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The Minuscule Cost of Equipping a Chinese Soldier
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Citat:From rifle to raincoat, helmet to haversack, the Chinese soldier’s kit list costs just under 9,400 Chinese yuan ($1,523), or roughly the value of two entry-level iPhone 6s in China, according to Southern Weekly, a Guangzhou-based newspaper.
U.S. soldiers, meanwhile, typically carry around $17,500 worth of gear, according to Associated Press.—ReutersNearly half of the equipment value comes from the soldier’s most-important tool: The standard-issue Type 95 automatic rifle, a Chinese-made weapon valued at 4,300 yuan. Helmets come a distant second, at 1,580 yuan each, the newspaper said.
In contrast, the average U.S. soldier’s combat gear costs the equivalent of nearly 20 high-end iPhone 6s, the newspaper estimated, without stating its sources. According to an Associated Press report in 2007, which cited Pentagon officials, the average U.S. soldier costs about $17,500 to equip.
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