Posted on 06/28/2018 1:15:28 PM PDT by C19fan
The Israeli army on Thursday graduated the first four women from its tank commanders' school, a step toward the formation of all-female tank crews.
Another six have completed training as crew members, but actual deployment of any of the women will depend on the outcome of a review by senior officers, an armoured corps commander said.
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Gunner! Tampon! Vagina! 2m! Fire for effect!
OTOH - muzzies will run since being killed by a woman is uncool with Allah or someone or other then too, you know women drivers.
I know that Israeli women are different, but if that happened here with the JAPs (Jewish American Princesses), they’d be more worried about breaking a nail or getting their precious hair messed up than killing the enemy.
Even with it being Israeli women (who are most definitely made of tougher stuff than the JAPs), I’m not sure that this will work out. Then, of course, you have the issue of what happens to them if they get captured.
FYI, before someone flames me, I’m Jewish - and “JAP” is about the kindest word that I have for most Jewish American females.
That photo of Patton makes him look like one of the baddies from the A-ha “Take on Me” music video.
"He shot my hair! Son of a bitch!"
“You know, I think those stars would better on a green shirt. Did I ever tell you about the time I designed a uniform for tank crewmen? It was, uh, green leather, had red stripes, and sort of, uh, a row of brass buttons down across here, and topped off by a gold football helmet.”
[laughs]
“Patton: The Army rejected it, of course. Goddamn, it was beautiful.”
Oh, and the good general is rolling over in his grave about the idea of women in combat.
During WWII, at least one tank battalion of the Soviet Army was commanded by a woman Lt.Col. The battalion was equipped with Sherman tanks.
Theyll need real battle experience ( and theyll need to bring their tanks)
before theyre ready to challenge the women from communist China in their Lexuses ( in the costco parking lot)
There’s a big difference between fighting away from home and defending the homeland, where women are concerned. Mama bears are mean when protecting cubs.
And bluntly, everyone would die/get raped/worse if we were in a fight with tanks and lost, anyway. So the risk change is minimal.
And finally, we are a small country surrounded by savages and and need the numbers in the military. We don’t have a choice.
Do Israeli girls still call themselves “sabras”?
Meaning, prickly on the outside but sweet on the inside.
As a former tanker I have to give this idea thumbs down. Every crew member must crosstrain to do the others’ job if necessary.
Humping 105mm rounds is no picnic; first they have to be lifted from the ground to the loader’s hatch, then slid into ready racks, then loaded & fired, & then the red hot hull has to be tossed out of the loader’s hatch.
Old saying: strength test 100 males & 100 females: the ten strongest women are only as strong as the ten weakest males.
It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature.
“Sabra” means native-born Israeli.
It is not limited to male or female.
My best friend is a tanker, he agrees.
Dumb idea.
Add to that the fact that you spend a LOT of time in the tank. Early morning, guy rubbing one out quietly was not abnormal. He was the TC and caught a few guys doing that.
Add a girl to that. No bueno.
I always read that the concept of women in direct combat was discarded after 1948.
IDF girls do a bang up job on those remotely fired gun turrets which guard the borders. Makes Omar & Achmed think twice about infiltrating & then getting wasted by a female.
Hope to visit Israel some day. I want to ride the Burma Road to Jerusalem.
Do those tanks have two turrets?
From World of tanks the real life “Sisters of Steel”.
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