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Height and weight standards for paras.

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copymenu
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Height and weight standards for paras.

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Do you have to meet specific height and standards for the Parachute Regiment or are the standards the same fro the rest of the army?

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copymenu wrote:Do you have to meet specific height and standards for the Parachute Regiment or are the standards the same fro the rest of the army?

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Yep , have to be 7"1 and 190kg
Thats Para standard right ?
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depends if u wanna go 3 para mortars you have to be 5 foot 1 and 17 stone
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