Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: patterso@ADS.COM (Tim J. Patterson) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: distribution of armed forces Message-ID: <1991Jan18.003756.8733@cbnews.att.com> Date: 18 Jan 91 00:37:56 GMT References: <1991Jan15.021152.22475@cbnews.att.com> <1991Jan17.052222.27310@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: Advanced Decision Systems, Mtn. View, CA (415) 960-7300 Lines: 21 Approved: military@att.att.com From: patterso@ADS.COM (Tim J. Patterson) In article <1991Jan17.052222.27310@cbnews.att.com> ab3o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Allan Bourdius) writes: > > >From: Allan Bourdius >>Without a doubt, the most casualties occur in ground attacks, or in >>assaults on ground forces. > >Point of information: In WWII, 80% of casualties suffered in battle by >the US Army were absorbed by the infantry. This number is even more >shocking when you consider that only 10% of the Army were infantrymen. ^^^ Is this really accurate, I understood there was a 2:1 ratio of support to fighting troops but also that the majority of those fighting were ground pounders. Tim