Oh, silly. Here is an example of how it is going to work in practice.
An 81mm mortar squad consists of 5 soldiers, the Squad Leader and 4 crew members. The mortar can be broken down into 4 components: barrel (35 lbs), mount (27 lbs), baseplate (29 lbs) and sight (2.5 lbs).
The squad must be able to carry all of these components, plus their own equipment (lets use 60 lbs for this example - most loads are more), and ammunition at 9.8 lbs each.
Here’s how the new modern mortar squad will do it:
The 3 male crew members will carry the barrel, mount, baseplate, their personal kit (60 lbs) and 4 rounds of ammo (40 lbs). That will given them a total of about 130 lbs.
The female soldier will carry her own equipment (50 lbs as she will get others to carry her share of the radio batteries, Night vision gear, claymores, etc.) She will carry 2 rounds of ammo (20 lbs) and the sight (2.5 lbs)for a total of about 72.5 lbs.
See how easy this is, boys and girls.
I see a potential Common Core math problem here.
“See how easy this is, boys and girls.”
And she’ll get a medal and/or promotion for it.