Re: [SG,DS,FH] unit composition and camouflage

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From: "Laserlight" <laserlight@quixnet.net>
From: Beth Fulton
> > 1) While I don't doubt some nations will persist with men only in
> > the combat line, is it more (or equally likely) to see all female
units
or
> mixed
>
> Egyptians and Israelis do or did have units of female soldiers.  I
> don't know that they ever saw action.  I would assume that *some*
> nation will try this within the next 200 years, eg for powered armor
> troopies.

The Soviet Union in WWII had many female soldiers in combat units. These
were mostly medics, but there were many snipers, there were all-female
fighter units. The Osprey MAA about the Russian army has a photo of a
married couple who drove in the same tank. She was the tank commander -
emancipation in action ;-)

> > 3) By 2180s-2190s what kind of cam sheeting over bunkers etc is
> > likely?
> > Netting or solid cammed sheets or are they likely to be underground
> > or something anyway?

Moving underground is always safer, but that requires time, effort and
material. Solid sheets are likely to be uncomfortable due to poor
ventilation. Unless you assume some kind of stealth force fields, for
quickly set-up camo I think some kind of netting will still be the
choice.
There will be progress in the material (full-spectrum camouflage,
chameleon
properties, bullet-proofing as a first layer of defence etc.) and
ease-of
use (inflatable support bars, light materials, stiffening material with
"memory"). Camo netting may be built into vehicles, to be erected at the
press of a button.

Greetings
Karl Heinz