Follow-up to my own answer to Mike: > > I expect if woman really want to be in a front line combat unit, some sort > > of exoskeleton or like will be needed or a dramatic change in what and how > > much an average Infantry soldier carries around.. > > At high TLs, unpowered soldiers -- male or female -- are toast. > Only suits can carry the armor to survive.
By the way, powered armor designers might be glad if all troopers were 100 lbs. and 5' tall. The same applies to IFVs in the real world, but for unpowered infantry the drawbacks outweigh the benefits of small, lithe soldiers. Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
