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To: marktwain

In Vietnam it was called fragging... I would imagine the oercentages go up within conscripted forces.


4 posted on 11/24/2025 4:05:44 AM PST by Clutch Martin ("The dawn cracks hard like a bull whip and it ain't taking no lip from the night before" Tom Waits)
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To: Clutch Martin

Fragging and friendly fire are two different things.
Though I am sure both are happening on both sides, a report from Tass with no real specifics means little


7 posted on 11/24/2025 4:31:25 AM PST by blitz128
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To: Clutch Martin

“Friendly fire” is different from fragging. Fragging is the deliberate assassination of superiors, usually immediate superiors.

“Friendly fire” is deadly force directed at your own troops by mistake. It is more common than most think. Estimates for the percent of casualties from friendly fire in WWII range from 2-10 percent.


10 posted on 11/24/2025 5:03:08 AM PST by marktwain (----------------------)
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