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Old 10-04-2011, 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by M1A Rifleman View Post
Google the subject. What I recall is the purpose was not really to kill the enemy soldier, just get them out of commission. Even better was if two other enemy soldiers were caught up helping one that was wounded, which caused 3 to be out of the fight. Wounding the enemy is more costly to the other side than a kill.
bINGO. .. That's what my grandfather told me WWII and father told me Vietnam and that's what the Army told me Grenada ...
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