Originally Posted by
langleybaston
The very long-term ratio of wounds to deaths in war [and indeed in "accidents"] is not far from 3: 1, and whereas a wound requires a lengthy and costly medical chain, a death is [at worst] easily buried or cremated. And dead men tell no tales.
Yes that’s what I remember too, the aim wasn’t necessarily to kill but to wound as that then ties up a significant portion of your resources dealing with them, far better if they are simply killied outright which doesn’t.
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