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To: Joe 6-pack

I was once ordered to let a female communications soldier ‘help out’ with the gun crew in a ‘worst case scenario’ demonstration.

a 105lb female lifting a 90lb artillery shell and maneuvering it into the breech?

Even for a man, it’s already a worst case and they’ve made it worser.


33 posted on 05/17/2011 6:50:35 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: SJSAMPLE

On the 155 I would handle one of the over 200 pound spades entirely on my own, that freed up an extra man for digging the holes for the spade or some other function, this was invaluable for ‘quick fires’, digging holes, 93 pound rounds, removing and maneuvering a 13,000 pound gun for set up, women don’t belong anywhere near the artillery.


38 posted on 05/17/2011 11:52:17 AM PDT by ansel12 ( JIM DEMINT "I believe [Palins] done more for the Republican Party than anyone since Ronald Reagan")
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