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Not only can women easily pull a trigger, on average the are more accurate when they do.
My dad sold railway signaling systems before he retired, he sold a system to a mine, and when there he found out that they only used women to man the computerized loading system for loading minecarts with ore.
This was due to them being more accurate than men, but also for having less of a competitive drive to fill each cart up with too much ore, and wasting material and time, as we men tended to do.
I am a man, and these differences are fascinating to learn about.
In WWII women were often assigned as snipers in the Soviet army exactly because of that.
Accurately shooting a rifle is a specialized skill and only very few soldiers train to do this. Few soldiers get killed by rifle fire. Artillery, drones, air strikes kill far more. The ability to carry heavy stuff over long distances is a key ability for many soldiers.
There are numerous jobs in the military where physical strength and endurance is less important. For every soldier on the frontline, there are ten behind the lines. Administration, service, repairs, medical, entertainment, training, infrastructure, intelligence, communications, any type of job that’s mainly using machines.
Infantry and sappers are the role where this makes the biggest difference. If a tank driver, pilot, or mechanic is a woman, the difference is minor.