I am going to clarify some more - I am in the military, so your “maybe” is out of place.
Within my formation, there are infantry, artillery, armoured, tactical helicopter, maintainer and medical units. Within the “hardcore” army units, there are women that are fully qualified within their trades, and they would easily leave the average man in the dust.
There is far more to being an really effective soldier than just being the biggest and strongest grunt on the block. Of course there are those members too, but thinking that all you need is a muscled block hauling a machine gun is not accurate, and if you can’t see that, then I suggest you do some research.
Also, I’d love a cite on a WWII sniper only needing to carry a bit of ammo and a rifle, because that sounds very unlikely. They’d presumably need a variety of field supplies (food, water, medical gear, cold/wet weather gear, etc.), and several days’ worth of it if they are operating far from their base (as snipers typically did, their primary mission often being scouting rather than shooting).
There was an interesting observation I read somewhere that a soldier’s typical load has remained fairly consistent throughout history, for the most part lining up with whatever they could carry short of causing immediate physical injury due to being overburdened. Changes in armor, weapons, and other technology largely only affect what they carry rather than how much stuff they carry. Guns get smaller and lighter? Carry more water and ammo.
In the spirit of the thread though, some suggestions:
Army-Navy Ground Enhanced Lancers, or ANGELs for short. You’d have these units organized alphabetically, like many smaller military formations, Alpha, Bravo, etc.
“Valkyries” has been suggested like 50 times, so I guess I won’t go there.
Some historical examples, from back in WWII:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs), licensed female pilots who performed various flying duties in support of the US Army Air Forces as a civilian auxiliary, they later received veteran status in the 1970s.
Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES), a branch of the US Navy Reserve, unlike the WASPs, the WAVES were considered military personnel. There was also the Women’s Army Corps (WAC), which was the Army’s equivalant to the WAVES.
