FINANCIAL TIMES: …A People’s Liberation Army study has concluded that its soldiers are significantly taller and heavier than they were 20 years ago – so much so that they are in danger of outgrowing their equipment.
The study recommended developing larger models of military hardware because of the changed “parameters” of a generation raised on plentiful and fast food, compared with the austerity generation of the cultural revolution era.
The average height of soldiers, it said, is now 2cm more than it was two decades ago, and waistlines are 5cm larger, which makes sliding through tank hatches and fitting into aircraft cockpits especially tricky… (more)
