In Vietnam approximately 25,000 rounds were fired for every enemy casualty.
In the third world, the concept of “aimed fire” is nearly non-existant. In Africa, it was popular to poke the gun towards the target at the moment of firing to make it more deadly, or the sideways gun in the hands of a gang banger.
Aimed fire, with good optics is why our troops are superior shots. Volume of fire has it’s place, but there is a limit to how much ammo you can carry. Say an M4 with 10 magazines holding 30 rounds. Your rifle can fire 600 rounds a minute (not counting reloading time).... then you are OUT.
It is easy to miss, especially when things are moving and somebody is shooting back. You make it count.
An old lawman said of the switch from revolvers to higher capacity semiautos...”Son, if you can’t do it in six shots, you might be in the wrong line of work.”
Look up Jim Cirillo, New York Stake Out Squad for some insight on gunplay.
Thanks for the insight. In that context I can see alot of shots being fired with minimal casualties.
I didn’t take into consideration that an M4 magazine doesn’t have 1000 bullets in it.
I know nothing about weapons. first time i shot them.
And I was thinking just now about BlackHawk down. the enemy fired an incredible amount of shots and couldn’t kill all the Americans.
We are still, eve with this jerk as pres, the best army in the world.