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In a video outlining new fitness standards for its revamped annual fitness test, now known as the Role Fitness Test Soldier, the British Army shows what you'll have to do to keep up with their "close combat personnel." Is it harder than the new American version? | Military Times

Watch this video to see the British Army's new physical fitness standards for combat roles. The tests will replicate specific combat scenarios, including casualty extraction from a vehicle, carrying heavy equipment and fire and manoeuvre. These new standards are objective, measurable, role-related and gender-free and will ensure Army personnel are physically prepared for the demands of ground close combat. 💪 | Ministry of Defence