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From: det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Where do the most casualties occur ?
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Date: 21 Jan 91 03:43:24 GMT
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From: det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer)
pur-ee!muttiah@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Ranjan S Muttiah) writes:

>From: pur-ee!muttiah@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Ranjan S Muttiah)

>In any war event, when does most of the casualties to the combatants occur ?
>[Air raids ? ground assaults ?  etc]

That is a pretty vague question.  I would suggest (equally vaguely) that
artillery "provides" the most casualties in an active.  In a static
situation, however, sickness and disease are the biggest source.  I
believe that up to %3 per day of a division in a static emplacement will
become incapacitated due to disease and the like.  Without a viable
and/or efficient replacements system, you would be suprised how fast
your division becomes a cadre at that rate...

derek
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