GDG- Arty Anti-personnel Effectiveness

[ccj at infionline.net]

Bruce,

#1 is contradicted by the fact that the ratio of wounded to killed in wars 
from 1700 to c1945 is roughly about 4:1.  There are certain exceptions in 
large data sets, as for example gas casualties in WWI or USAAF casualties in 
WWII, both easily explainable.  This is true for wars in which artillery 
predominated as a casualty-causing agent and those in which its relative 
lethality was smaller.

#2 is basically the position that I have described and which is supported by 
the data and the science (medical and ops research).

Who is stating that the "greatest number of artillery casualties were 
inflicted at close range by canister"?  And, on what basis?  I couldn't 
disagree with this more.

Regards,
Curt Johnson

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Subject: Re: GDG- Arty Anti-personnel Effectiveness


> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
> Ultimately, there may be no practical objective way of distinguishing 
> between
> which of two factors were in operation:  (1) there were relatively few
> "artillery" wounded because most such casualties died on the spot, or (2) 
> CW
> "artillery" casualties were relatively few to begin with in the first 
> place.  In
> support, perhaps, of this latter notion, I would point out that it is 
> pretty
> generally agreed that the greatest number of artillery casualties were 
> inflicted at
> close range by canister.  In the case of the PPT Charge, as an example of 
> an
> assault against enemy artillery that failed, this meant that many/most of
> these canister casualties were left behind, unable to reach a friendly 
> hospital to
> be recorded., regardless of their ultimate prognosis.
>
>
> Bruce Trinque
> Amston, CT
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