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Originally posted by debaser
There are certain things we do in combat that are trained responses. Those are automatic. In the US Army we call them battle drills. Everyone knows what they are supposed to do to react to a certain situation, and they do it without being told.
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Thats what i meant, shooting at the enemy is part of the drill i guess.
some numbers:
in Gettysburg 1863 27000 rifles were found after the battle, 90% still loaded, half of them even multiple times.
in ww2 and korea only 20% of the soldiers actually fired their weapons! this changed due the training methods which contains
these battle drills, this shooting in reflex rather that thinking
like "ah there he is, now im going to shoot him"
In Vietnam the percentage reached 95%.
Like i said robot is a bit harsh, but there are certain trained automatic reactions.
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Originally posted by debaser
In most western armies the order given demands the interpretation of the reciever. If I tell my 2nd squad leader to "flank right and assault the objective", it is up to him to choose the best route, to time his assault, to tell me if he thinks that it would be more advantageous to flank left, etc.
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You have time to argue in the middle of a battle? or it that during the preparation?