>>Thanks for shedding light on this for those who have never encountered it. Women do better at some tasks than men and vice-a-versa. Being a special forces officer is "man" work. Women can fly planes as well as men, work with computers, or many other tasks, but not things that require that upper body strength you speak of. I have worked with female detectives who were as good as any man (except me of course<vbg>).
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>As I understand it, women have better reactions and would make better fighter pilots than men, if only they could pull the necessary Gs that men can 0- shame really. OTOH I don't see why a woman couldn't operate a tank, or howitzer, etc. any worse than a man.

I've heard that too. The G-force thing may become a non factor in the future though as the "pilots" will probably not be in the planes, but behind a console somewhere.