Ground Forces Battle Casualty Rate Patterns: Current Rate Projections Compared tothe Empirical Evidence

摘要

A 4-year study of modem conventional ground operations (reported in 3 volumes:LMI FP703TR1/-TR2/-TR3) reveals patterns of personnel battle casualty rates strongly associated with patterns of operations. This second volume extends the first volume's discussion of empirical evidence (especially on differences between continuous and disrupted front rates), spends considerable time comparing simulation Output to patterns noted in empirical evidence, and discusses the origins and character of various U.S. and Allied estimation methodologies. Overall, the research combines insights from military theory, history, and operations research to investigate a new and large body of empirical data (from