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During conscription, the sergeant corrected someone that talked about kills and told him it's casualties. "Sure, that's an euphemism, isn't it?" Well no, a kil
by narag 4y ago
During conscription, the sergeant corrected someone that talked about kills and told him it's casualties. "Sure, that's an euphemism, isn't it?"
Well no, a kill is one enemy less. A wounded is better: the one that's wounded and one or two more to drag him to safety + later logistics.
- the_af 4y agoI read about this in the context of the Vietnam War. All sides -- the US included! -- wanted to cause casualties on the enemy that would require medical assistance. Some weapons were even designed to hurt the rescuers.
- sorokod 4y agoThat kind of thinking was behind the adoption of a lower calibre for assault rifles, 5.56 rather then 7.62