Be advised, shooting from a vehicle any faster than a human running pace on a nicely paved, flat road is difficult at best. Take it off road, add unpredictable undulations and it becomes nearly impossible to hit anything unless the weapon is mounted to a gyro stabilized gunsight. Have a few weapons firing at the same target - you 'might' get lucky. (anyone who's actually been in an AFV/APC knows what I'm talking about)

If it really does anything, it helps relieve the passengers of feeling 'helpless' in a potentially large target moving across the battlefield.

I have been on servers that have had the occasion to have women players. Maybe it's just 'happenstance' but on those occasions these females are not only on par in game playing with any of the males in the game, but follow server guidelines & rules very well. The male players have enough respect to curb their language and statements and the women apparently as a form of natural appreciation, bring out respectful humor that can only originate from the -XX- chromosome! (yes it is funny!)

I have no problem whatsoever with female models of soldiers, especially if females want them and want to play them in the game. The servers with gamers that abuse the option I'm sure will be avoided and those abusive gamers will more than likely be known and banned.

By way of a form of simulation, I welcome even Female AI units. Those bothered by it will, as we do in real life, just have to deal with it.