But there were no women in the trenches on the western front which is where the women in combat arms will serve. The Soviets were not that stupid.
yes they were. Where does a field medic serve, on the front line and in the trenches. The only difference between a soviet female field medic and a soviet male infantryman was one had a medical kit, the other a papasha. The risk of death at the hands of the Germans was the same. When the infantry went over the top, the field medics went also.