>U.S. friendly fire casualties before Desert Storm were less than 2%. Although I expect that was because prior to then they were not reported outside the Defense Department and no external auditing was accomplished. Historically friendly fire accounts for 10-15% of wartime casualties in the U.S. but during Desert Storm the percentage went up to 24% and even 15% of the wounded were from friendly fire.
The British suffered a lot from US friendly fire in both Gulf wars. Maybe a good proportion of their losses. I don't know about vice versa. Was there any?
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
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