From The New York Times:
Rifles and machine guns are the most lethal weapons in conventional ground war. Why have their bullets been more lethal against Americans in Iraq than inAfghanistan?
Explosions cause injuries in volume, and so in almost all wars, blasts and shrapnel (whether from shells, bombs, or improvised explosive devices, also known as I.E.D.’s) cause more casualties to the ranks than anything else. But the statistics from more than half a century of medical research into battlefield trauma have consistently shown that a soldier struck by a bullet runs a greater risk of dying than he or she does from any other common war injury.
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My Comment: The comments made for this New York Times article in their comments section are worth reading also.
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