OK, I’ll say it.
Suffice to say that yekke2 would have almost certainly not said “Kol hakavod” to women serving in the IDF, due to the famous psak of the Chazon Ish that having women serve under the command of men (or vice versa) would fall into the category of אביזרהו דגילוי עריות, which is יהרוג ואל יעבור.