https://nitter.1d4.us/TheWaterDude1/status/1651121963643838468

  • ProfessorAdonisCnut [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    My understanding is that in modern warfare guns barely kill anyone, especially in terms of the fraction of fired bullets that hit an enemy, and that small arms mostly do suppressive fire type stuff while actual combat deaths come from stuff like artillery and airstrikes.

    • keepcarrot [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      Training rounds are also usually counted in the "it takes 15,000 rounds to kill an enemy". idk, it's a disingenuous stat.

      • Goblinmancer [any]
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        2 years ago

        I mean collapsing buildings from extreme range seems to be far more deadly tactic than taking direct gunfire.

        Then again lots of victims of artilerry are civillians, and many "combatants" are just combatants because they are "military age males"

        • keepcarrot [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          Yeah, it's pretty gross. Media laps up that kill ratio narrative though. :/