For many people, World War II can only be understood in the form of movies or documentaries. Although the soldiers in the movie are brave and fearless, in fact, it takes tens of thousands of bullets for the US military to kill an enemy. So, is the enemy too clever or the American marksmanship too smelly? After the modern war, will there be a situation in which 50,000 bullets of the US military cannot kill an enemy? Today we will talk about this topic.
According to the U.S. military's own statistics, during the Vietnam War, every Vietnamese soldier killed by the U.S. military needed to consume 50,000 bullets, which was not much different from that during World War II. However, in the Iraq war, the consumption of bullets to kill an enemy increased to 20,000 rounds. That is to say, with the progress of weapon technology, the consumption of bullets in the US military increased and the marksmanship became worse. So what caused it?
First of all, the real war is very different from movies. Take the Vietnam War as an example. During the war, the US military was often attacked by surprise, and the enemy never showed up when shooting, which is why the US military called Vietnamese soldiers "talking trees". And those American soldiers who were ambushed can only shoot at random when they can't see the enemy, which has become the main reason why bullets are consumed so much. On the other hand, the plot in the movie is basically that the two sides charge like fools, and the protagonist shoots wildly with a halo. If this is true, the protagonist has already died 800 times. Don't be fooled by the plot in the movie.
In fact, in a large-scale war, it is not uncommon for a battle to consume tens of thousands of bullets. Even if tens of thousands of bullets were used up, no one was killed. This is not a shameful thing, let alone the soldiers of the army. People's air defense gunboats may have to carry 20 thousand bullets when performing their tasks. When they see the target, they will return after running out of bullets. Anyway, the logic of their behavior is that even if I can't kill you, I will frighten you to look up.
In fact, many people say that the more advanced the technology, the worse the marksmanship. But in fact, if you think about the news that the US military has shot 50,000 bullets and not even killed anyone, it feels a bit like fake news. After all, the U.S. military's opponent in the Iraq war is neither Russia nor China, so the weapons gap between the two sides is still quite large. Plus the American Hummer has heavy machine guns. If you want to kill a small group of enemies, you don't need to spend 50 thousand bullets to fight.
According to the author's guess, the US military must have shot out the magazine, but it didn't kill the enemy opposite, but it should not be as exaggerated as 50,000 rounds. Secondly, at that time, the US military would call for air support in the face of difficult enemies, and it was unnecessary to shoot so many bullets. So this news is more or less watery. Don't listen to rumors.
In fact, the US military's consumption of bullets was criticized as early as World War II. For example, during the Pacific War of World War II, American troops were killed or injured 165438+ 10,000 Japanese troops, including 800,000 killed and 300,000 injured. It is said that the consumption of ammunition is 3 million tons, which means that the US military needs to consume about 3 tons of ammunition to kill or injure a person. Compared with the same period, the Soviet Red Army killed a German soldier with a 1300 bullet, which was simply too weak.
Although there is a big gap in economic strength between the two countries, it also proves that the US military is not short of money, and prefers to rely on the number of bullets and weapons advantages to fight the enemy. So it is not incomprehensible that a war consumes tens of thousands of bullets. In addition, the current patrols of the US military are all standard mechanized marches, and the weapons are all fully automatic. After meeting the enemy, fire tens of thousands of bullets at a time without hurting people. Although it sounds shameful, it is more important to save your own life.
Finally, it should be noted that the US military no longer needs to rely on infantry to fight against the main force. The role of infantry has become the main task of public security war, and the task of annihilating the enemy basically needs the cooperation of other arms. Even in the Gulf War, although the infantry fired tens of thousands of bullets, it didn't actually exert much power, so the infantry may consume more bullets in the future war, but the actual effect is even worse than that in the Vietnam War. Again, this film is fiction.