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rhino519 said:
it takes 4 men to carry one wounded of the field, it only takes one to dig a grave, at least that’s how i remember this issue being explained, its simplistic, cause it doesn’t explains the resources that have to go behind taking care for a wounded soldier, but it’s close enough for grunts to understand
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I recall the ratio being 7:1. For every 1 that had to deal with a dead body, it took 7 to deal with an injured soldier. That included doctors, nurses, people to fed them, rehab etc. Also, it is said that psychologically, a wounded man (screaming, crying, in anguish, pain, missing limbs etc) affected other soldiers more than a dead body.

The theory is not to kill your enemy but to tie up their resources and also to demoralize them.
 
diopter said:
Very rare for soldiers to to die for their country unless they believe they are on the "Good".
That's what propaganda is all about.
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I was thinking in terms of: "If God is for us, who can be against us." Works both ways. One side loses, one wins. Who decides?
 
North Korea shooting range...
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purple said:
155mm howitzer, and a pretty good gun. For years we held a bunch in war reserve in order to equip divarty units on mobilization . We don't do that kind of thing any more. One can be seen on display in front of the LTF at the Edmonton garrison.
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M114, to be specific.
 
I remember being at a firepower demo at the Artillery School in Shilo some 53 years ago now. The highlight was the 155s and the ruffle of the shells as they passed over us on the way to impact. They probably don't do that anymore for safety reasons.:rolleyes:
 
Brookwood said:
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Members of a Chetnik Detachment of the Yugoslav Army, also known as the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland or The Ravna Gora Movement

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chetniks
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That's either a joint he's holding or a Balkan Sobranie.
I've tried to understand and make sense out of Balkan history, up to and including the last Balkan war and I'm just as confused as before I started; maybe even more. I've even asked people from the Balkans to 'splain and all I get is blaming the other guys. And I thought that the Spanish Civil War was a cluster f___k .....
 
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An ugly duckling has its day.

However, also on 10 December 1941, a P-35A of the#34th Pursuit Squadron#piloted by 1st Lt. Samuel H. Marrett is credited with the sinking of Japanese minesweeper#W-10#during the#Japanese invasion of Vigan#in northern#Luzon. Marrett made multiple strafing runs against#W-10, until the ship blew up. The explosion was so powerful it tore the wing off of Marrett's P-35, causing him to crash into the sea.[29]
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An article on the W-10 also states the US counterattack heavily damaged Oigawa Maru & Takao Maru.

Oigawa Maru was sunk in the bloody (for the Japanese) Battle of the Bismarck Sea with the loss of the entire cargo & 1,229 enemy.

Takao Maru was also beached as a result of the US counterattack. Phillipino irregulars finished her off shortly thereafter.

The poor chap must have been blind with rage at being provided with such an inferior warmachine by Uncle Sam. :(


From this example you can get an idea of the intensity of the combat in the Phillipines & by extension, Burma, China, India, Malaya, and all the other places in the world where war broke out - a world at war.


The story of Hampton Gray comes to mind from the story of Lt. Marrett. Lest we forget. That time of year is coming around again. :canadaFlag:
 
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