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March 23rd, 2008  
Damien435
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Another problem is that human loader must be quite a `big guy`, since not every man can easily move 120mm projectiles fast and accurate enough.
I can't answer for other army's, but our Army has regular PT to ensure soldiers get/stay in proper physical condition. The four best tanks in the world (according to a survey done on MilForums by your's truly) all use manual loaders and the only two auto-loaders of the top-six were crushed in the opening rounds of the competition.
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