r/whowouldwin • u/ponziacs • Jun 01 '25

Challenge Average US soldier during WW2 right before they entered basic training at 5'9 144lbs or the average US male today at 5'9 200lbs

The average US soldier during WW2 before basic training was 5'9 and 144lbs. The average US male today is 5'9 but 200lbs.

The average US male today is the same height as the average US WW2 soldier but almost 40% heavier before they started boot camp. Who wins?

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u/Stonna Jun 01 '25

200 lbs 5’9 American isn’t like super fat. If they played sports they’d carry it well 

They may be chubby but if they played football in high school, that extra weight is valuable because they know how to use 

10x that if they wrestled in high school.

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u/LivefromPhoenix Jun 02 '25

200 pounds at 5'9 is just a few pounds off from obese. Maybe someone who was a serious athlete in highschool would carry it well but that's a small minority of Americans. The average would just be a generic fat person.

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u/Triplescrew Jun 02 '25

Very few people at 200 pounds carry it well at that height lol. I was 5'9 and 190 once and I looked obese.

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u/Opening_Common4444 Jun 05 '25

I'm 5'9" and if I was 200 lbs I'd be extremely fat. The only case where this isn't true is an NFL running back pumped full of so much HGH his piss burns thru most metals