Women are not fit for front line combat!

[Aeolus451]

Goatseye said:

Aeolus451 said:

Oh you're being silly. It's not about how one piece of equipment weighs but the total amount. That's what matters. If you think soldiers just ride around in cozy jeeps all day from point A to point B, you're wrong. 

Women have a hard time keeping up with males with no gear. Imagine if you strap them up with 60 lbs to 138 lbs of gear and see if they can keep up. The vast majority can't. There's some women that can but they are the exception and not the standard of a average female soldier. 

I'm all for equality but I'm a realist also. Women are not equals to men physically. That doesn't mean they shouldn't fight on the front lines but let's not pretend that they're equal to the guys either. Give 'em lighter load outs and different roles than just a standard grunt. 

Who said that women are equal to men phisically? I said in my earlier statements that, if trained they cen meet combat readiness.

The video that you showed, displayed an exception to the rule. Not every soldier carries a SAW and drums of ammo with himself in Afghatnistan.

There's a reason why mechanized units were mostly in Iraq and not Afghanistan. You have to have kind of specialized units to fight in Afghanistan, like: 10 Mountain and Airborne units. You achieve that specialization through years of training. No soldier was born one.

You implied that they can carry whatever guys can.

Did you you not see the part where I put 60 lbs to 138 lbs? From the minimal amount of weight they have to carry to the extreme? Women alot of trouble with just the 60 lbs and having to run whatever miles the guys have to.