneva Convention forbid medics from carrying any more than the most basic of self-defense weapons?

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Answer 1

Because imagine how ineffective the international law would be if an army could just hide all their soldiers behind red crosses and then call foul when they got shot at by the other army in a regular firefight.