To: so_real
No, they don't. US no longer does body counts.
Suppress the resistance and move on.
If you go see if there are injured enemy over there then
you are obligated to take care of them.
Let the enemy handle his own wounded. It takes two enemy
troops to carry away one wounded one.
30 posted on
04/03/2003 12:49:35 AM PST by
konaice
To: konaice
Actually I think the rule of thumb is that 1 injured soldier effectively lowers the fighting capacity of the enemy by 3-7 soldier equivalents.
Not only are men required top carry away wounded, and then treat and transport them, but the sound of screaming and dying men saps the resolve and the will to fight of their colleagues.
To: konaice
No, they don't. US no longer does body counts. Suppress the resistance and move on. If you go see if there are injured enemy over there then you are obligated to take care of them. Let the enemy handle his own wounded. It takes two enemy troops to carry away one wounded one.
Good point. Still, they're getting close to Baghdad. The enemy is sure to start abandoning their own wounded in upcoming battles. Enemy forces at your back can't pull the trigger any longer when confirmed dead...
42 posted on
04/03/2003 12:57:52 AM PST by
so_real
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