Yes, indeed, our fighting days are over and should you doubt it you need only listen to the latest folly proposed by the total dipsticks in Westminster who are now seriously proposing that women should be allowed to join the infantry! I confess, being of a sadistic tendency, that I would pay good money to see a lassie loaded with personal kit, 3x days rations, weapon and ammo plus, say, the base plate of a 3" mortar, attempting to manpack that over 25 miles cross-country and then take part in an immediate attack.
Please note, none of that is to question their courage. Women have undertaken combat roles since time immemorial, including frontline fighting as our Russian visitor, Alexey, would know from his history of the Russian army in WWII but, with very rare exceptions, their physical strength and stamina is simply not up to a man's. Could women have carried out those long cross-country 'tabs' that our Marines and Paras undertook in the Falklands? Of course not, in fact, I doubt if they could even lift the kit on to their backs!
Still, as I began this post, thankfully our fighting days are over. Not only are we broke but also broken in that we now lack will and purpose. And anyway, warfare has changed. Now it's all computers, drones and robots so do not be surprised when the likes of 'Harry Harperson' insists that half our robots should be dressed in skirts!