Women in military combat roles? - Page 2

Excalibur · #11 12-21-2009, 11:13 PM

During WWII, The Russians employed women in their frontline military. Israel also has women in active combat duty.

MT2008 · #12 12-22-2009, 12:01 AM

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During WWII, The Russians employed women in their frontline military. Israel also has women in active combat duty.

Well, yes, but that was because (1.) Stalin was spending men's lives quite rapidly against the Germans, and (2.) they were egalitarian Commies trying to impose social engineering upon the population.

I think the most relevant factor in the debate is whether or not women are up to the task. Individual women might be, but that's probably going to be rare.

Spartan198 · #13 12-22-2009, 02:26 AM

Not to mention they had the Germans literally beating down their front door, something the US hasn't experienced since the 1800s and likely never will again.

S&Wshooter · #14 12-22-2009, 02:48 AM

I remember hearing about the Soviets having whole UNITS of just women snipers

k9870 · #15 12-22-2009, 03:14 AM

One woman sniper had over 300 confirmed kills.

Spartan198 · #16 12-22-2009, 08:41 AM

A couple of them did.

Nina Lobkovskaya had 308 kills and Lyudmila Pavlichenko had 309.

S&Wshooter · #17 12-22-2009, 03:51 PM

Damn, they blew Carlos Hathcock's number of confirmed kills right out of the water

MT2008 · #18 12-22-2009, 03:57 PM

Yeah, I've heard about the Soviets' female snipers. I'm just saying that they had particular reasons for putting women in the armed forces.

Also, given the Red Army's reputation for rape in WWII, I can't imagine too many Soviet women were all that excited about serving.

Spartan198 · #19 12-22-2009, 05:01 PM

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Damn, they blew Carlos Hathcock's number of confirmed kills right out of the water

Those two aren't even the half of it. Both Ivan Sidorenko and Simo Hayha are credited with over 500 kills (though neither are women).

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Also, given the Red Army's reputation for rape in WWII, I can't imagine too many Soviet women were all that excited about serving.

True, but I can't see a German-controlled Russia being any more appealing.

AdAstra2009 · #20 12-22-2009, 05:28 PM

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Then how do you explain the Iraqi soldiers in the Gulf War surrendering to newscrews, many of which had female reporters?

Poor morale/no will to fight

And by Islamists, I am referring to Taliban fighters/Insurgents