From: ikonoqlast@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, July 30, 2014 6:27:07 AM UTC-7, Will in New Haven wrote:   
      
      
   > > > Women tank crews or mixed tank crews would be hugely advantageous.    
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   > > Nope, which is why no one does it.  Tankers actually need physical   
   strength women don't possess for their various duties.  Setting up camo   
   netting, fixing tracks, and just loading the gun all require significant upper   
   body strength.  France limited    
   tank crews to 5'4'' and less, but never used women.     
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   > I bet I've spent more hours in an M60 than you have,   
      
      
   I was an 11B10, my hours in an M60, or any related vehicle even approximately   
   bulletproof, is zero.     
      
      
      
      
   > And the reason no one does it is because no one has done it.   
      
      
   Or because people AREN'T STUPID.  People HAVE tried women in combat, it went   
   badly.  Not just for them , but for the people around them.     
      
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