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China soldiers too big for outdated tanks: report
Beijing (AFP) - Chinese soldiers have become so much taller and fatter in recent years that they often find themselves cramped in tanks designed three decades ago, state media reported.
A survey found that People's Liberation Army troopers were on average two centimetres (0.8 inches) taller and five centimetres (two inches) fatter around the waist than 20 years ago, the military's official PLA Daily reported Tuesday.
As a result, it is harder for soldiers to squeeze into a tank designed for smaller personnel 30 years ago, it said.
Rifle stocks are also too short for some, limiting their accuracy, it added.
http://news.yahoo.com/china-soldiers-too-big-outdated-tanks-report-062507074.html
