The army discovers there is a difference between male and female anatomy.

There are certainly times in early training where men have to carry some of the women’s kit despite having been walking for four days with minimal sleep and carrying their own heavy rucksack across wild country. The rule was that if one person failed, the whole team failed. A five foot, eight stone woman is never going to have the same physical strength as a six foot four lad. They need to help each other.
Whilst the extra physical burden might fall to stronger men (plenty of men struggle with the weight too) the idea is that each brings something to the team effort and the women might provide the mental stamina, the resourcefulness or have sneaked in a couple of Mars bars.

The kit is vey male but I’m not sure the women doing that level of activity will want fewer rat packs. They collect water rather than carry it.

Not all roles in the forces require huge physical strength - not sure why an dental nurse would necessarily need to carry 40kg for four days. Not sure why a GP would either.

Actually female kits can be lighter without this putting a burden on any male soldier. Female soldiers require less food and water than male ones, and certain parts of their kit (like clothes, boots, etc) are also a bit lighter as they are smaller.

But that’s beside the point as this article is about building the packs properly to center the weight where it needs to be for women (hips instead of shoulders) by making the pack shorter and some other adjustments (like where ammo is carried).

"Surely a consideration before taking up the role is whether you can physically carry what is needed?"

And surely the designers can make adjustments to the shape of the bag so that women aren't injured while carrying it, which, if you read the article, is what is being suggested.

I would imagine that the bags are full of necessary equipment/supplies and in order to do the role these need to be carried.

Surely a consideration before taking up the role is whether you can physically carry what is needed? If it were me, I wouldn't want a male accompanying me to have to carry extra so I could carry less.

Yes, women's bodies are different and they should make those small amendments, but as for the weight of the bags I can see no other way around it.

I suppose once they can argue that women have penises and male anatomy they will argue that they're not discriminating ......

So the army has already faced legal challenges due to not accomodating for female bodies?

I too am curious about when we will see car companies etc sued for not paying attention to the needs of women who (shock horror) have different bodies than men.

When can we expect compensation for injuries caused by car safety features, workplace safety gear, etc being designed for men at our expense?