In the Vietnam war,

[hanselthecaretaker]

U.S. forces fired off an average of 50,000 bullets for every enemy killed.


I wonder what the stat is like in Iraq.

 

[Raptorex]

interesting statistic; I think the denominator is probably inflated thru estimation of how much was assigned (thus lots of unused).

Your point and questions however are valid.

 

[binö]

U.S. forces fired off an average of 50,000 bullets for every enemy killed.


I wonder what the stat is like in Iraq.

i bet that it's less, stricly on gun fired bullets
proly more deaths in iraq due to missles/bombs/etc than in nam, thus reducing "bullet" kills

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

Javelin missiles kick ass.

 

[needtogetarmy]

It is definitely a lot less. In Vietnam you didn't know what you are shooting at. In Iraq there are no jungles nor tunnels to hide in.