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Originally Posted by ninty9
As deleto said, 5.56 nato rounds were meant to wound, so that the enemy has to get 2 other people to carry the wounded guy off the battlefield, therefore eliminating 3 people instead of one.
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provided that:
1: your enemy CARE about their wounded (not the case in Somalia)
2: you are falling back or gaining slowly so enemy has time to evac wounded.
If you're advancing rapidly like the US in Iraq, then all those casualties need to be cared for by the US, slowing down US forces.